List of highest-grossing openings for films

The following is a list of the highest-grossing opening weekends for films. The list is dominated by recent films due to inflation, steadily increasing production and marketing budgets, and modern films opening on more screens.

Biggest worldwide openings on record

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 the gross 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 like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Batman 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 like Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain 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.

Rank	Film	Year	Opening (USD)[1]
1	Avengers: Endgame	2019	$1,223,641,414
2	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	$640,521,291
3	Spider-Man: No Way Home	2021	$600,506,041[2]
4	The Fate of The Furious	2017	$541,937,239
5	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	2015	$528,966,675
6	Jurassic World	2015	$525,504,128
7	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	2011	$483,189,427
8	Captain Marvel	2019	$456,718,598
9	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	2022	$452,000,000[3][4]
10	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	2017	$450,821,889
11	Deadpool & Wolverine	2024	$444,735,291
12	Avatar: The Way of Water	2022	$441,703,887[5]
13	Ne Zha 2	2025	$431,280,000[6]
14	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	2016	$422,507,347
15	Detective Chinatown 3	2021	$398,000,000[7]
16	The Battle at Lake Changjin II (Water Gate Bridge)	2022	$398,000,000[8]
17	Furious 7	2015	$397,627,459
18	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	2009	$394,022,354
19	The Avengers	2012	$392,538,708
20	Avengers: Age of Ultron	2015	$392,471,109
21	Moana 2	2024	$389,300,000
22	Jurassic World Dominion	2022	$386,000,000[9]
23	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011	$382,425,000
24	Spider-Man 3	2007	$381,660,892
25	Captain America: Civil War	2016	$379,539,142
26	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	2023	$377,200,000[10]
27	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	2019	$373,500,000[11]
28	Iron Man 3	2013	$372,553,677
29	Black Panther	2018	$371,367,531
30	Frozen II	2019	$358,200,000[12][13]
31	Beauty and the Beast	2017	$357,026,593
32	Barbie	2023	$356,322,044[14]
33	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	$350,653,677
34	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	2007	$343,972,864
35	Lilo & Stitch	2025	$341,000,000[15]
36	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	2012	$340,667,634
37	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	2007	$332,715,157
38	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	2022	$331,600,000[16][17]
39	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	2010	$330,017,372
40	Fast X	2023	$323,838,710
41	Jurassic World Rebirth	2025	$322,099,000[18]
42	A Minecraft Movie	2025	$313,700,000[19][20]
43	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	2005	$303,949,700
44	Transformers: Age of Extinction	2014	$302,138,390
45	Thor: Love and Thunder	2022	$302,000,000[21]
46	Deadpool 2	2018	$300,386,357
47	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	2018	$298,924,610
48	The Wandering Earth	2019	$298,110,095[22]
49	Spider-Man: Far From Home	2019	$295,832,417[23]
50	Inside Out 2	2024	$295,000,000[24]

Individual country records

Biggest openings in China

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.

Rank	Film	Year	Opening (USD)![25]
1	Ne Zha 2	2025	$431,280,000[6]
2	Detective Chinatown 3	2021	$398,000,000[7]
3	The Battle at Lake Changjin II (Water Gate Bridge)	2022	$398,000,000[8]
4	Avengers: Endgame	2019	$330,528,623[26]
5	The Wandering Earth	2019	$298,110,095[22]
6	The Mermaid	2016	$274,049,983[27]
7	The Captain	2019	$251,966,468[28]
8	The Battle at Lake Changjin	2021	$235,000,000[29]
9	Too Cool to Kill	2022	$217,000,000[30]
10	Crazy Alien	2019	$214,749,033[31]

Biggest openings in the United States and Canada

Rank	Film	Year	Opening (USD)![25]
1	Avengers: Endgame	2019	$357,115,007
2	Spider-Man: No Way Home	2021	$260,138,569
3	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	$257,698,183
4	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	2015	$247,966,675
5	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	2017	$220,009,584
6	Deadpool & Wolverine	2024	$211,435,291
7	Jurassic World	2015	$208,806,270
8	The Avengers	2012	$207,438,708
9	Black Panther	2018	$202,003,951
10	The Lion King	2019	$191,770,759

Biggest opening day in the United States and Canada

A list of the biggest opening days of release, including previews from midnight or the previous evening.

Rank	Film	Year	Opening day[32][33]
1	Avengers: Endgame	2019	$157,461,641
2	Spider-Man: No Way Home	2021	$121,964,712
3	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	2015	$119,119,282
4	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	$106,334,939
5	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	2017	$104,684,491
6	Deadpool & Wolverine	2024	$96,189,710
7	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	2011	$91,071,119
8	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	2022	$90,720,784
9	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	2019	$89,615,288
10	Avengers: Age of Ultron	2015	$84,424,532

Biggest opening day in China

Rank	Film	Year	Opening day[32][33]
1	Detective Chinatown 3	2021	$157,660,685 [a]
2	Avengers: Endgame	2019	$108,331,722[b]
3	The Battle at Lake Changjin II	2022	$105,000,000[36]
4	Monster Hunt 2	2018	$86,166,961[c] [original research] this is equivalent to $86,166,961.}}
5	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	$70,567,331[d]
6	The Fate of the Furious	2017	$69,699,875[e]
7	Ne Zha 2	2025	$67,220,000[6]
8	Furious 7	2015	$64,179,849[f]
9	Crazy Alien	2019	$60,833,272[g]
10	F9	2021	$58,829,377[h]

Record holders

Previous opening weekend record holders worldwide

These are the films that, when first released, set the opening three-day weekend record after going into wide release.

Year	Film	Opening (USD in millions)[43][1]
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	$114.1
2002	Spider-Man	$125.9
	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	$179.3
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$189.9
2003	The Matrix Revolutions	$201.4
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$250.0
2005	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	$303.9
2007	Spider-Man 3	$381.7
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$394.0
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	$483.2
2015	Jurassic World	$525.5
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$529.0
2017	The Fate of the Furious	$541.9
2018	Avengers: Infinity War	$640.5
2019	Avengers: Endgame	$1,223.6

Previous opening weekend record holders in the United States and Canada

These are the films that, when first released, set the opening record in the United States and Canada.

Year	Film	Opening (USD)[44][25]
1975	Jaws[nb 1]	$7,061,513
1978	Jaws 2	$9,866,023
1978	Star Wars (re-release)	$10,166,336
1978	Every Which Way but Loose[nb 2]	$10,272,294
1979	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	$11,926,421
1981	Superman II	$14,100,523
1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	$14,347,221
1983	Return of the Jedi	$23,019,618
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	$25,337,110
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	$26,348,555
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	$29,355,021
1989	Ghostbusters II	$29,472,894
1989	Batman	$40,505,884
1992	Batman Returns	$45,687,711
1993	Jurassic Park	$47,026,828
1995	Batman Forever	$52,784,433
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$72,132,785
2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$90,294,621
2002	Spider-Man	$114,844,116
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$135,634,554
2007	Spider-Man 3	$151,116,516
2008	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	$169,189,427
2012	The Avengers	$207,438,708
2015	Jurassic World	$208,806,270
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$247,966,675
2018	Avengers: Infinity War	$257,815,482
2019	Avengers: Endgame	$357,115,007

See also

• List of fastest-grossing films
• List of highest-grossing openings for animated films
• List of highest-grossing second weekends for films
• Second weekend in box office performance

Notes

1. 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 by Jaws.^[45][46] Current websites only record data for 731 screen with a gross of $6.8 million.^[47] Using the lower figure for The Deep, Jaws lost the overall weekend record to Star Wars in 1977 with a gross of $7,195,573 in its eleventh weekend.^[48]
2. 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 to Superman, which recorded a gross of $10,363,384 in its third weekend.^[49]

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.