Biggest September Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Sep 28, 2012	Hotel Transylvania	$42,522,194	3,349	$12,697	$42,522,194	3
2	Sep 27, 2002	Sweet Home Alabama	$35,648,740	3,293	$10,826	$35,648,740	3
3	Sep 18, 1998	Rush Hour	$33,001,803	2,638	$12,510	$33,001,803	3
4	Sep 18, 2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	$30,304,648	3,119	$9,716	$30,304,648	3
5	Sep 16, 2011	The Lion King 3D	$30,151,614	2,330	$12,941	$358,691,119	6,305
6	Sep 9, 2005	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	$30,054,300	2,981	$10,082	$30,054,300	3
7	Sep 3, 1999	The Sixth Sense	$29,271,146	2,775	$10,548	$176,245,282	31
8	Sep 26, 2008	Eagle Eye	$29,150,721	3,510	$8,305	$29,150,721	3
9	Sep 22, 2006	Jackass: Number Two	$29,002,002	3,059	$9,481	$29,002,002	3
10	Sep 10, 2010	Resident Evil: Afterlife	$26,650,264	3,203	$8,320	$26,650,264	3
11	Sep 25, 2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	$25,038,803	3,119	$8,028	$60,474,555	10
12	Sep 23, 2005	Flightplan	$24,629,938	3,424	$7,193	$24,629,938	3
13	Sep 17, 2010	The Town	$23,808,032	2,861	$8,322	$23,808,032	3
14	Sep 21, 2007	Resident Evil: Extinction	$23,678,580	2,828	$8,373	$23,678,580	3
15	Sep 29, 2006	Open Season	$23,624,548	3,833	$6,163	$23,624,548	3
16	Sep 11, 2009	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	$23,446,785	2,255	$10,398	$23,446,785	3
17	Sep 12, 2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	$23,424,118	3,282	$7,137	$23,424,118	3
18	Sep 24, 1999	Double Jeopardy	$23,162,542	2,547	$9,094	$23,162,542	3
19	Sep 10, 2004	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	$23,036,273	3,284	$7,015	$23,036,273	3
20	Sep 28, 2007	The Game Plan	$22,950,971	3,103	$7,396	$22,950,971	3
21	Sep 9, 2011	Contagion	$22,403,596	3,222	$6,953	$22,403,596	3
22	Sep 23, 2011	The Lion King 3D	$21,929,332	2,330	$9,412	$390,014,907	6,312
23	Sep 19, 2003	Underworld	$21,753,759	2,915	$7,463	$21,753,759	3
24	Sep 25, 1998	Rush Hour	$21,202,929	2,643	$8,022	$64,037,138	10
25	Sep 14, 2012	Resident Evil: Retribution	$21,052,227	3,012	$6,989	$21,052,227	3
26	Sep 24, 2004	The Forgotton	$21,022,111	3,104	$6,773	$21,022,111	3
27	Sep 29, 2000	Remember the Titans	$20,905,831	1,865	$11,210	$20,905,831	3
28	Sep 28, 2012	Looper	$20,801,552	2,992	$6,952	$20,801,552	3
29	Sep 13, 2002	Barbershop	$20,627,433	1,605	$12,852	$20,627,433	3
30	Sep 23, 2011	Moneyball	$19,501,302	2,993	$6,516	$19,501,302	3
31	Sep 17, 1999	Blue Streak	$19,208,806	2,735	$7,023	$19,208,806	3
32	Sep 23, 2011	Dolphin Tale	$19,152,401	3,507	$5,461	$19,152,401	3
33	Sep 23, 2005	The Corpse Bride	$19,145,480	3,204	$5,975	$19,656,451	10
34	Sep 12, 2008	Burn After Reading	$19,128,001	2,651	$7,215	$19,128,001	3
35	Sep 24, 2010	Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps	$19,011,188	3,565	$5,333	$19,011,188	3
36	Sep 20, 1996	The First Wives Club	$18,913,411	1,922	$9,840	$18,913,411	3
37	Sep 26, 2003	The Rundown	$18,533,765	3,152	$5,880	$18,533,765	3
38	Sep 10, 1999	Stigmata	$18,309,666	2,899	$6,316	$18,309,666	3
39	Sep 29, 2006	The Guardian	$18,006,064	3,241	$5,556	$18,006,064	3
40	Sep 17, 2010	Easy A	$17,734,040	2,856	$6,209	$17,734,040	3
41	Sep 12, 2008	The Family That Preys	$17,381,218	2,070	$8,397	$17,381,218	3
42	Sep 3, 1993	The Fugitive	$17,239,413	2,425	$7,109	$133,670,684	31
43	Sep 28, 2007	The Kingdom	$17,135,055	2,793	$6,135	$17,135,055	3
44	Sep 28, 2001	Don't Say a Word	$17,090,474	2,802	$6,099	$17,090,474	3
45	Sep 14, 2012	Finding Nemo	$16,687,773	2,904	$5,746	$356,402,140	3,398
46	Sep 2, 2005	The Transporter 2	$16,540,720	3,303	$5,008	$16,540,720	3
47	Sep 10, 1999	The Sixth Sense	$16,511,464	2,782	$5,935	$197,665,281	38
48	Sep 16, 2005	Just Like Heaven	$16,408,718	3,508	$4,678	$16,408,718	3
49	Sep 12, 2008	Righteous Kill	$16,288,361	3,152	$5,168	$16,288,361	3
50	Sep 24, 2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D	$16,112,211	3,575	$4,507	$16,112,211	3
51	Sep 24, 2010	The Town	$15,605,171	2,885	$5,409	$48,692,072	10
52	Sep 17, 2004	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	$15,580,278	3,170	$4,915	$15,580,278	3
53	Sep 28, 2001	Zoolander	$15,525,043	2,507	$6,193	$15,525,043	3
54	Sep 27, 1996	The First Wives Club	$15,314,530	2,312	$6,624	$41,784,740	10
55	Sep 27, 2002	The Tuxedo	$15,051,028	3,022	$4,980	$15,051,028	3
56	Sep 19, 1997	In & Out	$15,019,821	1,992	$7,540	$15,019,821	3
57	Sep 19, 2008	Lakeview Terrace	$15,004,672	2,464	$6,090	$15,004,672	3
58	Sep 25, 2009	Surrogates	$14,902,692	2,951	$5,050	$14,902,692	3
59	Sep 16, 2005	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	$14,851,719	2,983	$4,979	$51,561,110	10
60	Sep 30, 2005	Flightplan	$14,805,739	3,424	$4,324	$45,912,018	10
61	Sep 29, 2006	Jackass: Number Two	$14,605,343	3,063	$4,768	$52,070,722	10
62	Sep 2, 2011	The Help	$14,594,623	2,843	$5,134	$118,985,176	26
63	Sep 16, 2011	Contagion	$14,548,433	3,222	$4,515	$44,260,524	10
64	Sep 15, 2006	Gridiron Gang	$14,414,630	3,504	$4,114	$14,414,630	3
65	Sep 12, 1997	The Game	$14,337,029	2,403	$5,966	$14,337,029	3
66	Sep 1, 2000	Bring it On	$14,170,825	2,410	$5,880	$36,649,970	10
67	Sep 7, 2007	3:10 to Yuma	$14,035,033	2,652	$5,292	$14,035,033	3
68	Sep 22, 1995	Se7en	$13,949,807	2,441	$5,715	$13,949,807	3
69	Sep 30, 2011	Dolphin Tale	$13,912,419	3,515	$3,958	$37,183,796	10
70	Sep 21, 2007	Good Luck Chuck	$13,652,001	2,612	$5,227	$13,652,001	3
71	Sep 14, 2007	The Brave One	$13,471,488	2,755	$4,890	$13,471,488	3
72	Sep 26, 2008	Nights in Rodanthe	$13,418,454	2,704	$4,962	$13,418,454	3
73	Sep 2, 2005	The 40 Year-old Virgin	$13,301,085	2,901	$4,585	$68,651,840	17
74	Sep 3, 2010	The American	$13,177,790	2,823	$4,668	$16,321,575	5
75	Sep 21, 2012	End of Watch	$13,152,683	2,730	$4,818	$13,152,683	3
76	Sep 12, 2003	Matchstick Men	$13,087,307	2,711	$4,827	$13,087,307	3
77	Sep 17, 1999	For Love of the Game	$13,041,685	2,829	$4,610	$13,041,685	3
78	Sep 13, 1991	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare	$12,966,525	1,862	$6,964	$12,966,525	3
79	Sep 20, 2002	Barbershop	$12,817,223	1,894	$6,767	$38,393,266	10
80	Sep 25, 1998	Ronin	$12,697,641	2,487	$5,106	$12,697,641	3
81	Sep 24, 1999	Blue Streak	$12,547,093	2,735	$4,588	$37,015,498	10
82	Sep 24, 1993	The Good Son	$12,520,305	1,847	$6,779	$12,520,305	3
83	Sep 29, 1995	Se7en	$12,378,647	2,472	$5,008	$30,805,661	10
84	Sep 4, 2009	The Final Destination	$12,368,882	3,121	$3,963	$47,508,879	10
85	Sep 26, 1997	The Peacemaker	$12,311,939	2,362	$5,213	$12,311,939	3
86	Sep 17, 2010	Devil	$12,289,375	2,809	$4,375	$12,289,375	3
87	Sep 21, 2012	House at the End of the Street	$12,287,234	3,083	$3,985	$12,287,234	3
88	Sep 2, 1994	Forrest Gump	$12,221,147	2,246	$5,441	$238,771,095	61
89	Sep 21, 2012	Trouble with the Curve	$12,162,040	3,212	$3,786	$12,162,040	3
90	Sep 1, 2006	Invincible	$12,151,426	2,921	$4,160	$34,792,269	10
91	Sep 19, 2003	Secondhand Lions	$12,139,832	3,013	$4,029	$12,139,832	3
92	Sep 16, 1994	Timecop	$12,064,625	2,228	$5,415	$12,064,625	3
93	Sep 30, 2011	Moneyball	$12,031,592	2,993	$4,020	$38,000,130	10
94	Sep 19, 2003	The Fighting Temptations	$11,758,372	2,026	$5,804	$11,758,372	3
95	Sep 4, 2009	Inglourious Basterds	$11,629,393	3,358	$3,463	$91,825,003	17
96	Sep 3, 2010	Machete	$11,416,164	2,670	$4,276	$11,416,164	3
97	Sep 16, 2011	Drive	$11,340,461	2,886	$3,929	$11,340,461	3
98	Sep 6, 2002	Swimfan	$11,326,601	2,856	$3,966	$11,326,601	3
99	Sep 4, 2009	All About Steve	$11,241,214	2,251	$4,994	$11,241,214	3
100	Sep 26, 1997	In & Out	$11,225,464	2,268	$4,949	$30,376,543	10

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