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Biggest 40th Weekend at the Domestic Box Office
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This chart contains figures for the biggest 40th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office.
| ←Biggest Domestic 39th Weekend | Biggest Domestic 41st Weekend→ |
| Rank | Date | Movie | Gross | Theaters | Per Theater |
Total Gross |
Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 17, 2003 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $2,173,330 | 1,171 | $1,856 | $234,268,965 | 40 |
| 2 | Apr 7, 1995 | Forrest Gump | $1,704,996 | 1,125 | $1,516 | $323,602,990 | 40 |
| 3 | Mar 12, 1982 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,243,988 | 633 | $1,965 | $188,846,058 | 40 |
| 4 | Feb 23, 1996 | Braveheart | $1,007,119 | 611 | $1,648 | $70,260,658 | 40 |
| 5 | Feb 24, 1978 | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | $759,126 | 144 | $5,272 | $209,760,454 | 40 |
| 6 | Mar 11, 1983 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $749,684 | 441 | $1,700 | $341,705,684 | 40 |
| 7 | Mar 15, 1996 | Il Postino | $729,550 | 347 | $2,102 | $15,250,703 | 40 |
| 8 | Dec 4, 1998 | Everest | $445,380 | 61 | $7,301 | $53,472,864 | 40 |
| 9 | Apr 29, 1983 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $438,974 | 308 | $1,425 | $125,526,007 | 40 |
| 10 | Apr 23, 1999 | Saving Private Ryan | $431,753 | 627 | $689 | $214,955,470 | 40 |
| 11 | Jun 25, 1982 | Chariots of Fire | $377,647 | 320 | $1,180 | $59,896,912 | 40 |
| 12 | Jul 23, 1999 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $331,783 | 37 | $8,967 | $19,074,181 | 40 |
| 13 | Apr 12, 1985 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $322,568 | 95 | $3,395 | $9,157,225 | 40 |
| 14 | Nov 5, 2004 | What the #$'! Do We Know | $312,611 | 143 | $2,186 | $7,684,477 | 40 |
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.