Biggest 40th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Jan 17, 2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$2,173,330	1,171	$1,856	$234,268,965	276
2	Apr 7, 1995	Forrest Gump	$1,704,996	1,125	$1,516	$323,602,990	278
3	Mar 12, 1982	Raiders of the Lost Ark	$1,243,988	633	$1,965	$196,614,672	276
4	Feb 23, 1996	Braveheart	$1,007,119	611	$1,648	$70,260,658	278
5	Feb 24, 1978	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$759,126	144	$5,272	$209,760,454	278
6	Mar 11, 1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$749,684	441	$1,700	$341,705,684	276
7	Mar 15, 1996	The Postman	$729,550	347	$2,102	$15,250,703	278
8	Dec 4, 1998	Everest	$445,380	61	$7,301	$53,472,864	276
9	Apr 29, 1983	An Officer and a Gentleman	$438,974	308	$1,425	$125,526,007	278
10	Apr 23, 1999	Saving Private Ryan	$431,753	627	$689	$214,955,470	276
11	Jun 25, 1982	Chariots of Fire	$377,647	320	$1,180	$53,561,403	276
12	Jul 23, 1999	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	$331,783	37	$8,967	$19,074,181	276
13	Apr 12, 1985	The Gods Must Be Crazy	$322,568	95	$3,395	$9,157,225	280
14	Nov 5, 2004	What the #$'! Do We Know	$312,611	143	$2,186	$7,684,477	276
15	Sep 17, 2010	Avatar	$238,180	129	$1,846	$760,083,041	276
16	Jul 4, 2008	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	$201,315	45	$4,474	$15,231,238	276
17	Aug 15, 1997	The English Patient	$165,173	318	$519	$78,258,295	276
18	Mar 1, 2002	Brotherhood of the Wolf	$159,605	137	$1,165	$10,517,793	276
19	Jan 17, 2003	Space Station	$142,905	42	$3,403	$31,138,395	276
20	Jul 19, 1996	Across The Sea of Time	$128,016	4	$32,004	$4,589,863	276
21	Nov 9, 2001	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	$122,242	15	$8,149	$4,904,153	276
22	Jun 21, 1985	Amadeus	$115,084	103	$1,117	$50,706,016	278
23	Jul 14, 1995	Pulp Fiction	$112,259	268	$419	$107,441,566	276
24	Jul 28, 2000	Galapagos	$110,895	8	$13,862	$5,963,662	276
25	Feb 6, 2004	The Barbarian Invasions	$109,553	56	$1,956	$1,117,128	276
26	Dec 17, 2010	Hubble 3D	$101,166	56	$1,807	$19,351,723	276
27	Apr 10, 1998	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	$93,118	9	$10,346	$5,017,698	276
28	Jan 19, 1996	Wings of Courage	$89,889	9	$9,988	$5,060,100	276
29	Sep 24, 2010	The Girl Who Played with Fire	$85,290	111	$768	$8,747,682	276
30	Jun 23, 2006	Magnificent Desolation	$83,268	17	$4,898	$12,594,754	276
31	Jan 6, 2012	Born to be Wild 3D	$82,992	45	$1,844	$15,322,825	276
32	Nov 13, 2009	Under the Sea 3-D	$74,118	30	$2,471	$18,640,771	276
33	Jan 18, 2013	To the Arctic 3D	$73,623	52	$1,416	$10,860,831	276
34	Feb 24, 1984	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	$71,546	67	$1,068	$252,212,411	278
35	Apr 9, 2004	Grande Seduction, La	$70,181	12	$5,848	$8,830,602	276
36	Jul 6, 2001	Cyberworld 3D	$69,209	21	$3,296	$8,823,503	276
37	Sep 29, 2000	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$68,859	30	$2,295	$50,433,962	275
38	Aug 2, 2002	Monsters, Inc.	$67,470	123	$549	$255,352,147	276
39	Dec 1, 2006	Deep Sea 3-D	$66,286	26	$2,549	$21,356,086	276
40	Nov 24, 2000	Wonder Boys	$63,884	12	$5,324	$19,045,347	278
41	Feb 2, 2001	Michael Jordan to the MAX	$62,220	14	$4,444	$14,853,180	276
42	Jan 28, 2000	Island of the Sharks	$61,083	7	$8,726	$5,645,665	276
43	Feb 2, 2001	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	$59,646	17	$3,509	$9,146,515	276
44	Jan 6, 2006	Wild Safari 3D	$48,692	12	$4,058	$6,801,647	276
45	Jun 30, 2000	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	$47,181	13	$3,629	$3,778,391	276
46	Mar 28, 2003	Rivers and Tides	$44,816	15	$2,988	$1,240,140	276
47	Jan 3, 1997	Wallace & Gromit	$42,555	17	$2,503	$959,699	275
48	Jun 20, 1997	When The Cat's Away	$40,903	2	$20,452	$247,804	276
49	Nov 26, 1999	Wolves	$40,093	13	$3,084	$2,618,031	276
50	Mar 7, 2008	La Vie en Rose	$38,841	31	$1,253	$10,189,568	276
51	May 5, 2000	The Sixth Sense	$35,943	91	$395	$293,476,912	276
52	Dec 24, 1999	Extreme	$31,258	13	$2,404	$6,861,660	279
53	Aug 25, 2006	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	$31,079	15	$2,072	$1,343,695	276
54	Oct 27, 2006	Roving Mars	$28,732	21	$1,368	$4,934,773	276
55	Mar 17, 1995	The Lion King	$28,144	86	$327	$312,803,512	278
56	Nov 14, 2008	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	$23,106	11	$2,101	$5,055,805	276
57	Oct 26, 2001	Escanaba in Da Moonlight	$22,663	24	$944	$2,246,554	276
58	Jun 7, 1985	The Brother from Another Planet	$22,236	6	$3,706	$3,162,690	276
59	Jul 19, 1985	Stop Making Sense	$21,815	19	$1,148	$4,661,771	276
60	Sep 30, 2011	Sea Rex 3D	$19,212	10	$1,921	$4,271,367	276
61	Dec 12, 2003	Bugs!	$18,782	17	$1,105	$4,230,484	276
62	Oct 28, 2005	Aliens of the Deep	$18,520	18	$1,029	$7,418,324	276
63	Oct 15, 2004	The Corporation	$18,287	21	$871	$1,805,104	275
64	May 15, 2009	Fly Me To the Moon	$18,260	6	$3,043	$13,752,637	276
65	Oct 13, 2000	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	$16,796	21	$800	$1,638,918	278
66	Apr 2, 1999	Mark Twain's America 3D	$16,282	4	$4,071	$1,315,427	276
67	Dec 10, 2004	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	$14,752	20	$738	$19,439,332	276
68	Sep 18, 1998	Titanic	$14,003	49	$286	$600,779,824	276
69	May 6, 2005	Saints and Soldiers	$13,814	12	$1,151	$1,292,427	276
70	Dec 10, 1999	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	$13,453	9	$1,495	$1,447,937	276
71	Jun 22, 2001	Left Luggage	$12,716	7	$1,817	$1,113,208	276
72	Jan 28, 2011	The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest	$12,185	22	$554	$5,407,311	276
73	Nov 30, 2001	Haunted Castle	$12,166	6	$2,028	$3,297,670	276
74	Jan 9, 2004	Ghosts of the Abyss	$11,591	6	$1,932	$15,301,687	276
75	Mar 9, 2001	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	$11,283	5	$2,257	$1,315,573	276
76	Feb 15, 2002	Moulin Rouge	$11,087	11	$1,008	$57,185,390	276
77	May 4, 2001	I'm the One That I Want	$10,678	4	$2,670	$996,390	276
78	Mar 2, 2012	The Women on the 6th Floor	$10,576	6	$1,763	$631,932	276
79	May 16, 2008	Caramel	$10,418	12	$868	$1,008,545	278
80	Nov 26, 1999	Encounter in the Third Dimension	$10,039	5	$2,008	$4,204,474	276
81	May 11, 2007	The Page Turner	$9,845	11	$895	$184,611	276
82	Feb 17, 2012	Midnight in Paris	$9,791	16	$612	$56,553,416	276
83	Jun 12, 2009	Enlighten Up!	$9,558	6	$1,593	$207,677	276
84	Mar 11, 2011	Heartbeats	$9,002	6	$1,500	$32,003	276
85	Oct 24, 2008	U2 3D	$8,872	8	$1,109	$9,593,061	278
86	Oct 17, 2003	City of God	$7,568	3	$2,523	$4,676,802	276
87	Jun 9, 1995	Arizona Dream	$6,887	1	$6,887	$9,733	276
88	Jan 12, 2001	Alien Adventure	$6,350	2	$3,175	$3,287,725	276
89	Jun 20, 2003	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	$6,234	3	$2,078	$1,599,792	276
90	Dec 28, 2001	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	$6,208	4	$1,552	$2,389,475	276
91	Apr 26, 2013	Searching for Sugar Man	$5,287	8	$661	$3,648,145	276
92	Apr 26, 2002	China: The Panda Adventure	$5,232	4	$1,308	$2,251,061	276
93	Jul 22, 2005	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	$4,967	3	$1,656	$317,374	276
94	Jan 28, 2000	The King of Masks	$4,924	3	$1,641	$1,069,951	276
95	Jul 27, 2001	George Washington	$4,798	3	$1,599	$225,141	276
96	Jul 31, 2009	One Day You'll Understand	$4,700	1	$4,700	$135,888	276
97	Mar 11, 2011	Winter's Bone	$4,580	9	$509	$6,527,448	276
98	Sep 12, 2003	Russian Ark	$4,480	3	$1,493	$2,997,186	276
99	Dec 14, 2001	Gabriela	$4,372	4	$1,093	$2,297,307	276
100	Jun 2, 2000	West Beirut	$4,188	2	$2,094	$295,538	276

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