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Movies with Most Front-Loaded Opening Weekend



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This list shows movies with the most front-loaded opening weekend, as measured by the percentage of the (3-day) opening weekend at the domestic box office that was earned on Friday. The higher the percentage, the more front-loaded the film. For this chart we consider movies that were released on a Friday, and that opened in at least 600 theaters.

Rank Released Movie Friday
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Opening
Theaters
Friday Opening
Weekend
Total
Gross
1 2025 Game Changer 72.8% 805 $1,500,000 $2,060,000 $2,060,000
2 2024 Your Monster 69.8% 651 $365,155 $522,958 $745,643
3 2024 Devara Part 1 69.6% 1,040 $3,900,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000
4 2023 Salaar: Cease Fire — Part 1 68.4% 802 $3,843,436 $5,618,511 $8,929,282
5 2024 City of Dreams 68.4% 774 $851,434 $1,245,167 $1,713,427
6 2024 Skincare 67.1% 760 $217,307 $323,856 $456,590
7 2023 The Chosen Season 3 Finale 62.6% 1,731 $2,270,000 $3,623,742 $5,525,069
8 2025 Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginni… 60.4% 784 $532,767 $882,471 $1,217,465
9 2023 Anyone But You 58.0% 3,055 $3,477,429 $6,000,344 $88,319,668
10 2022 RRR 56.8% 1,200 $5,400,000 $9,500,000 $14,473,124
11 2013 One Direction: This is Us 56.1% 2,735 $8,868,530 $15,815,497 $28,873,374
12 2024 Someone Like You 55.9% 1,802 $1,665,210 $2,979,692 $5,937,306
13 2023 It’s A Wonderful Knife 55.9% 923 $334,623 $598,826 $811,818
14 2014 Endless Love 55.8% 2,896 $7,428,245 $13,307,125 $23,438,250
15 2001 Bones 55.6% 847 $1,569,000 $2,823,548 $7,316,658
16 2011 African Cats 55.4% 1,220 $3,327,053 $6,003,200 $15,428,747
17 2023 Paint 55.4% 819 $315,993 $570,512 $811,739
18 2014 The Fault in Our Stars 54.3% 3,173 $26,062,046 $48,002,523 $124,872,350
19 2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie 53.9% 3,118 $17,436,095 $32,324,487 $79,576,189
20 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:… 53.8% 4,375 $91,071,119 $169,189,427 $382,088,758
21 2003 Tupac Resurrection 53.8% 801 $2,491,000 $4,632,847 $7,718,961
22 2024 Joker: Folie à Deux 53.8% 4,102 $20,257,472 $37,678,467 $58,300,287
23 2017 Pitch Perfect 3 53.3% 3,447 $10,625,150 $19,928,525 $104,897,530
24 2023 RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ 53.3% 2,539 $11,619,984 $21,801,216 $33,889,684
25 2022 The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie … 53.0% 910 $266,000 $502,000 $502,000
26 2024 Slingshot 52.6% 845 $258,266 $491,405 $735,739
27 2024 Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle a… 52.5% 1,119 $1,913,472 $3,645,301 $7,071,622
28 2024 Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin 52.3% 1,900 $2,642,007 $5,047,975 $12,222,383
29 2018 Super Troopers 2 52.3% 2,038 $7,945,555 $15,181,624 $30,617,396
30 2017 Same Kind of Different as Me 52.3% 1,362 $1,354,347 $2,591,985 $6,423,605
31 2012 Paranormal Activity 4 52.1% 3,412 $15,110,106 $29,003,866 $53,900,335
32 2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 51.9% 4,061 $71,642,526 $138,122,261 $281,287,133
33 2022 One Piece Film: Red 51.8% 2,367 $4,838,903 $9,340,245 $12,768,073
34 2022 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (ラゴンボール… 51.7% 3,018 $10,915,414 $21,124,049 $32,132,374
35 2008 Twilight 51.7% 3,419 $35,978,348 $69,637,740 $192,769,854
36 2020 The Photograph 51.6% 2,516 $6,287,485 $12,181,865 $20,578,185
37 2015 The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death 51.5% 2,602 $7,746,085 $15,027,415 $26,501,323
38 2024 The Order 51.3% 603 $450,183 $877,855 $2,010,901
39 2023 The Iron Claw 51.3% 2,774 $2,496,600 $4,868,370 $35,611,828
40 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 50.9% 4,024 $72,703,754 $142,839,137 $296,623,634
41 2022 Halloween Ends 50.9% 3,901 $20,375,495 $40,050,355 $64,079,860
42 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 50.5% 4,406 $89,615,288 $177,383,864 $515,202,542
43 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 50.4% 4,070 $71,167,839 $141,067,634 $292,324,737
44 2013 The Host 50.3% 3,202 $5,337,111 $10,600,112 $26,623,701
45 2013 Insidious Chapter 2 50.2% 3,049 $20,231,363 $40,272,103 $83,586,447
46 2014 About Last Night 50.2% 2,253 $12,871,109 $25,649,011 $48,637,684
47 2014 Winter’s Tale 50.1% 2,965 $3,652,687 $7,297,694 $12,600,231
48 2011 Paranormal Activity 3 50.0% 3,321 $26,305,745 $52,568,183 $104,028,807
49 2015 Paper Towns 50.0% 3,031 $6,328,167 $12,650,140 $32,000,304
50 2023 Magic Mike’s Last Dance 49.9% 1,496 $4,141,216 $8,305,317 $26,033,633
51 2024 Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom 49.9% 621 $554,770 $1,112,655 $1,650,280
52 2023 Waitress: The Musical 49.7% 1,214 $1,416,231 $2,847,421 $5,402,148
53 2025 My Dead Friend Zoe 49.7% 780 $367,894 $740,088 $1,227,801
54 2012 The Devil Inside 49.7% 2,285 $16,756,764 $33,732,515 $53,262,945
55 2023 Five Nights at Freddy’s 49.6% 3,675 $39,645,580 $80,001,720 $137,275,620
56 2012 Magic Mike 49.5% 2,930 $19,371,387 $39,127,170 $113,721,571
57 2010 Paranormal Activity 2 49.4% 3,216 $20,109,273 $40,678,424 $84,752,907
58 2023 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 49.4% 3,706 $13,681,754 $27,686,211 $124,481,226
59 2024 Out of Darkness 49.4% 897 $484,186 $979,822 $1,951,546
60 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:… 49.3% 4,125 $61,684,550 $125,017,372 $297,414,693
61 2015 Little Boy 49.3% 1,045 $1,355,876 $2,750,356 $6,485,961
62 2009 Saw VI 49.3% 3,036 $6,957,263 $14,118,444 $27,693,292
63 2013 The Purge 49.3% 2,536 $16,775,640 $34,058,360 $64,473,115
64 2024 Boy Kills World 49.2% 1,993 $828,560 $1,682,525 $2,626,127
65 2000 Pokemon 2000 49.2% 2,752 $9,639,373 $19,575,608 $43,746,923
66 2024 Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Nagi- (劇… 49.2% 857 $514,034 $1,045,016 $1,855,384
67 2021 Black Widow 49.2% 4,160 $39,510,446 $80,366,312 $183,651,655
68 2024 The Long Game 49.2% 1,030 $639,255 $1,300,398 $3,060,040
69 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 49.1% 4,242 $81,558,505 $166,007,347 $330,360,194
70 2023 Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story 49.1% 3,856 $8,552,178 $17,410,552 $44,428,554
71 2018 Little Women 49.1% 643 $346,121 $705,063 $1,379,497
72 2021 The Boss Baby: Family Business 49.1% 3,644 $7,850,390 $16,000,665 $57,300,280
73 2022 Don’t Worry, Darling 48.9% 4,113 $9,469,881 $19,353,213 $45,309,403
74 2019 After 48.9% 2,138 $2,932,423 $6,002,349 $12,138,565
75 2024 Guntur Kaaram 48.8% 800 $2,000,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000
76 2015 Magic Mike XXL 48.8% 3,355 $6,269,228 $12,857,184 $66,013,057
77 2024 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—To the… 48.7% 1,949 $5,602,987 $11,505,414 $17,657,658
78 2016 Suicide Squad 48.5% 4,255 $64,893,248 $133,682,248 $325,100,054
79 2017 All Eyez on Me 48.5% 2,471 $12,811,328 $26,435,354 $44,922,302
80 2024 It Ends With Us 48.4% 3,611 $24,221,593 $50,016,652 $148,518,266
81 2024 Homestead 48.4% 1,886 $2,905,419 $6,000,241 $20,810,966
82 2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of M… 48.4% 4,534 $90,720,784 $187,420,998 $411,331,607
83 2014 Bears 48.4% 1,720 $2,311,688 $4,776,267 $17,780,194
84 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder 48.2% 4,375 $69,554,073 $144,165,107 $343,256,830
85 2022 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 48.2% 2,286 $8,675,953 $18,003,204 $33,919,605
86 2023 The Oath 48.2% 640 $112,165 $232,833 $509,470
87 2001 Josie and the Pussycats 48.1% 2,556 $2,195,500 $4,562,455 $14,252,830
88 2006 The Grudge 2 48.1% 3,211 $10,018,039 $20,825,300 $39,143,839
89 2023 That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Sli… 48.1% 1,473 $701,958 $1,459,515 $1,891,488
90 2015 Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens 48.0% 4,134 $119,119,282 $247,966,675 $936,662,225
91 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street 47.8% 3,332 $15,735,956 $32,902,299 $63,075,011
92 2018 Fifty Shades Freed 47.7% 3,768 $18,407,850 $38,560,195 $100,407,760
93 2008 Saw V 47.7% 3,060 $14,345,874 $30,053,954 $56,746,769
94 2024 In a Violent Nature 47.6% 1,426 $1,026,303 $2,155,346 $4,229,999
95 2024 Fly Me to the Moon 47.6% 3,356 $4,476,129 $9,402,176 $20,532,222
96 2017 Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi 47.6% 4,232 $104,684,491 $220,009,584 $620,181,382
97 2009 Friday the 13th 47.6% 3,105 $19,293,446 $40,570,365 $65,002,019
98 2014 Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 47.5% 2,867 $8,722,144 $18,343,611 $32,462,372
99 2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumb… 47.5% 4,208 $20,027,334 $42,151,256 $95,850,844
100 2024 MaXXXine 47.5% 2,450 $3,185,000 $6,705,038 $15,097,633

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.