SUPER BOWL OPENINGS --The Movies That Dared to Open Wide Against the Big Game

February 6, 2011

SUPER BOWL OPENINGS --The Movies That Dared to Open Wide Against the Big Game

SHERMAN OAKS, CALIFORNIA (RPRN) 02/06/11 —

1982-Present

Rank	Movie Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening Weekend*	% of Total	Theaters / Average		Total Gross**	Date^
1	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	BV	$31,117,834	47.7%	683	$45,561	$65,281,781	2/1/08
2	Dear John	SGem	$30,468,614	38.1%	2,969	$10,262	$80,014,842	2/5/10
3	Taken	Fox	$24,717,037	17.0%	3,183	$7,765	$145,000,989	1/30/09
4	When a Stranger Calls	SGem	$21,607,203	45.1%	2,999	$7,204	$47,860,214	2/3/06
5	Boogeyman	SGem	$19,020,655	40.7%	3,052	$6,232	$46,752,382	2/4/05
6	You Got Served	SGem	$16,123,105	39.9%	1,933	$8,340	$40,363,810	1/30/04
7	She's All That	Mira.	$16,065,430	25.4%	2,222	$7,230	$63,366,989	1/29/99
8	The Roommate	SGem	$15,600,000	100.0%	2,534	$6,156	$15,600,000	2/4/11
9	The Messengers	SGem	$14,713,321	41.6%	2,528	$5,820	$35,374,833	2/2/07
10	The Wedding Planner	Sony	$13,510,293	22.4%	2,785	$4,851	$60,400,856	1/26/01
11	Because I Said So	Uni.	$13,122,865	30.8%	2,526	$5,195	$42,674,040	2/2/07
12	The Eye	LGF	$12,425,776	39.5%	2,436	$5,101	$31,418,697	2/1/08
13	Darkness Falls	SonR	$12,024,917	36.9%	2,837	$4,238	$32,551,396	1/24/03
14	The Wedding Date	Uni.	$11,129,580	35.1%	1,694	$6,570	$31,726,995	2/4/05
15	Spice World	Sony	$10,527,222	35.9%	2,339	$4,501	$29,342,592	1/23/98
16	The Uninvited	P/DW	$10,325,824	36.1%	2,344	$4,405	$28,596,818	1/30/09
17	Sanctum	Uni.	$9,225,000	100.0%	2,787	$3,310	$9,225,000	2/4/11
18	Chicago	Mira.	$8,238,709	4.8%	616	$13,374	$170,687,518	1/24/03
19	From Paris with Love	LGF	$8,158,860	33.9%	2,722	$2,997	$24,077,427	2/5/10
20	New in Town	LGF	$6,741,530	40.3%	1,941	$3,473	$16,734,283	1/30/09
21	Bed of Roses	NL	$6,117,558	32.1%	1,545	$3,959	$19,030,691	1/26/96
22	Eye of the Beholder	Dest.	$5,959,447	36.1%	1,751	$3,403	$16,500,786	1/28/00
23	Sugar & Spice	NL	$5,891,176	44.3%	2,150	$2,740	$13,305,101	1/26/01
24	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Mira.	$5,833,052	36.4%	1,769	$3,297	$16,007,718	1/24/03
25	Sniper	TriS	$5,715,435	30.1%	1,551	$3,685	$18,994,653	1/29/93
26	Driving Miss Daisy	WB	$5,705,721	5.4%	895	$6,375	$106,593,296	1/26/90
27	Highlander 3: The Final Dimension	Mira.	$5,536,435	45.0%	1,594	$3,473	$12,303,080	1/27/95
28	In Love and War	NL	$5,489,245	37.9%	1,610	$3,409	$14,481,231	1/24/97
29	Fried Green Tomatoes	Uni.	$5,235,940	6.4%	673	$7,780	$82,418,501	1/24/92
30	Something New	Focus	$4,879,736	42.5%	1,265	$3,857	$11,468,568	2/3/06
31	The Perfect Score	Par.	$4,873,819	46.9%	2,208	$2,207	$10,391,003	1/30/04
32	Blink	NL	$4,410,077	26.4%	1,527	$2,888	$16,696,219	1/28/94
33	Over Her Dead Body	NL	$4,025,115	53.2%	1,977	$2,036	$7,563,670	2/1/08
34	Fierce Creatures	Uni.	$3,759,480	40.1%	1,593	$2,360	$9,381,260	1/24/97
35	My Chauffeur	Crwn	$3,613,652	75.6%	1,253	$2,884	$4,781,448	1/24/86
36	Matinee	Uni.	$3,601,015	37.8%	1,143	$3,150	$9,532,895	1/29/93
37	Crazy Heart	FoxS	$3,567,671	9.0%	819	$4,356	$39,464,306	2/5/10
38	Monster	NM	$3,397,404	9.9%	668	$5,085	$34,469,210	1/30/04
39	The Big Bounce	WB	$3,336,374	51.4%	2,304	$1,448	$6,489,476	1/30/04
40	The Grifters	Mira.	$3,311,000	24.6%	766	$4,322	$13,446,769	1/25/91
41	Phantoms	Mira.	$3,065,951	54.5%	1,859	$1,649	$5,624,282	1/23/98
42	Strange Wilderness	ParC	$3,001,719	45.7%	1,208	$2,485	$6,575,282	2/1/08
43	Sense and Sensibility	Sony	$2,907,705	6.7%	608	$4,782	$43,182,776	1/26/96
44	Screamers	Sony	$2,904,140	50.8%	1,560	$1,861	$5,711,695	1/26/96
45	Slackers	Sony	$2,785,283	52.7%	1,893	$1,471	$5,285,941	2/1/02
46	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	$2,755,382	38.1%	1,745	$1,579	$7,233,324	1/24/97
47	Children of the Corn II	Mira.	$2,719,750	39.0%	946	$2,875	$6,980,986	1/29/93
48	Mother (1996)	Par.	$2,586,424	13.5%	621	$4,164	$19,145,198	1/24/97
49	The Reader	Wein.	$2,380,376	7.0%	1,002	$2,376	$34,194,407	1/30/09
50	Birthday Girl	Mira.	$2,370,809	46.1%	1,000	$2,370	$5,142,576	2/1/02
51	Hotel Rwanda	UA	$2,316,416	9.8%	823	$2,814	$23,530,892	2/4/05
52	The Wrestler	FoxS	$2,313,149	8.8%	722	$3,204	$26,238,243	1/30/09
53	Capote	SPC	$2,291,075	8.0%	1,239	$1,849	$28,750,530	2/3/06
54	Letters from Iwo Jima	WB	$1,696,356	12.3%	720	$2,356	$13,756,082	2/2/07
55	That's Dancing!	MGM	$1,506,802	35.8%	906	$1,663	$4,210,938	1/18/85
56	Milk	Focus	$1,481,155	4.7%	882	$1,679	$31,841,299	1/30/09
57	Isn't She Great	Uni.	$1,368,705	46.2%	750	$1,824	$2,962,465	1/28/00
58	Whose Life Is It, Anyway?	MGM	$1,348,576	16.4%	615	$2,192	$8,206,145	12/2/81
59	Crimes of the Heart	DEG	$1,260,195	5.5%	685	$1,839	$22,905,522	1/23/87
60	Love Crimes	Mira.	$1,157,370	50.6%	669	$1,730	$2,287,928	1/24/92
61	Big Bully	WB	$1,131,094	55.4%	1,143	$989	$2,042,530	1/26/96
62	Car 54, Where Are You?	Orion	$791,182	63.9%	608	$1,301	$1,238,080	1/28/94
63	An Education	SPC	$763,234	6.1%	761	$1,003	$12,574,914	2/5/1

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