Biggest 15th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Mar 27, 1998	Titanic	$15,213,500	3,233	$4,706	$515,262,530	101
2	Feb 20, 2009	Slumdog Millionaire	$8,384,680	2,244	$3,736	$98,354,395	103
3	Sep 2, 1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$7,737,847	915	$8,457	$133,727,463	103
4	Jan 28, 2005	Sideways	$6,347,364	1,694	$3,747	$40,054,672	101
5	Mar 4, 2011	The King's Speech	$6,230,227	2,240	$2,781	$123,546,104	101
6	Feb 15, 1991	Dances with Wolves	$6,202,141	1,554	$3,991	$111,742,261	101
7	Feb 22, 2013	Silver Linings Playbook	$5,750,866	2,012	$2,858	$107,176,012	101
8	Mar 25, 1994	Schindler's List	$5,698,045	1,378	$4,135	$68,354,543	103
9	Apr 4, 2003	Chicago	$5,103,406	2,395	$2,131	$151,971,565	101
10	Mar 13, 1998	Good Will Hunting	$4,844,784	1,899	$2,551	$109,843,236	101
11	Feb 22, 1991	Home Alone	$4,831,317	1,775	$2,722	$236,363,633	101
12	Mar 12, 1982	On Golden Pond	$4,800,000	1,015	$4,729	$63,563,957	101
13	Jan 2, 1987	Crocodile Dundee	$4,676,392	1,375	$3,401	$122,920,198	101
14	Mar 15, 1985	Beverly Hills Cop	$4,614,165	1,470	$3,139	$186,507,348	103
15	Feb 19, 1993	Aladdin	$4,471,705	1,737	$2,574	$179,260,441	103
16	Mar 5, 1993	The Crying Game	$4,292,561	1,097	$3,913	$33,831,016	103
17	Sep 17, 1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$4,199,333	1,253	$3,351	$253,549,427	101
18	Mar 16, 2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$4,044,988	1,860	$2,175	$100,277,062	101
19	Mar 27, 1987	Platoon	$3,944,114	1,560	$2,528	$102,889,459	101
20	Mar 29, 2002	A Beautiful Mind	$3,884,455	1,560	$2,490	$160,844,681	101
21	Mar 23, 1990	Driving Miss Daisy	$3,682,465	1,652	$2,229	$74,523,531	103
22	Mar 2, 2012	The Artist	$3,625,571	1,756	$2,065	$36,813,989	101
23	Oct 19, 1990	Ghost	$3,555,283	1,766	$2,013	$172,234,501	101
24	Sep 2, 1983	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	$3,509,131	957	$3,667	$232,256,663	103
25	Apr 3, 1998	As Good as it Gets	$3,330,431	1,556	$2,140	$136,381,511	103
26	Aug 22, 1986	Top Gun	$3,326,355	1,201	$2,770	$124,440,927	101
27	Mar 23, 2001	Chocolat	$3,308,107	1,781	$1,857	$60,657,943	101
28	Oct 11, 1985	Back to the Future	$3,288,038	1,265	$2,599	$163,697,727	103
29	Oct 14, 1994	Forrest Gump	$3,272,015	2,070	$1,581	$279,699,757	103
30	Sep 14, 1984	Ghostbusters	$3,268,876	1,437	$2,275	$196,967,948	101
31	Mar 4, 1988	3 Men and a Baby	$3,142,904	1,472	$2,135	$144,278,949	103
32	Mar 25, 1983	Tootsie	$3,127,164	1,027	$3,045	$143,212,352	101
33	Jun 29, 1990	Pretty Woman	$3,107,882	1,305	$2,382	$149,063,728	101
34	Dec 25, 1987	Fatal Attraction	$3,086,152	1,234	$2,501	$123,532,687	101
35	Feb 8, 1985	The Killing Fields	$3,075,802	663	$4,639	$11,386,765	101
36	Jul 26, 2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$3,004,597	569	$5,280	$35,417,552	101
37	Mar 24, 1989	Rain Man	$3,003,521	1,542	$1,948	$134,676,210	101
38	Mar 19, 1999	Shakespeare in Love	$2,975,498	1,266	$2,350	$73,192,745	101
39	Nov 5, 1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	$2,910,728	998	$2,917	$87,056,969	103
40	Feb 21, 1997	The English Patient	$2,823,228	1,186	$2,380	$51,532,324	101
41	Apr 1, 1988	Good Morning Vietnam	$2,804,945	1,412	$1,987	$105,387,336	103
42	Sep 1, 1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	$2,701,555	1,049	$2,575	$189,539,802	103
43	Mar 4, 1994	Mrs. Doubtfire	$2,615,297	1,626	$1,608	$200,137,695	103
44	Mar 25, 2005	Million Dollar Baby	$2,587,313	1,710	$1,513	$94,133,278	103
45	Nov 12, 1999	The Sixth Sense	$2,562,649	1,418	$1,807	$267,741,966	101
46	Sep 4, 1992	Sister Act	$2,485,730	1,395	$1,782	$129,336,419	101
47	Mar 17, 2000	The Cider House Rules	$2,477,000	1,738	$1,425	$45,778,857	101
48	Feb 21, 1992	Beauty and the Beast	$2,430,432	1,360	$1,787	$113,340,569	103
49	Mar 29, 2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	$2,382,794	1,120	$2,127	$301,308,405	103
50	Mar 1, 2013	Life of Pi	$2,375,609	626	$3,795	$117,018,625	103
51	Sep 18, 1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	$2,326,951	750	$3,103	$131,810,688	101
52	Sep 17, 2004	Napoleon Dynamite	$2,286,541	1,024	$2,233	$33,343,529	101
53	Jan 18, 2013	Argo	$2,262,947	756	$2,993	$114,784,501	101
54	Feb 28, 1997	Shine	$2,182,618	1,050	$2,079	$26,066,924	101
55	Aug 31, 1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	$2,175,460	737	$2,952	$167,334,648	103
56	Apr 6, 2001	Traffic	$2,134,341	1,339	$1,594	$116,755,319	103
57	Feb 24, 2012	The Descendants	$2,133,442	889	$2,400	$78,460,135	103
58	Mar 2, 1984	Terms of Endearment	$2,088,781	1,114	$1,875	$84,800,617	103
59	Apr 4, 2003	The Pianist	$2,087,334	790	$2,642	$26,561,941	101
60	Sep 17, 1993	Jurassic Park	$2,070,255	1,225	$1,690	$322,104,145	101
61	Mar 26, 2010	Avatar	$2,047,475	930	$2,202	$740,440,529	101
62	Mar 28, 1986	The Color Purple	$2,004,556	1,046	$1,916	$80,962,190	103
63	Mar 28, 1986	Out of Africa	$2,002,200	885	$2,262	$74,465,286	103
64	Jul 22, 1983	Flashdance	$1,964,377	880	$2,232	$65,545,839	101
65	May 25, 1984	Footloose	$1,924,094	912	$2,110	$71,963,803	101
66	Feb 18, 2005	Finding Neverland	$1,893,767	860	$2,202	$45,284,284	101
67	Mar 18, 1983	Gandhi	$1,888,255	672	$2,810	$31,226,069	103
68	Feb 15, 2008	No Country for Old Men	$1,882,854	925	$2,036	$60,925,778	101
69	Mar 21, 1997	Jerry Maguire	$1,820,775	909	$2,003	$143,039,108	101
70	Mar 28, 1980	Kramer vs. Kramer	$1,800,000	561	$3,209	$75,007,206	103
71	Sep 5, 2003	The Italian Job	$1,754,500	1,487	$1,180	$103,344,071	101
72	Mar 25, 1988	Moonstruck	$1,747,446	1,041	$1,679	$55,157,338	103
73	Aug 26, 1994	Maverick	$1,745,118	905	$1,928	$96,345,264	101
74	Sep 3, 1982	Rocky 3	$1,720,338	869	$1,980	$111,023,220	101
75	Mar 1, 2002	In the Bedroom	$1,708,871	1,062	$1,609	$28,635,933	101
76	Nov 27, 1987	Dirty Dancing	$1,704,317	978	$1,743	$48,431,980	101
77	Feb 2, 2007	Babel	$1,701,657	1,090	$1,561	$29,715,747	101
78	Jan 6, 1984	The Big Chill	$1,692,413	710	$2,384	$45,607,821	103
79	Mar 31, 1989	Dangerous Liaisons	$1,680,681	597	$2,815	$27,452,502	103
80	Apr 3, 1992	Fried Green Tomatoes	$1,657,810	1,228	$1,350	$67,903,424	101
81	Feb 15, 2013	Lincoln	$1,635,183	1,007	$1,624	$176,223,110	101
82	Feb 2, 1996	Leaving Las Vegas	$1,614,681	340	$4,749	$11,524,114	101
83	Sep 20, 1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	$1,583,494	1,431	$1,107	$157,692,794	101
84	Aug 27, 1982	Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior	$1,562,747	552	$2,831	$19,134,368	101
85	Dec 25, 1998	Rush Hour	$1,551,791	1,014	$1,530	$134,772,462	101
86	Jan 20, 1995	Pulp Fiction	$1,550,759	813	$1,907	$70,895,537	101
87	Sep 30, 1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	$1,543,344	1,264	$1,221	$140,151,770	103
88	Sep 28, 1984	The Karate Kid	$1,517,087	961	$1,579	$80,058,084	101
89	Apr 5, 2002	Monster's Ball	$1,484,836	714	$2,080	$25,210,748	103
90	Sep 14, 1984	Gremlins	$1,441,837	1,016	$1,419	$140,690,756	101
91	Oct 11, 1996	Independence Day	$1,439,753	1,525	$944	$297,576,603	103
92	Sep 26, 1986	The Karate Kid, Part II	$1,437,046	1,290	$1,114	$108,087,358	101
93	Aug 30, 1996	Mission: Impossible	$1,434,092	797	$1,799	$177,714,247	103
94	Mar 18, 1983	48 Hrs.	$1,379,770	750	$1,840	$65,862,723	103
95	Oct 23, 1998	There's Something About Mary	$1,362,605	1,051	$1,296	$166,767,554	103
96	Sep 9, 1988	Big	$1,326,258	1,123	$1,181	$99,551,736	101
97	Sep 13, 1991	City Slickers	$1,323,674	1,180	$1,122	$116,014,390	101
98	Nov 14, 1986	Stand by Me	$1,316,136	815	$1,615	$42,328,513	101
99	Jun 27, 1997	Liar Liar	$1,303,400	980	$1,330	$172,929,215	101
100	Apr 7, 2000	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$1,295,458	54	$23,990	$40,208,974	100

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