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	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	P/DW	$219.9	$200.1	91.0%	$19.8	9.0%	2009
13	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Fox	$218.4	$66.7	30.6%	$151.7	69.4%	2009
14	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	BV	$210.1	$116.1	55.3%	$94.0	44.7%	2010
15	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	WB	$207.2	$93.7	45.2%	$113.5	54.8%	2004
16	War of the Worlds	Par.	$203.1	$100.6	49.5%	$102.5	50.5%	2005
17	The Matrix Revolutions	WB	$201.4	$83.8	41.6%	$117.6	58.4%	2003
18	Iron Man	Par.	$201.2	$102.1	50.8%	$99.1	49.2%	2008
19	The Dark Knight	WB	$199.7	$158.4	79.3%	$41.3	20.7%	2008
20	Transformers	P/DW	$191.7	$155.4	81.1%	$36.3	18.9%	2007
21	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	NL	$189.9	$102.0	53.7%	$87.9	46.3%	2002
22	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$189.4	$152.4	80.5%	$37.0	19.5%	2004
23	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	WB	$188.2	$102.7	54.6%	$85.5	45.4%	2005
24	Hancock	Sony	$182.5	$103.9	56.9%	$78.6	43.1%	2008
25	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$182.3	$135.6	74.4%	$46.6	25.6%	2006
26	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$179.3	$110.2	61.5%	$69.1	38.5%	2002
27	X-Men: The Last Stand	Fox	$179.0	$102.8	57.4%	$76.3	42.6%	2006
28	The Simpsons Movie	Fox	$170.9	$74.0	43.3%	$96.9	56.7%	2007
29	The Matrix Reloaded	WB	$165.9	$134.3	81.0%	$31.6	19.0%	2003
30	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Fox	$158.2	$85.1	53.8%	$73.2	46.2%	2009
31	X2: X-Men United	Fox	$154.8	$85.6	55.3%	$69.3	44.7%	2003
32	The Day After Tomorrow	Fox	$151.4	$68.7	45.4%	$82.7	54.6%	2004
33	King Kong	Uni.	$149.2	$66.2	44.4%	$83.0	55.6%	2005
34	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	WB	$147.9	$88.4	59.8%	$59.5	40.2%	2002
35	Angels & Demons	Sony	$136.8	$46.2	33.8%	$90.6	66.2%	2009
36	Shrek the Third	P/DW	$136.8	$122.5	89.6%	$14.2	10.4%	2007
37	Shrek 2	DW	$131.1	$129.0	98.4%	$2.1	1.6%	2004
38	Spider-Man	Sony	$125.9	$114.8	91.2%	$11.1	8.8%	2002
39	Mission: Impossible III	Par.	$117.8	$47.7	40.5%	$70.0	59.5%	2006
40	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Fox	$115.4	$68.0	58.9%	$47.4	41.1%	2006
41	Star Trek	Par.	$115.0	$79.2	68.9%	$35.8	31.1%	2009
42	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	BV	$107.1	$65.6	61.2%	$41.5	38.8%	2005
43	Van Helsing	Uni.	$106.9	$51.7	48.4%	$55.2	51.6%	2004
44	Superman Returns	WB	$106.7	$84.6	79.3%	$22.1	20.7%	2006
45	Quantum of Solace	Sony	$106.5	$67.5	63.4%	$39.0	36.6%	2008
46	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Fox	$103.2	$54.2	52.5%	$49.0	47.5%	2009
47	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Uni.	$102.4	$40.5	39.5%	$61.9	60.5%	2008
48	Fast and Furious	Uni.	$101.7	$71.0	69.8%	$30.7	30.2%	2009
49	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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