Biggest 51st Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	May 27, 1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$2,061,108	786	$2,622	$357,821,108	353
2	Jul 2, 1999	Mysteries of Egypt	$432,952	22	$19,680	$12,447,567	354
3	Feb 19, 1999	Everest	$344,598	55	$6,265	$59,799,209	353
4	Jun 28, 1985	The Gods Must Be Crazy	$279,385	113	$2,472	$15,274,772	357
5	Apr 5, 1996	Wings of Courage	$229,287	10	$22,929	$6,791,429	353
6	Oct 8, 1999	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	$207,387	33	$6,284	$24,310,806	353
7	Feb 16, 2007	Deep Sea 3-D	$200,768	37	$5,426	$23,461,900	353
8	May 31, 1996	The Postman	$188,166	216	$871	$19,140,880	355
9	Apr 4, 2003	Space Station	$163,754	38	$4,309	$35,292,121	353
10	Jun 26, 1998	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	$133,979	20	$6,699	$7,038,941	353
11	Mar 4, 2011	Hubble 3D	$133,258	49	$2,720	$22,283,221	353
12	Mar 23, 2012	Born to be Wild 3D	$106,687	40	$2,667	$17,460,701	353
13	Mar 24, 2006	Wild Safari 3D	$88,824	18	$4,935	$8,482,106	353
14	Jan 25, 2002	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	$88,107	15	$5,874	$7,045,988	353
15	Apr 20, 2001	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	$82,637	18	$4,591	$10,507,066	353
16	Jan 29, 2010	Under the Sea 3-D	$78,948	19	$4,155	$19,849,932	353
17	Apr 20, 2001	Michael Jordan to the MAX	$71,265	16	$4,454	$16,059,771	353
18	Feb 27, 2004	Bugs!	$70,650	16	$4,416	$5,098,524	353
19	Oct 13, 2000	Galapagos	$61,273	10	$6,127	$7,818,435	353
20	Sep 19, 2008	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	$56,991	45	$1,266	$18,968,324	353
21	Jan 12, 2007	Roving Mars	$55,044	17	$3,238	$5,652,527	353
22	Oct 4, 1996	Across The Sea of Time	$54,365	4	$13,591	$6,589,775	353
23	Jan 21, 2005	What the #$'! Do We Know	$53,502	64	$836	$10,478,420	353
24	Apr 5, 2013	To the Arctic 3D	$50,633	52	$974	$12,026,925	353
25	Apr 23, 1999	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	$48,788	10	$4,879	$6,539,536	353
26	Apr 14, 2000	Island of the Sharks	$46,521	5	$9,304	$6,945,435	353
27	Sep 8, 2006	Magnificent Desolation	$45,269	10	$4,527	$14,650,520	353
28	Feb 21, 1997	Fargo	$40,535	72	$563	$24,303,383	353
29	Feb 25, 2005	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	$39,227	24	$1,634	$19,947,653	353
30	Apr 23, 2004	The Barbarian Invasions	$34,125	50	$683	$3,292,656	353
31	Dec 15, 2000	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$33,053	30	$1,102	$51,208,088	352
32	Jan 30, 2009	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	$28,245	9	$3,138	$5,372,975	353
33	Sep 5, 1997	When The Cat's Away	$28,133	27	$1,042	$1,611,227	353
34	Sep 15, 2000	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	$25,842	14	$1,846	$4,939,623	353
35	Feb 11, 2000	Wolves	$23,511	11	$2,137	$3,091,323	353
36	Jul 12, 2002	China: The Panda Adventure	$20,355	7	$2,908	$2,589,185	353
37	May 15, 2009	Il Divo	$20,340	6	$3,390	$106,875	355
38	Mar 26, 2004	Ghosts of the Abyss	$18,399	9	$2,044	$15,693,584	353
39	Jan 13, 2006	Aliens of the Deep	$15,415	9	$1,713	$7,573,827	353
40	Sep 21, 2001	Cyberworld 3D	$14,853	12	$1,238	$10,093,735	353
41	Sep 2, 2011	Incendies	$9,983	8	$1,248	$6,841,323	353
42	Sep 7, 2001	Left Luggage	$9,969	5	$1,994	$1,024,934	353
43	Dec 16, 2011	Sea Rex 3D	$9,800	9	$1,089	$4,433,633	353
44	Aug 15, 2008	A Man Named Pearl	$8,772	5	$1,754	$136,036	353
45	May 10, 2013	Meerkats	$8,584	8	$1,073	$649,201	352
46	May 31, 2002	Lagaan	$8,426	5	$1,685	$56,026	353
47	Jul 20, 2001	I'm the One That I Want	$8,392	4	$2,098	$1,156,116	353
48	Nov 10, 2006	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	$8,352	7	$1,193	$1,670,094	353
49	Feb 11, 2000	Encounter in the Third Dimension	$8,007	3	$2,669	$4,334,502	353
50	Jan 2, 2004	City of God	$6,081	6	$1,014	$4,792,553	353
51	Oct 10, 2003	Bollywood/Hollywood	$5,673	7	$810	$1,491,083	353
52	Feb 25, 2000	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	$5,669	3	$1,890	$1,607,611	353
53	Sep 5, 2003	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	$5,489	2	$2,745	$1,682,522	353
54	Jan 9, 2009	U2 3D	$3,908	2	$1,954	$9,679,545	355
55	Aug 15, 2003	The Seven Samurai	$3,412	1	$3,412	$258,154	353
56	Mar 30, 2001	The Girl Next Door	$3,184	1	$3,184	$510,876	353
57	Sep 16, 2005	Therese	$3,153	2	$1,577	$2,499,090	353
58	Nov 12, 1999	The Mirror	$3,121	1	$3,121	$63,118	355
59	Apr 20, 2001	The Basket	$2,790	5	$558	$606,671	353
60	Dec 10, 2004	Young Black Stallion	$2,436	2	$1,218	$6,586,804	354
61	May 21, 2004	Weather Underground	$2,295	3	$765	$562,048	353
62	May 5, 2000	The Saragossa Manuscript	$2,215	1	$2,215	$105,448	353
63	Sep 12, 2003	Shanghai Ghetto	$1,880	2	$940	$711,598	353
64	Apr 4, 2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$1,696	6	$283	$241,437,427	353
65	Sep 8, 2006	Hate Crime	$1,420	1	$1,420	$40,758	353
66	Mar 1, 2002	The Debut	$1,415	1	$1,415	$1,260,219	353
67	Apr 13, 2007	Army of Shadows	$1,306	1	$1,306	$736,698	353
68	Feb 22, 2002	The Circle	$1,225	1	$1,225	$665,872	353
69	Dec 10, 2010	The Girl Who Played with Fire	$1,187	3	$396	$9,078,015	353
70	Jul 27, 2007	The Page Turner	$1,067	1	$1,067	$208,691	353
71	Oct 7, 2005	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	$1,036	1	$1,036	$371,815	353
72	Mar 15, 2002	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	$936	1	$936	$2,477,076	353
73	Nov 21, 2008	The Singing Revolution	$897	1	$897	$394,956	353
74	Aug 2, 2002	Songs from the Second Floor	$873	1	$873	$57,164	353
75	Nov 7, 2003	O Fantasma	$785	1	$785	$125,651	353
76	Feb 15, 2002	Haunted Castle	$777	1	$777	$3,331,965	353
77	Apr 23, 2004	The Butterfly	$678	1	$678	$22,748	353
78	Aug 27, 2010	Crude	$499	1	$499	$170,295	353
79	May 30, 2008	Irina Palm	$418	1	$418	$42,743	353
80	Jun 2, 2006	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	$300	1	$300	$225,775	353
81	Jun 7, 2002	Life and Debt	$280	1	$280	$255,901	353
82	Jul 11, 2003	I am Trying to Break Your Heart	$273	1	$273	$445,521	353
83	Oct 30, 2009	Fuel	$240	1	$240	$174,255	353
84	Feb 22, 2008	The Witnesses	$228	1	$228	$55,303	355
85	Sep 8, 2000	Fever Pitch	$170	1	$170	$113,384	353
86	Dec 24, 2010	Sweetgrass	$160	1	$160	$206,888	355
87	Nov 29, 2002	The Other Side of Heaven	$77	1	$77	$4,720,371	353

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