Box Office Records > Domestic > All Movies > Holiday 3-Day Opening Weekend > Christmas
Christmas (Opening, 3-Day)
See also: Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) - Christmas (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) - Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted)
Other Domestic Holiday 3-Day Opening Weekend records: New Year's Day - Martin Luther King - Super Bowl - Washington's Birthday - Easter - Memorial Day - Independence Day - Labor Day - Columbus Day - Halloween - Veterans Day - Thanksgiving
This chart contains the domestic box office for movies for Christmas 3-Day Weekends (Opening Weekend).
Only movies that made at least $1.0 million during their 3 day opening weekend are included in this chart.
| Rank | Date | Movie | Weekend | Total Gross |
Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 25, 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | $62,304,277 | $209,028,679 | 1 |
| 2 | Dec 25, 2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $48,875,415 | $219,614,612 | 1 |
| 3 | Dec 24, 2004 | Meet the Fockers | $46,120,980 | $279,167,575 | 1 |
| 4 | Dec 25, 2015 | Daddy’s Home | $38,740,203 | $150,357,137 | 1 |
| 5 | Dec 26, 2008 | Marley & Me | $36,357,586 | $143,153,751 | 1 |
| 6 | Dec 22, 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $36,169,328 | $404,508,916 | 1 |
| 7 | Dec 23, 2016 | Sing | $35,258,145 | $270,329,045 | 1 |
| 8 | Dec 26, 2014 | Into the Woods | $31,051,923 | $128,002,372 | 1 |
| 9 | Dec 24, 2010 | Little Fockers | $30,833,665 | $148,438,600 | 1 |
| 10 | Dec 26, 2014 | Unbroken | $30,621,445 | $115,637,895 | 1 |
| 11 | Dec 22, 2006 | Night at the Museum | $30,433,781 | $250,863,268 | 1 |
| 12 | Dec 28, 2012 | Django Unchained | $30,122,888 | $162,805,434 | 1 |
| 13 | Dec 27, 2002 | Catch Me if You Can | $30,082,000 | $164,606,800 | 1 |
| 14 | Dec 22, 2000 | Cast Away | $28,883,406 | $233,632,142 | 1 |
| 15 | Dec 22, 2023 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | $27,686,211 | $124,481,226 | 1 |
| 16 | Dec 26, 2003 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $27,557,647 | $138,614,544 | 1 |
| 17 | Dec 26, 2008 | Bedtime Stories | $27,450,296 | $110,101,975 | 1 |
| 18 | Dec 28, 2012 | Les Misérables | $27,281,735 | $149,260,140 | 1 |
| 19 | Dec 26, 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $26,853,816 | $127,509,326 | 1 |
| 20 | Dec 25, 1998 | Patch Adams | $25,262,280 | $135,014,968 | 1 |
| 21 | Dec 24, 2010 | True Grit | $24,830,443 | $171,243,005 | 1 |
| 22 | Dec 24, 2021 | Sing 2 | $22,326,230 | $162,790,990 | 1 |
| 23 | Dec 25, 2009 | It’s Complicated | $22,100,820 | $112,735,375 | 1 |
| 24 | Dec 27, 2024 | Nosferatu | $21,652,560 | $95,608,235 | 1 |
| 25 | Dec 26, 2008 | Valkyrie | $21,027,007 | $83,107,829 | 1 |
| 26 | Dec 22, 2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | $19,928,525 | $104,897,530 | 1 |
| 27 | Dec 28, 1990 | The Godfather: Part III | $19,558,558 | $66,666,062 | 1 |
| 28 | Dec 25, 1998 | Stepmom | $19,142,440 | $91,137,662 | 1 |
| 29 | Dec 27, 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | $18,410,067 | $116,949,183 | 1 |
| 30 | Dec 27, 1996 | Michael | $17,435,711 | $95,345,070 | 1 |
| 31 | Dec 25, 2015 | Joy | $17,015,168 | $56,451,232 | 1 |
| 32 | Dec 27, 2019 | Little Women | $16,755,310 | $108,095,955 | 1 |
| 33 | Dec 25, 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | $16,701,957 | $46,801,036 | 1 |
| 34 | Dec 22, 2000 | The Family Man | $15,104,055 | $75,764,085 | 1 |
| 35 | Dec 23, 2016 | Passengers | $14,869,736 | $100,014,699 | 1 |
| 36 | Dec 28, 2001 | Ali | $14,710,892 | $58,183,966 | 1 |
| 37 | Dec 26, 2003 | Cold Mountain | $14,574,213 | $95,632,614 | 1 |
| 38 | Dec 28, 2012 | Parental Guidance | $14,554,053 | $77,267,296 | 1 |
| 39 | Dec 23, 2005 | Fun with Dick & Jane | $14,383,515 | $110,550,000 | 1 |
| 40 | Dec 22, 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | $14,126,927 | $66,947,948 | 1 |
| 41 | Dec 22, 2000 | Miss Congeniality | $13,853,686 | $106,807,667 | 1 |
| 42 | Dec 24, 1999 | Any Given Sunday | $13,584,625 | $75,530,832 | 1 |
| 43 | Dec 26, 2003 | Paycheck | $13,462,374 | $53,789,313 | 1 |
| 44 | Dec 27, 2019 | Spies in Disguise | $13,354,798 | $66,757,013 | 1 |
| 45 | Dec 23, 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $12,768,604 | $102,515,793 | 1 |
| 46 | Dec 27, 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | $12,765,508 | $58,236,838 | 1 |
| 47 | Dec 24, 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | $12,738,237 | $81,292,135 | 1 |
| 48 | Dec 26, 1997 | As Good as it Gets | $12,606,928 | $148,478,011 | 1 |
| 49 | Dec 22, 2023 | Migration | $12,453,275 | $127,630,880 | 1 |
| 50 | Dec 23, 2022 | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | $12,429,515 | $186,090,535 | 1 |
| 51 | Dec 22, 2006 | Rocky Balboa | $12,158,168 | $70,269,899 | 1 |
| 52 | Dec 27, 2024 | A Complete Unknown | $11,655,553 | $75,001,720 | 1 |
| 53 | Dec 25, 1998 | The Faculty | $11,633,495 | $40,283,321 | 1 |
| 54 | Dec 26, 2003 | Peter Pan | $11,139,495 | $48,417,850 | 1 |
| 55 | Dec 23, 2016 | Why Him? | $11,002,986 | $60,323,786 | 1 |
| 56 | Dec 24, 2021 | The Matrix Resurrections | $10,749,011 | $40,463,197 | 1 |
| 57 | Dec 25, 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | $10,602,042 | $50,632,037 | 1 |
| 58 | Dec 25, 2015 | Concussion | $10,513,749 | $34,531,832 | 1 |
| 59 | Dec 23, 2016 | Assassin’s Creed | $10,278,225 | $54,647,948 | 1 |
| 60 | Dec 22, 1978 | Every Which Way but Loose | $10,272,000 | $104,268,727 | 1 |
| 61 | Dec 28, 2007 | Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem | $10,059,425 | $41,797,066 | 1 |
| 62 | Dec 27, 1991 | The Prince of Tides | $10,035,412 | $74,787,599 | 1 |
| 63 | Dec 22, 2006 | The Good Shepherd | $10,033,960 | $59,908,565 | 1 |
| 64 | Dec 24, 2004 | Fat Albert | $10,021,510 | $48,114,556 | 1 |
| 65 | Dec 27, 2013 | 47 Ronin | $9,910,310 | $38,362,475 | 1 |
| 66 | Dec 25, 2015 | Point Break | $9,800,252 | $28,782,481 | 1 |
| 67 | Dec 28, 2001 | Kate and Leopold | $9,725,408 | $47,095,453 | 1 |
| 68 | Dec 23, 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | $9,720,993 | $77,591,831 | 1 |
| 69 | Dec 23, 1994 | Street Fighter | $9,508,030 | $33,423,000 | 1 |
| 70 | Dec 23, 2011 | We Bought a Zoo | $9,360,434 | $75,624,550 | 1 |
| 71 | Dec 23, 2005 | Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | $9,309,387 | $82,571,173 | 1 |
| 72 | Dec 26, 1997 | Jackie Brown | $9,292,248 | $39,673,162 | 1 |
| 73 | Dec 28, 2007 | The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep | $9,186,054 | $40,412,817 | 1 |
| 74 | Dec 22, 2017 | The Greatest Showman | $8,805,843 | $174,340,174 | 1 |
| 75 | Dec 22, 2000 | Dracula 2000 | $8,636,567 | $33,000,377 | 1 |
| 76 | Dec 22, 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | $7,797,185 | $71,518,503 | 1 |
| 77 | Dec 28, 2018 | Vice | $7,768,371 | $47,836,282 | 1 |
| 78 | Dec 26, 1997 | An American Werewolf in Paris | $7,600,878 | $26,570,463 | 1 |
| 79 | Dec 24, 1999 | Man on the Moon | $7,515,585 | $34,580,635 | 1 |
| 80 | Dec 23, 2011 | War Horse | $7,515,402 | $79,883,359 | 1 |
| 81 | Dec 28, 2018 | Holmes & Watson | $7,411,522 | $30,568,743 | 1 |
| 82 | Dec 27, 2013 | Grudge Match | $7,032,724 | $29,817,991 | 1 |
| 83 | Dec 24, 1999 | Galaxy Quest | $7,012,630 | $71,423,726 | 1 |
| 84 | Dec 22, 1989 | Tango & Cash | $6,628,918 | $63,408,614 | 1 |
| 85 | Dec 26, 2008 | The Spirit | $6,463,278 | $19,806,188 | 1 |
| 86 | Dec 25, 1992 | Hoffa | $6,406,012 | $23,365,858 | 1 |
| 87 | Dec 24, 2010 | Gulliver's Travels | $6,307,691 | $42,779,261 | 1 |
| 88 | Dec 24, 2004 | Darkness | $6,163,306 | $22,163,442 | 1 |
| 89 | Dec 22, 2006 | We Are Marshall | $6,114,264 | $43,545,364 | 1 |
| 90 | Dec 28, 2007 | The Great Debaters | $6,005,180 | $30,226,144 | 1 |
| 91 | Dec 22, 2023 | Anyone But You | $6,000,344 | $88,319,668 | 1 |
| 92 | Dec 24, 2021 | The King’s Man | $5,915,542 | $37,176,373 | 1 |
| 93 | Dec 24, 2021 | American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story | $5,861,836 | $26,514,814 | 1 |
| 94 | Dec 23, 1994 | Ri¢hie Ri¢h | $5,830,302 | $38,087,756 | 1 |
| 95 | Dec 22, 2023 | Salaar: Cease Fire — Part 1 | $5,618,511 | $8,929,282 | 1 |
| 96 | Dec 23, 1994 | Little Women | $5,303,288 | $50,003,303 | 1 |
| 97 | Dec 26, 1997 | The Postman | $5,260,324 | $17,650,704 | 1 |
| 98 | Dec 26, 1997 | Mr. Magoo | $5,233,631 | $21,437,192 | 1 |
| 99 | Dec 23, 2005 | The Ringer | $5,158,795 | $35,428,675 | 1 |
| 100 | Dec 23, 1994 | The Jungle Book | $5,129,959 | $44,342,956 | 1 |
| 101 | Dec 26, 1986 | The Morning After | $5,069,926 | $25,147,055 | 1 |
| 102 | Dec 25, 1992 | Trespass | $5,012,910 | $13,747,138 | 1 |
| 103 | Dec 22, 2017 | Downsizing | $4,954,287 | $24,449,754 | 1 |
| 104 | Dec 22, 2023 | The Iron Claw | $4,868,370 | $35,611,828 | 1 |
| 105 | Dec 22, 1995 | Sudden Death | $4,782,445 | $20,214,270 | 1 |
| 106 | Dec 25, 1981 | Modern Problems | $4,758,371 | $24,474,312 | 1 |
| 107 | Dec 23, 1988 | Working Girl | $4,718,485 | $63,800,000 | 1 |
| 108 | Dec 23, 2022 | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With S… | $4,700,450 | $23,708,080 | 1 |
| 109 | Dec 25, 2015 | The Hateful Eight | $4,610,676 | $54,117,416 | 1 |
| 110 | Dec 27, 2024 | Babygirl | $4,490,145 | $28,175,128 | 1 |
| 111 | Dec 23, 2005 | Munich | $4,152,260 | $47,379,090 | 1 |
| 112 | Dec 24, 2004 | The Phantom of the Opera | $4,001,890 | $51,363,743 | 1 |
| 113 | Dec 22, 1989 | Always | $3,713,480 | $41,843,630 | 1 |
| 114 | Dec 26, 1980 | First Family | $3,635,564 | $15,198,912 | 1 |
| 115 | Dec 23, 2022 | Babylon | $3,603,368 | $16,596,054 | 1 |
| 116 | Dec 23, 2005 | Rumor Has It | $3,470,000 | $42,996,140 | 1 |
| 117 | Dec 27, 1996 | The Evening Star | $3,306,445 | $12,767,815 | 1 |
| 118 | Dec 22, 2017 | Father Figures | $3,287,451 | $17,501,244 | 1 |
| 119 | Dec 23, 2016 | Dangal | $3,248,481 | $12,391,761 | 1 |
| 120 | Dec 22, 1995 | Tom and Huck | $3,210,458 | $23,837,227 | 1 |
| 121 | Dec 23, 1988 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | $3,185,511 | $11,611,883 | 1 |
| 122 | Dec 23, 1994 | I.Q. | $3,131,201 | $26,265,119 | 1 |
| 123 | Dec 26, 2014 | Big Eyes | $3,001,738 | $14,482,031 | 1 |
| 124 | Dec 23, 2011 | The Darkest Hour | $2,993,519 | $21,443,494 | 1 |
| 125 | Dec 23, 2005 | Wolf Creek | $2,805,754 | $16,186,348 | 1 |
| 126 | Dec 22, 2023 | Dunki | $2,714,469 | $7,460,159 | 1 |
| 127 | Dec 22, 1995 | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | $2,708,298 | $10,660,264 | 1 |
| 128 | Dec 26, 1986 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | $2,580,750 | $11,957,943 | 1 |
| 129 | Dec 22, 1995 | Cutthroat Island | $2,371,415 | $10,017,322 | 1 |
| 130 | Dec 23, 1994 | Mixed Nuts | $2,307,850 | $6,670,176 | 1 |
| 131 | Dec 25, 2020 | News of the World | $2,250,430 | $12,668,325 | 1 |
| 132 | Dec 22, 1995 | Nixon | $2,206,506 | $13,668,249 | 1 |
| 133 | Dec 24, 2021 | A Journal for Jordan | $2,201,886 | $6,545,174 | 1 |
| 134 | Dec 27, 2002 | Chicago | $2,074,929 | $170,687,518 | 1 |
| 135 | Dec 23, 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | $2,026,295 | $11,300,653 | 1 |
| 136 | Dec 27, 2013 | Justin Bieber’s Believe | $2,007,567 | $6,206,566 | 1 |
| 137 | Dec 27, 2024 | The Fire Inside | $1,958,551 | $8,093,190 | 1 |
| 138 | Dec 26, 2014 | The Interview | $1,794,666 | $6,105,175 | 1 |
| 139 | Dec 22, 2017 | Tiger Zinda Hai | $1,787,108 | $5,560,921 | 1 |
| 140 | Dec 28, 2018 | Simmba | $1,758,576 | $5,102,129 | 1 |
| 141 | Dec 23, 2011 | Don 2 | $1,673,921 | $3,674,480 | 1 |
| 142 | Dec 25, 2009 | 3 Idiots | $1,645,502 | $6,533,849 | 1 |
| 143 | Dec 25, 1998 | Down in the Delta | $1,636,678 | $5,672,903 | 1 |
| 144 | Dec 22, 1995 | Balto | $1,519,755 | $11,268,750 | 1 |
| 145 | Dec 27, 2019 | Yip Man 4 | $1,459,523 | $3,956,031 | 1 |
| 146 | Dec 24, 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | $1,345,672 | $15,782,759 | 1 |
| 147 | Dec 22, 1978 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | $1,298,129 | $24,946,533 | 1 |
| 148 | Dec 28, 2001 | The Shipping News | $1,205,174 | $11,405,825 | 1 |
| 149 | Dec 27, 2002 | Pinocchio | $1,151,463 | $3,681,811 | 1 |
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.