WORLDWIDE OPENINGS

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide Opening	Domestic Opening / %		Overseas Opening / %		Year
1	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	WB	$394.0	$158.0	40.1%	$236.0	59.9%	2009
2	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$381.7	$151.1	39.6%	$230.5	60.4%	2007
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	BV	$344.0	$128.0	37.2%	$216.0	62.8%	2007
4	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	WB	$332.7	$139.7	42.0%	$193.0	58.0%	2007
5	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$303.9	$158.4	52.1%	$145.5	47.9%	2005
6	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Sum.	$274.9	$142.8	52.0%	$132.1	48.0%	2009
7	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Par.	$272.2	$125.2	46.0%	$147.0	54.0%	2008
8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$250.0	$124.1	49.6%	$125.9	50.4%	2003
9	Avatar	Fox	$241.6	$77.0	31.9%	$164.5	68.1%	2009
10	The Da Vinci Code	Sony	$232.1	$77.1	33.2%	$155.0	66.8%	2006
11	2012	Sony	$230.5	$65.2	28.3%	$165.2	71.7%	2009
12	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Sum.	$228.9	$157.6	68.8%	$71.3	31.2%	2010
13	Iron Man 2	Par.	$220.8	$128.1	58.0%	$92.6	42.0%	2010
14	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	P/DW	$219.9	$200.1	91.0%	$19.8	9.0%	2009
15	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Fox	$218.4	$66.7	30.6%	$151.7	69.4%	2009
16	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	BV	$210.1	$116.1	55.3%	$94.0	44.7%	2010
17	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	WB	$207.2	$93.7	45.2%	$113.5	54.8%	2004
18	War of the Worlds	Par.	$203.1	$100.6	49.5%	$102.5	50.5%	2005
19	The Matrix Revolutions	WB	$201.4	$83.8	41.6%	$117.6	58.4%	2003
20	Iron Man	Par.	$201.2	$102.1	50.8%	$99.1	49.2%	2008
21	The Dark Knight	WB	$199.7	$158.4	79.3%	$41.3	20.7%	2008
22	Transformers	P/DW	$191.7	$155.4	81.1%	$36.3	18.9%	2007
23	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	NL	$189.9	$102.0	53.7%	$87.9	46.3%	2002
24	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$189.4	$152.4	80.5%	$37.0	19.5%	2004
25	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	WB	$188.2	$102.7	54.6%	$85.5	45.4%	2005
26	Hancock	Sony	$182.5	$103.9	56.9%	$78.6	43.1%	2008
27	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$182.3	$135.6	74.4%	$46.6	25.6%	2006
28	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$179.3	$110.2	61.5%	$69.1	38.5%	2002
29	X-Men: The Last Stand	Fox	$179.0	$102.8	57.4%	$76.3	42.6%	2006
30	The Simpsons Movie	Fox	$170.9	$74.0	43.3%	$96.9	56.7%	2007
31	The Matrix Reloaded	WB	$165.9	$134.3	81.0%	$31.6	19.0%	2003
32	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Fox	$158.2	$85.1	53.8%	$73.2	46.2%	2009
33	X2: X-Men United	Fox	$154.8	$85.6	55.3%	$69.3	44.7%	2003
34	The Day After Tomorrow	Fox	$151.4	$68.7	45.4%	$82.7	54.6%	2004
35	King Kong	Uni.	$149.2	$66.2	44.4%	$83.0	55.6%	2005
36	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	WB	$147.9	$88.4	59.8%	$59.5	40.2%	2002
37	Toy Story 3	BV	$145.3	$110.3	75.9%	$35.0	24.1%	2010
38	Angels & Demons	Sony	$136.8	$46.2	33.8%	$90.6	66.2%	2009
39	Shrek the Third	P/DW	$136.8	$122.5	89.6%	$14.2	10.4%	2007
40	Shrek 2	DW	$131.1	$129.0	98.4%	$2.1	1.6%	2004
41	Spider-Man	Sony	$125.9	$114.8	91.2%	$11.1	8.8%	2002
42	Mission: Impossible III	Par.	$117.8	$47.7	40.5%	$70.0	59.5%	2006
43	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Fox	$115.4	$68.0	58.9%	$47.4	41.1%	2006
44	Star Trek	Par.	$115.0	$79.2	68.9%	$35.8	31.1%	2009
45	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	BV	$107.1	$65.6	61.2%	$41.5	38.8%	2005
46	Van Helsing	Uni.	$106.9	$51.7	48.4%	$55.2	51.6%	2004
47	Superman Returns	WB	$106.7	$84.6	79.3%	$22.1	20.7%	2006
48	Quantum of Solace	Sony	$106.5	$67.5	63.4%	$39.0	36.6%	2008
49	Robin Hood	Uni.	$104.0	$36.1	34.7%	$67.9	65.3%	2010
50	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Fox	$103.2	$54.2	52.5%	$49.0	47.5%	2009
51	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Uni.	$102.4	$40.5	39.5%	$61.9	60.5%	2008
52	Clash of the Titans (2010)	WB	$101.9	$63.9	62.7%	$38.0	37.3%	2010
53	Fast and Furious	Uni.	$101.7	$71.0	69.8%	$30.7	30.2%	2009
54	Troy	WB	$101.6	$46.9	46.1%	$54.7	53.9%	2004

CHART NOTES
Grosses in millions of dollars. Because movies open overseas on various days of the week and their grosses are included in the weekend gross, the domestic opening gross includes all earnings up to a movie's opening weekend. Studio indicates the domestic distributor and Year indicates the domestic year of release.

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