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With inflation considered, the number one box office intake record is held by Gone With the Wind. The intake for Gone With the Wind adjusted for inflation was $1,329,453,600. Unadjusted the intake was $198,676,459.[1]

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[edit] Mainstream Cinema

[edit] Top 5 Overall Intake Records

Rank Movie Title Distributor 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 Distributor Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures May 04-06, 2007 (Fri-Sun) $151,116,516
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7-9, 2006 (Fri-Sun) $135,634,554
3 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 19-21, 2005 (Thurs-Sat) $124,237,232
4 Shrek the Third Paramount Pictures May 18-20, 2007 (Fri-Sun) $121,629,270
5 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 3-5, 2002 (Fri-Sun) $114,844,116

[edit] Three-day (Fri-Sun)

Rank Movie Title Distributor Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures May 4-6 2007 $151,116,516
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7-9, 2006 $135,634,554
3 Shrek the Third Paramount Pictures May 18-20, 2007 $121,629,270
4 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 3-5, 2002 $114,844,116
5 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Buena Vista Distribution May 25-27, 2007 $114,732,820

[edit] Four-day (Non-specific)

Rank Movie Title Distributor Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures May 4-7, 2007 (Fri-Mon) $161,401,784
2 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 19-22, 2005 (Thurs-Sun) $158,449,700
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7-10, 2006 (Fri-Mon) $153,774,825
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Buena Vista Distribution May 25-28, 2007 (Fri-Mon) $139,802,190
5 Shrek the Third Paramount Pictures May 18-21, 2007 (Fri-Mon) $131,261,409

[edit] Five-day (Non-specific)

Rank Movie Title Distributor 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 3 Sony Pictures May 4-8, 2007 (Fri-Tues) $169,444,466
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Buena Vista Distribution May 24-28, 2007 (Thurs-Mon) $153,042,234
5 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures June 30-July 4, 2004 (Wed-Sun) $152,411,751

[edit] Top 5 Daily Intake Records

[edit] Non-Specific

Rank Movie Title Distributor Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures May 4, 2007 (Friday) $59,841,919
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7, 2006 (Friday) $55,549,000
3 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures May 5, 2007 (Saturday) $51,336,732
4 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 19, 2005 (Thursday) $50,013,859
5 Shrek the Third Paramount Pictures May 19, 2007 (Saturday) $47,077,497

[edit] Sunday

Rank Movie Title Distributor Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures May 6, 2007 $39,937,865
2 Shrek the Third DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures May 20, 2007 $36,124,782
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 9, 2007 $35,360,729
4 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 23, 2004 $34,900,541
5 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox May 22, 2005 $34,212,468

[edit] Monday

Rank Movie Title Distributor Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures July 5, 2004 $27,661,137
2 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount Pictures May 26, 2008 $26,779,538
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Buena Vista Distribution May 28, 2007 $25,069,370
4 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 31, 2004 $23,408,002
5 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox May 29, 2006 $20,110,492

[edit] Tuesday

Rank Movie Title Distributor Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Transformers DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures July 3, 2007 $27,851,016
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 11, 2006 $15,731,919
3 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Buena Vista Distribution December 25, 2007 $13,656,128
4 Night at the Museum 20th Century Fox December 26, 2006 $13,506,030
5 The Omen 20th Century Fox June 6, 2006 $12,633,666

[edit] Wednesday

Rank Movie Title Distributor Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. July 11, 2007 $40,442,604
2 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures June 30, 2004 $40,442,604
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Cinema December 17, 2003 $34,450,834
4 Transformers Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures July 4, 2007 $29,073,898
5 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox May 19, 1999 $28,542,349

[edit] Thursday

Rank Movie Title Distributor 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 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount Pictures May 21, 2008 $25,041,072
5 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures July 1, 2004 $23,812,920

[edit] Friday

Rank Movie Title Distributor Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures May 4, 2007 $59,841,919
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 7, 2006 $55,549,000
3 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox May 26, 2006 $45,102,265
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Buena Vista Distribution May 25, 2007 $42,910,392
5 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros. November 18, 2005 $40,118,363

[edit] Saturday

Rank Movie Title Distributor Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures May 4, 2007 $51,336,732
2 Shrek the Third DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures May 19, 2007 $47,077,497
3 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG May 22, 2004 $44,797,042
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista Distribution July 8, 2006 $44,659,000
5 Spider-Man Sony Pictures May 4, 2002 $43,622,264

[edit] Top 5 Holiday Specific Weekend Intakes

[edit] Memorial Day Weekend

Rank Movie Title Distributor Release Date Box Office Intake (USD)
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Buena Vista Distribution May 25–28, 2007 $139,802,190
2 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount Pictures May 23-26, 2008 $126,917,373
3 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox May 26-29, 2006 $122,861,157
4 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal Pictures May 23-26, 1997 $90,161,880
5 The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox May 28-31, 2004 $85,807,341

[edit] References

  1. ^ All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

(*Box Office Mojo, 2007), [1]. Retrieved July 17, 2007.

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