United States box office records

These records pertain to United States box office, or the revenue produced by a film while in theaters.

Mainstream cinema

Top 5 overall intake records

Rank	Film	Distributor	Release date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 18, 2015	$916,257,964^[1]
2	Avatar	20th Century Fox	December 18, 2009	$760,507,625^[1]
3	Titanic	Paramount Pictures	December 19, 1997	$658,672,302^[1]
4	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 12, 2015	$635,936,805^[1]
5	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 4, 2012	$623,357,910^[1]

Top 5 overall intake records adjusted for inflation

Information taken from Box Office Mojo^[2]

Rank	Film	Distributor	Release year	Inflation-adjusted gross (USD)	Unadjusted gross (USD)
1	Gone with the Wind	MGM	1939	$1,685,052,200	$198,676,459
2	Star Wars	20th Century Fox	1977	$1,485,517,400	$460,998,007
3	The Sound of Music	20th Century Fox	1965	$1,187,744,200	$158,671,368
4	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Universal Pictures	1982	$1,183,065,200	$435,110,554
5	Titanic	Paramount Pictures	1997	$1,129,857,100	$658,672,302

Top 5 multiple day records

Three-day (non-specific)

Rank	Film	Distributor	Release date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 18–20, 2015 (Fri–Sun)	$247,966,675
2	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 12–15, 2015 (Fri–Sun)	$208,806,270
3	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 4–6, 2012 (Fri–Sun)	$207,438,708
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Walt Disney Studios	May 1–3, 2015 (Fri–Sun)	$191,271,109
5	Captain America: Civil War	Walt Disney Studios	April 6-8, 2016 (Fri–Sun)	$181,791,000

Three-day (Fri–Sun)

Rank	Film	Distributor	Release date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 18–20, 2015	$247,966,675
2	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 12–15, 2015	$208,806,270
3	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 4–6, 2012	$207,438,708
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Walt Disney Studios	May 1–3, 2015	$191,271,109
5	Captain America: Civil War	Walt Disney Studios	April 6-8, 2016	$181,791,000

Four-day (non-specific)

Rank	Film	Distributor	Release date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 18–21, 2015 (Fri–Mon)	$288,076,417
2	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 12–15, 2015 (Fri–Mon)	$234,151,090
3	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 4–7, 2012 (Fri–Mon)	$226,337,707
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Walt Disney Studios	May 1–4, 2015 (Fri–Mon)	$204,499,664
5	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Warner Bros.	July 15–17, 2011	$187,225,000

Five-day (non-specific)

Rank	Film	Distributor	Release date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 18–22, 2015 (Fri–Tues)	$325,438,146
2	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 12–16, 2015 (Fri–Tues)	$258,493,605
3	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 4–8, 2012 (Fri–Tues)	$244,014,897
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Walt Disney Studios	May 1–4, 2015 (Fri–Tues)	$217,632,476
5	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	July 18–22, 2008 (Fri–Tues)	$203,773,518

Seven-day (non-specific)

Rank	Film^[3]	Distributor	Release date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 18–24, 2015 (Fri–Thurs)	$391,051,239
2	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 6–12, 2015 (Fri–Thurs)	$296,211,655
3	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 4–10, 2015 (Fri–Thurs)	$270,019,373
4	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	July 18–24, 2015 (Fri–Thurs)	$238,615,211
5	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Walt Disney Studios	May 1–7, 2015 (Fri–Thurs)	$235,655,468

Ten-day (non-specific)

Rank	Film^[4]	Distributor	Release date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 18–27, 2015 (Fri–Sun)	$544,573,329
2	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 6–15, 2015 (Fri–Sun)	$402,800,065
3	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 4–13, 2015 (Fri–Sun)	$373,071,647
4	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	July 18–27, 2015 (Fri–Sun)	$313,781,677
5	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Walt Disney Studios	May 1–10, 2015 (Fri–Sun)	$313,402,397

Top 5 daily intake records

Non-Specific

Rank	Film	Distributor	Date	Box Office Intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 18, 2015 (Friday)	$119,119,282
2	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Warner Bros.	July 15, 2011 (Friday)	$91,071,119
3	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Walt Disney Studios	May 1, 2015 (Friday)	$84,424,532
4	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 12, 2015 (Friday)	$81,953,950
5	The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 4, 2012 (Friday)	$80,813,985

Sunday

Rank	Film	Distributor	Date	Box Office Intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 20, 2015	$60,553,189
2	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 14, 2015	$57,207,490
3	The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 6, 2012	$57,066,733
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Walt Disney Studios	May 1, 2015	$50,319,942
5	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	July 20, 2008	$43,596,151

Monday

Rank	Film	Distributor	Date	Box Office Intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 21, 2015	$40,109,742
2	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 28, 2015	$31,362,029
3	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	July 5, 2004	$27,661,137
4	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	May 26, 2008	$26,779,538
5	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Walt Disney Studios	May 28, 2007	$25,069,370

Tuesday

Rank	Film	Distributor	Date	Box Office Intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 22, 2015	$37,361,729
2	The Amazing Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	July 3, 2012	$35,016,884
3	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 29, 2015	$29,528,583
4	Transformers	DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures	July 3, 2007	$27,851,016
5	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 16, 2015	$24,342,515

Wednesday

Rank	Film	Distributor	Date	Box Office Intake (USD)
1	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Summit Entertainment	June 30, 2010	$68,533,840
2	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures	June 24, 2009	$62,016,476
3	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	July 15, 2009	$58,175,412
4	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	July 11, 2007	$44,232,338
5	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	June 30, 2004	$40,442,604

Thursday

Rank	Film	Distributor	Date	Box Office Intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	May 19, 2005	$50,013,859
2	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	May 15, 2003	$37,508,303
3	The Hangover Part II	Warner Bros.	May 26, 2011	$31,610,367
4	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	May 16, 2002	$30,141,471
5	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures	June 25, 2009	$29,094,472

Friday

Rank	Film	Distributor	Date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 18, 2015	$119,119,282
2	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Warner Bros.	July 15, 2011	$91,071,119
3	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Walt Disney Studios	May 1, 2015	$84,424,532
4	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 12, 2015	$81,953,950
5	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 4, 2012	$80,813,985

Saturday

Rank	Film	Distributor	Date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures	June 13, 2015	$69,644,830
2	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	May 5, 2012	$69,557,990
3	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 19, 2015	$68,294,204
4	Iron Man 3	Walt Disney Studios	May 4, 2013	$62,273,218
5	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Walt Disney Studios	December 26, 2015	$56,586,000

Top 5 holiday specific weekend intakes

Memorial Day Weekend

Rank	Film	Distributor	Release date	Box office intake (USD)
1	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Walt Disney Studios	May 25–28, 2007	$139,802,190
2	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	May 23–26, 2008	$126,917,373
3	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	May 26–29, 2006	$122,861,157
4	Fast & Furious 6	Universal Pictures	May 24–27, 2013	$117,036,995
5	X-Men: Days of Future Past	20th Century Fox	May 23–26, 2014	$110,576,604

Animated films

Record	Film	Year/number of films	Box office intake (USD)
Highest-grossing animated film	Shrek 2	2004	$441,226,247
Highest-grossing computer animated film	Shrek 2	2004	$441,226,247
Highest-grossing animated film adjusted for ticket-price inflation	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	$910,150,000
Highest-grossing traditional animated film	The Lion King	1994	$422,783,777
Highest-grossing anime animated film	Pokémon: The First Movie	1999	$85,744,662
Highest-grossing stop-motion animated film	Chicken Run	2000	$106,834,564
Highest-grossing animated film franchise	Shrek	5	$1,419,608,493

Top 5 highest-grossing franchises and film series

Rank	Series	Distributor	No. of films	Total box office (in billions of USD)	Average of films (in millions of USD)	Highest-grossing film
1	Marvel Cinematic Universe	Walt Disney Studios / Paramount Pictures / Universal Pictures	13	$3.7760^[6]	$290.4^[6]	Marvel's The Avengers ($623.4 million)
2	Star Wars	Walt Disney Studios / 20th Century Fox	8	$2.8266^[7]	$353.3^[7]	Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($908.6 million)
3	Harry Potter	Warner Bros.	8	$2.3901^[8]	$298.8^[8]	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($381.0 million)
4	James Bond	Columbia Pictures / MGM	26	$2.1125	$84.5	Skyfall ($304.4 million)
4	Batman	Warner Bros.	8	$1.8978	$237.2	The Dark Knight ($533.3 million)

References

1 2 3 4 5 "All Time Domestic Box Office Results". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
↑ "All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
↑ "TOP OPENING GROSSES BY DAYS IN RELEASE". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
↑ "TOP OPENING GROSSES BY DAYS IN RELEASE". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
↑ "Domestic Franchise Index". Box Office Mojo. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
1 2 "Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies at the Box Office - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
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(*Box Office Mojo, 2007), . Retrieved July 17, 2007.

Cinema of the United States

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