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Leggiest Movies



Other Domestic Legs records: Front-Loaded Opening Weekend - Front-Loaded Movies - Leggiest Opening Weekend

This list shows the leggiest movies, as measured by the ratio between their total domestic box office and their largest weekend gross. The higher the ratio, the better the legs. For this chart we consider movies that had a domestic release since 1981, and that opened in at least 600 theaters.

Rank Released Movie Ratio Maximum
Theaters		 Max
Weekend		 Total
Gross
1 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark 27.17 1,400 $8,305,823 $225,686,079
2 1984 Amadeus 25.82 802 $2,013,210 $51,973,029
3 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 25.47 3,010 $17,254,946 $439,454,989
4 2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 21.75 2,016 $11,100,764 $241,438,208
5 1983 Flashdance 19.39 1,140 $4,665,930 $90,463,574
6 1999 Fantasia 2000 19.27 1,313 $3,139,276 $60,507,228
7 1986 Top Gun 19.10 1,531 $9,449,432 $180,470,489
8 1997 Titanic 19.02 3,265 $35,455,673 $674,460,013
9 1985 Back to the Future 18.98 1,815 $11,332,134 $215,136,452
10 1981 Chariots of Fire 17.92 810 $3,434,399 $61,558,162
11 1998 La vita è bella 17.75 1,136 $3,244,284 $57,598,247
12 1990 Ghost 17.38 1,766 $12,523,295 $217,631,306
13 1984 The Karate Kid 17.15 1,111 $5,294,234 $90,815,558
14 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of … 17.13 1,213 $2,471,471 $42,340,598
15 1993 Schindler’s List 17.01 1,389 $5,698,045 $96,898,818
16 1982 An Officer and a Gentleman 16.83 1,050 $7,711,202 $129,795,554
17 2003 Bend it Like Beckham 16.66 1,002 $1,953,572 $32,543,449
18 1986 Crocodile Dundee 16.55 1,495 $10,560,827 $174,803,506
19 1981 Arthur 16.29 949 $5,001,805 $81,464,486
20 1987 Moonstruck 15.91 1,178 $5,069,508 $80,640,528
21 1984 Ghostbusters 15.87 1,506 $15,287,030 $242,604,185
22 2004 Napoleon Dynamite 15.84 1,236 $2,811,411 $44,540,956
23 1982 Tootsie 15.79 1,222 $11,222,714 $177,200,000
24 1982 48 Hrs. 15.57 1,050 $4,877,053 $75,936,265
25 1982 Gandhi 15.48 825 $3,408,236 $52,767,889
26 1990 Dances with Wolves 15.48 1,636 $11,898,621 $184,208,842
27 2018 Green Book 15.46 2,648 $5,501,520 $85,080,171
28 1985 The Color Purple 15.25 1,109 $6,165,314 $94,029,472
29 1997 The Full Monty 15.20 783 $3,022,096 $45,950,122
30 1987 Fatal Attraction 14.84 1,401 $10,554,336 $156,645,693
31 1981 On Golden Pond 14.59 1,015 $8,177,208 $119,285,432
32 1990 Pretty Woman 14.30 1,811 $12,471,670 $178,406,268
33 1996 The English Patient 14.18 1,409 $5,550,565 $78,716,374
34 1999 The Cider House Rules 14.15 1,738 $4,066,251 $57,547,209
35 2006 The Queen 14.06 1,850 $4,013,052 $56,441,711
36 1988 Big 13.99 1,419 $8,216,190 $114,968,774
37 2009 An Education 13.80 761 $911,388 $12,574,914
38 1983 Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi 13.75 2,111 $23,019,618 $316,465,003
39 1999 American Beauty 13.68 1,990 $9,505,313 $130,058,047
40 1981 Stripes 13.66 1,117 $6,243,323 $85,300,000
41 1983 The Big Chill 13.52 832 $4,147,808 $56,077,501
42 1994 Forrest Gump 13.50 2,365 $24,450,602 $330,151,138
43 2002 Chicago 13.43 2,701 $12,708,956 $170,687,518
44 1981 Reds 13.41 665 $3,728,000 $50,000,000
45 1983 The Right Stuff 13.37 627 $1,608,243 $21,500,000
46 2002 The Pianist 13.25 842 $2,456,117 $32,539,222
47 1984 Romancing the Stone 13.20 1,101 $5,686,311 $75,078,260
48 2018 The Favourite 13.19 1,554 $2,605,484 $34,366,783
49 1986 Ruthless People 13.18 1,114 $5,434,671 $71,624,879
50 1987 Dirty Dancing 13.07 1,012 $4,889,239 $63,892,689
51 1987 The Last Emperor 12.94 877 $3,398,662 $43,984,987
52 1998 There's Something About Mary 12.84 2,557 $13,740,644 $176,484,651
53 1987 3 Men and a Baby 12.78 1,813 $13,123,622 $167,780,960
54 1982 Porky's 12.73 1,605 $8,602,473 $109,492,484
55 2001 In the Bedroom 12.59 1,103 $2,853,430 $35,930,604
56 2000 Chocolat 12.58 1,928 $5,669,966 $71,309,760
57 2008 U2 3D 12.57 686 $1,026,121 $12,898,847
58 2017 Call Me by Your Name 12.56 914 $1,437,889 $18,065,180
59 2005 Capote 12.55 1,239 $2,291,075 $28,750,530
60 2010 The King’s Speech 12.54 2,584 $11,064,781 $138,797,449
61 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 12.48 847 $3,647,208 $45,506,619
62 2022 Everything Everywhere All At Once 12.47 2,220 $6,187,118 $77,169,474
63 1997 L.A. Confidential 12.40 1,625 $5,211,198 $64,604,977
64 2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Miss… 12.38 1,726 $4,403,003 $54,513,740
65 2011 The Artist 12.32 1,756 $3,625,571 $44,667,095
66 2016 Lion 12.31 1,802 $4,203,529 $51,739,495
67 1983 Trading Places 12.30 1,387 $7,348,200 $90,400,000
68 2012 Silver Linings Playbook 12.28 2,809 $10,752,836 $132,092,958
69 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 12.28 2,027 $10,462,539 $128,519,357
70 2008 Milk 12.25 882 $2,598,638 $31,841,299
71 1985 Out of Africa 12.16 1,102 $6,504,397 $79,096,868
72 2016 Moonlight 12.11 1,564 $2,300,940 $27,854,931
73 1988 Die Hard 12.09 1,713 $7,105,514 $85,892,546
74 1988 A Fish Called Wanda 12.08 1,223 $5,256,304 $63,493,000
75 1988 Rain Man 12.04 1,590 $14,350,610 $172,825,435
76 2010 Black Swan 12.04 2,407 $8,881,595 $106,954,678
77 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral 12.03 1,069 $4,380,640 $52,700,832
78 1992 The Crying Game 12.00 1,097 $5,210,415 $62,546,695
79 2014 Chef 11.99 1,298 $2,621,829 $31,424,004
80 1983 Terms of Endearment 11.97 1,259 $9,058,537 $108,423,489
81 2008 The Reader 11.95 1,203 $2,860,429 $34,194,407
82 1983 WarGames 11.95 977 $6,227,804 $74,433,837
83 1995 Sense and Sensibility 11.89 1,054 $3,615,098 $42,993,774
84 1989 Steel Magnolias 11.87 1,372 $7,053,867 $83,759,091
85 2023 Poor Things 11.87 2,300 $2,909,972 $34,553,225
86 1997 As Good as it Gets 11.78 1,837 $12,606,928 $148,478,011
87 1997 Good Will Hunting 11.77 2,203 $11,757,488 $138,433,435
88 1994 The Shawshank Redemption 11.75 972 $2,402,549 $28,241,469
89 2008 Slumdog Millionaire 11.75 2,943 $12,026,343 $141,330,703
90 1992 Sister Act 11.74 2,087 $11,894,587 $139,605,150
91 1986 The Mission 11.72 730 $1,468,686 $17,218,000
92 1984 Beverly Hills Cop 11.70 2,006 $20,064,790 $234,760,478
93 1991 Beauty and the Beast 11.62 2,625 $17,751,905 $206,333,165
94 1994 Pulp Fiction 11.59 1,494 $9,311,882 $107,928,762
95 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters 11.52 761 $3,479,769 $40,084,041
96 2022 The Whale 11.51 1,721 $1,515,731 $17,453,440
97 1991 Fried Green Tomatoes 11.50 1,331 $7,058,930 $81,204,830
98 2014 The Imitation Game 11.49 2,402 $7,932,292 $91,125,143
99 2001 Monster's Ball 11.48 714 $2,725,306 $31,273,922
100 1982 The Verdict 11.47 904 $4,706,382 $53,977,250

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.