The following is a list of thehighest-grossing opening weekends for films. The list is dominated by recent films due toinflation, steadily increasing production and marketing budgets, and modern films opening on more screens.
This list charts films the 50 biggest worldwide openings. Since many films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be thegross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the movie's release. Figures prior to the year 2002 are not available.
Since many American films do not open in all markets at the same time, the 'opening' gross varies depending on when it was released in the US-Canada market. For example, for films likeHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 andBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice which opened in the US-Canada market and in most other major markets during the same weekend, the 'opening' is the total gross of the film during that weekend. On the other hand, for films likeAvengers: Age of Ultron andCaptain America: Civil War which opened in several markets a week ahead of their respective releases in the US-Canada market, the 'opening' is the sum of the opening grosses in the markets where they were released first and the opening in the US-Canada market. In the latter case, the opening grosses from territories after the initial overseas opening are not included in the 'opening' of the film. In all cases, if a film opens in a market after its release in the US-Canada market, that opening is not included in the 'opening' of the film.
Since many films do not open on Fridays in many markets (such as China), the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the movie's release.
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^According to contemporaneous reports,The Deep opened to $8,124,316 on 800 screens on the weekend of June 17, 1977 beating the record set byJaws.[45][46] Current websites only record data for 731 screen with a gross of $6.8 million.[47] Using the lower figure forThe Deep,Jaws lost the overall weekend record toStar Wars in 1977 with a gross of $7,195,573 in its eleventh weekend.[48]
^Every Which Way but Loose held the opening weekend record until the following year but it lost the overall weekend record on the last weekend in 1978 toSuperman, which recorded a gross of $10,363,384 in its third weekend.[49]
^According to EntGroup,Detective Chinatown 3 grossed CN¥1,018,220,000 on its opening day of 12 February 2021.[33] According to the 2021 exchange rate on the day of release,[34] this is equivalent to $157,660,685.
^According to EntGroup,Avengers: Endgame grossed CN¥728,130,000 on its opening day of 24 April 2019.[33] According to the 2019 exchange rate on the day of release,[35] this is equivalent to $108,331,722.
^According to EntGroup,Monster Hunt 2 grossed CN¥546,850,000 on its opening day of 16 February 2018.[33] According to the 2018 exchange rate on the day of release,[37] this is equivalent to $189,784,760.
^According to EntGroup,Avengers: Infinity War grossed CN¥446,790,000 on its opening day of 11 May 2018.[33] According to the 2018 exchange rate on the day of release,[38] this is equivalent to $70,567,331.
^According to EntGroup,The Fate of the Furious grossed CN¥479,800,000 on its opening day of 14 April 2017.[33] According to the 2017 exchange rate on the day of release,[39] this is equivalent to $69,699,875.
^According to EntGroup,Furious 7 grossed CN¥398,820,000 on its opening day of 12 April 2015.[33] According to the 2015 exchange rate on the day of release,[40] this is equivalent to $64,179,849.
^According to EntGroup,Crazy Alien grossed CN¥410,290,000 on its opening day of 5 February 2019.[33] According to the 2019 exchange rate on the day of release,[41] this is equivalent to $60,833,272.
^According to EntGroup,F9 grossed CN¥398,820,000 on its opening day of 21 May 2021.[33] According to the 2021 exchange rate on the day of release,[42] this is equivalent to $58,829,377.
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