These records pertain to United States box office, or the revenue produced by a film while in theaters. 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] [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 | $600,788,100 | | 2 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | July 18, 2008 | $533,090,262 | | 3 | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | 20th Century Fox | May 25, 1977 | $460,998,007 | | 4 | Shrek 2 | DreamWorks SKG | May 19, 2004 | $441,226,247 | | 5 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Universal Pictures | June 11, 1982 | $435,110,554 | [edit] Top 5 Multiple Day Records [edit] Three-day (Non-specific) | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Release Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | Big Money Hustla$ | Warner Bros. | July 18-20, 2008 (Fri-Sun) | $158,411,483 | | 2 | Spider Man 3 | Sony Pictures | May 4-06, 2007 (Fri-Sun) | $151,116,516 | | 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Distribution | July 7-9, 2006(Thurs-Sat) | $135,634,554 | | 4 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures | June 24-26, 2009 (Wed-Fri) | $126,045,788 | | 5 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | 20th Century Fox | May 19-21, 2005 (Fri-Sun) | $124,237,232 | [edit] Three-day (Fri-Sun) | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Release Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | Big Money Hustlas | Warner Bros. | July 18-20, 2008 | $158,411,483 | | 2 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony Pictures | May 4-6 2007 | $151,116,516 | | 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Distribution | July 7-9, 2006 | $135,634,554 | | 4 | Shrek the Third | Paramount Pictures | May 18-20, 2007 | $121,629,270 | | 5 | Spider-Man | Sony Pictures | May 3-5, 2002 | $114,844,116 | [edit] Four-day (Non-specific) | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Release Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | July 18-21, 2008 (Fri-Mon) | $182,904,796 | | 2 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures | June 24-26, 2009 (Wed-Sat) | $166,645,788 | | 3 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony Pictures | May 4-7, 2007 (Fri-Mon) | $161,401,784 | | 4 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | 20th Century Fox | May 19-22, 2005 (Thurs-Sun) | $158,449,700 | | 5 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Distribution | July 7-10, 2006 (Fri-Mon) | $153,774,825 | [edit] Five-day (Non-specific) | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Release Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | July 18-22, 2008 (Fri-Tues) | $203,773,518 | | 2 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures | June 24-26, 2009 (Wed-Sun) | $200,077,255 | | 3 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | 20th Century Fox | May 19-23, 2006 (Thurs-Mon) | $172,802,507 | | 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Distribution | July 7-11, 2006 (Fri-Tues) | $169,506,744 | | 5 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony Pictures | May 4-8, 2007 (Fri-Tues) | $169,444,466 | [edit] Top 5 Daily Intake Records [edit] Non-Specific | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | July 18, 2008 (Friday) | $67,165,092 | | 2 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures | June 24, 2009 (Wednesday) | $62,016,476 | | 3 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony Pictures | May 4, 2007 (Friday) | $59,841,919 | | 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Distribution | July 7, 2006 (Friday) | $55,549,000 | | 5 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony Pictures | May 5, 2007 (Saturday) | $51,336,732 | [edit] Sunday | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | July 20, 2008 | $43,596,151 | | 2 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony Pictures | May 6, 2007 | $39,937,865 | | 3 | Shrek the Third | DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures | May 20, 2007 | $36,124,782 | | 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Distribution | July 9, 2007 | $35,360,729 | | 5 | Shrek 2 | DreamWorks SKG | May 23, 2004 | $34,900,541 | [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 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | July 21, 2008 | $24,493,313 | | 5 | Shrek 2 | DreamWorks SKG | May 31, 2004 | $23,408,002 | [edit] Tuesday | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | Transformers | DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures | July 3, 2007 | $27,851,016 | | 2 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | July 22, 2008 | $20,868,722 | | 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Distribution | July 11, 2006 | $15,731,919 | | 4 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Buena Vista Distribution | December 25, 2007 | $13,656,128 | | 5 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures | June 30, 2009 | $13,510,024 | [edit] Wednesday | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures | June 24, 2009 | $62,016,476 | | 2 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Warner Bros. | July 11, 2007 | $40,442,604 | | 3 | Spider-Man 2 | Sony Pictures | June 30, 2004 | $40,442,604 | | 4 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | New Line Cinema | December 17, 2003 | $34,450,834 | | 5 | Transformers | Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures | July 4, 2007 | $29,073,898 | [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 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures | June 25, 2009 | $29,094,472 | | 5 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Paramount Pictures | May 21, 2008 | $25,041,072 | [edit] Friday | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | July 18, 2008 | $67,165,092 | | 2 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony Pictures | May 4, 2007 | $59,841,919 | | 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Distribution | July 7, 2006 | $55,549,000 | | 4 | X-Men: The Last Stand | 20th Century Fox | May 26, 2006 | $45,102,265 | | 5 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Buena Vista Distribution | May 25, 2007 | $42,910,392 | [edit] Saturday | Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Date | Box Office Intake (USD) | | 1 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony Pictures | May 4, 2007 | $51,336,732 | | 2 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | July 19, 2008 | $47,650,240 | | 3 | Shrek the Third | DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures | May 19, 2007 | $47,077,497 | | 4 | Shrek 2 | DreamWorks SKG | May 22, 2004 | $44,797,042 | | 5 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Distribution | July 8, 2006 | $44,659,000 | [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 - ^ All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
(*Box Office Mojo, 2007), [1]. Retrieved July 17, 2007. |
