United States box office records

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[edit] Top 5 Overall Intake Records

Rank Movie Title Distributer Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Titanic Paramount Pictures December 19, 1997 $600,788,188
2 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 20th Century Fox May 25, 1977 $460,998,007
3 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 19, 2004 $441,226,247
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Pictures June 11, 1982 $435,110,554
5 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox May 19, 1999 $431,088,301

[edit] Top 5 Multiple Day Records

[edit] Three-day (Non-specific)

Rank Movie Title Distributer Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7-9, 2006 (Fri-Sun) $132,028,000
2 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 19-21, 2005 (Thurs-Sat) $124,237,232
3 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 3-5, 2002 (Fri-Sun) $114,844,116
4 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 20-22, 2005 (Fri-Sun) $108,435,841
5 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 19-21, 2004 (Fri-Sun) $108,037,878

[edit] Three-day (Fri-Sun)

Rank Movie Title Distributer Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7-9, 2006 $132,028,000
2 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 3-5, 2002 $114,844,116
3 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 20-22, 2005 $108,435,841
4 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 19-21, 2004 $108,037,878
5 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox May 26-29, 2006 $102,750,665

[edit] Four-day (Non-specific)

Rank Movie Title Distributer Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 19-22, 2005 (Thurs-Sun) $158,449,700
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7-10, 2006 (Fri-Mon) $153,774,825
3 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures June 30-July 3, 2004 (Wed-Sat) $130,456,123
4 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. May 15-18, 2003 (Thurs-Sun) $129,282,716
5 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 3-6, 2002 (Fri-Mon) $125,878,901

[edit] Five-day (Non-specific)

Rank Movie Title Distributer Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 19-23, 2006 (Thurs-Mon) $172,802,507
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7-11, 2006 (Fri-Tues) $169,506,744
3 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures June 30-July 4, 2004 (Wed-Sun) $152,411,751
4 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. May 15-19, 2003 (Thurs-Mon) $139,391,066
5 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 3-7, 2002 (Fri-Tues) $135,840,755

[edit] Top 5 Daily Intake Records

[edit] Non-Specific

Rank Movie Title Distributer Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7, 2006 (Friday) $55,549,000
2 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 19, 2005 (Thursday) $50,013,859
3 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox May 26, 2006 (Friday) $45,102,265
4 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 22, 2004 (Saturday) $5540660
5 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 8, 2006 (Saturday) $44,659,000

[edit] Sunday

Rank Movie Title Distributer Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 23, 2004 $34,900,541
2 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 22, 2005 $34,212,468
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 9, 2006 $31,820,000
4 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 5, 2002 $31,814,980
5 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket Films February 29, 2004 $27,860,195

[edit] Monday

Rank Movie Title Distributer Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures July 5, 2004 $27,661,137
2 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 31, 2004 $23,408,002
3 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox May 29, 2006 $20,110,492
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 10, 2006 $18,140,271
5 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal Pictures May 26, 1997 $18,029,095

[edit] Tuesday

Rank Movie Title Distributer Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 11, 2006 $15,731,919
2 The Omen 20th Century Fox June 6, 2006 $12,633,666
3 Meet the Fockers Universal Pictures December 28, 2004 $12,629,620
4 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Cinema December 23, 2003 $12,476,242
5 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures July 6, 2004 $12,012,472

[edit] Wednesday

Rank Movie Title Distributer Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures June 30, 2004 $40,442,604
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Cinema December 17, 2003 $34,450,834
3 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox May 19, 1999 $28,542,349
4 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket Films February 25, 2004 $26,556,573
5 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line Cinema December 18, 2002 $26,159,972

[edit] Thursday

Rank Movie Title Distributer Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 19, 2005 $50,013,859
2 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. May 15, 2003 $37,508,303
3 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox May 16, 2002 $30,141,471
4 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures July 1, 2004 $23,812,920
5 Independence Day 20th Century Fox July 4, 1996 $17,343,388

[edit] Friday

Rank Movie Title Distributer Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7, 2006 $55,549,000
2 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox May 26, 2006 $45,102,265
3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros. November 18, 2005 $40,118,363
4 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 3, 2002 $39,406,872
5 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. June 4, 2004 $38,268,295

[edit] Saturday

Rank Movie Title Distributer Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 22, 2004 $44,797,042
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 8, 2006 $44,659,000
3 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 4, 2002 $43,622,264
4 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 21, 2005 $40,693,760
5 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros. November 19, 2005 $36,719,135

[edit] Top 5 Holiday Specific Weekend Intakes

[edit] Memorial Day Weekend

Rank Movie Title Distributer Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox May 26-29, 2006 $122,861,157
2 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal Pictures May 23-26, 1997 $90,161,880
3 The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox May 28-31, 2004 $85,807,341
4 Bruce Almighty Universal Pictures May 23-26, 2003 $85,734,045
5 Pearl Harbor Buena Vista Distribution May 25-28, 2001 $75,177,654