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 Top Openings: 2008

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Top 25 Opening Weekends of 2008

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Film (Weekend)

Gross

Theaters

Average

1

The Dark Knight (07/18 - 07/20)

$158.41 m

4,366

$36,283

2

Iron Man (05/02 - 05/04)

*$102.12 m

4,105

$24,877

3

Indiana Jones 4 (05/23 - 05/25)

$100.14 m

4,260

$23,507

4

Twilight (11/21 - 11/23)

$69.64 m

3,419

$20,368

5

Quantum of Solace (11/14 - 11/16)

$67.53 m

3,451

$19,568

6

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (11/07 - 11/09)

$63.11 m

4,056

$15,559

7

WALL•E (06/27 - 06/29)

$63.09 m

3,992

$15,803

8

Hancock (07/04 - 07/06)

$62.60 m

3,965

$15,789

9

Kung Fu Panda (06/06 - 06/08)

$60.24 m

4,114

$14,642

10

Sex and the City (05/30 - 06/01)

$56.85 m

3,285

$17,305

11

The Incredible Hulk (06/13 - 06/15)

$55.41 m

3,505

$15,810

12

Prince Caspian (05/16 - 05/18)

$55.03 m

3,929

$14,007

13

Wanted (06/27 - 06/29)

$50.93 m

3,175

$16,040

14

Horton Hears A Who! (03/14 - 03/16)

$45.01 m

3,954

$11,384

15

High School Musical 3 (10/24 - 10/26)

$42.03 m

3,623

$11,601

16

The Mummy 3 (08/01 - 08/03)

$40.46 m

3,760

$10,760

17

Cloverfield (01/18 - 01/20)

$40.06 m

3,411

$11,744

18

Get Smart (06/20 - 06/22)

$38.68 m

3,911

$9,891

19

You Don't Mess with the Zohan (06/06 - 06/08)

$38.53 m

3,462

$11,130

20

Marley & Me (12/26 - 12/28)

$36.36 m

3,480

$10,448

21

10,000 B.C. (03/07 - 03/09)

$35.87 m

3,410

$10,518

22

Hellboy II (07/11 - 07/13)

$34.54 m

3,204

$10,780

23

Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus (02/01 - 02/03)

$31.12 m

683

$45,561

24

Four Christmases (11/28 - 11/30)

$31.07 m

3,310

$9,387

25

Step Brothers (07/25 - 07/27)

$30.94 m

3,094

$10,000

* - Iron Man's weekend includes an estimated $3.5 m Thursday gross

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