List of box office records in the United States and Canada

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Box office is the revenue produced by a film while in theaters. All records here are for the United States and Canada together, a market known as the North American box office and the domestic box office,[1][2][3] and where gross is defined in US dollars.

Due to different ways of measuring film revenue, there are various record holders, depending on the time period over which the revenue was measured, and whether the revenue is adjusted for inflation.

Top 5 overall intake records[]

Rank Film Distributor Release date Box office intake (USD)[4]
1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Walt Disney Studios December 18, 2015 $936,662,225
2 Avengers: Endgame April 26, 2019 $858,373,000
3 Avatar 20th Century Studios December 18, 2009 $760,507,625
4 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures Releasing December 17, 2021 $736,800,257
5 Black Panther Walt Disney Studios February 16, 2018 $700,426,566

Top 5 overall intake records adjusted for inflation[]

Rank Film Distributor Release year Inflation-adjusted gross (USD)[5] Unadjusted gross (USD)
1 Gone with the Wind MGM 1939 $1,825,055,106 $198,676,459
2 Star Wars 20th Century Fox 1977 $1,608,419,988 $460,998,007
3 The Sound of Music 1965 $1,286,011,062 $158,671,368
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Pictures 1982 $1,280,994,329 $435,110,554
5 Titanic Paramount Pictures 1997 $1,224,033,657 $659,363,944

Top 5 multiple day records[]

The opening weekend is the first Friday to Sunday in wide release. The three-day to ten-day records are counted from the first day in wide release.

Opening weekend[]

Rank Film Distributor Release date Box office intake (USD)[6]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 26–28, 2019 $357,115,007
2 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures Releasing December 17–19, 2021 $260,138,569
3 Avengers: Infinity War Walt Disney Studios April 27–29, 2018 $257,698,183
4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens December 18–20, 2015 $247,966,675
5 Star Wars: The Last Jedi December 15–17, 2017 $220,009,584

Three-day[]

Rank Film Distributor Release date Box office intake (USD)[7]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 26–28, 2019 (Fri–Sun) $357,115,007
2 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures Releasing December 17–19, 2021 (Fri–Sun) $260,138,569
3 Avengers: Infinity War Walt Disney Studios April 27–29, 2018 (Fri–Sun) $257,698,183
4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens December 18–20, 2015 (Fri–Sun) $247,966,675
5 Star Wars: The Last Jedi December 15–17, 2017 (Fri–Sun) $220,009,584

Four-day[]

Rank Film Distributor Release date Box office intake (USD)[8]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 26–29, 2019 (Fri–Mon) $393,989,446
2 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures Releasing December 17–20, 2021 (Fri–Mon) $297,276,887
3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Walt Disney Studios December 18–21, 2015 (Fri–Mon) $288,076,417
4 Avengers: Infinity War April 27–30, 2018 (Fri–Mon) $282,438,300
5 Black Panther February 16–19, 2018 (Fri–Mon) $242,155,680

Five-day[]

Rank Film Distributor Release date Box office intake (USD)[9]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 26–30, 2019 (Fri–Tues) $427,099,795
2 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures Releasing December 17–21, 2021 (Fri–Tues) $328,685,544
3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Walt Disney Studios December 18–22, 2015 (Fri–Tues) $325,438,146
4 Avengers: Infinity War April 27 – May 1, 2018 (Fri–Tues) $305,864,408
5 Black Panther February 16–20, 2018 (Fri–Tues) $263,013,041

Seven-day[]

Rank Film Distributor Release date Box office intake (USD)[10]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 26 – May 2, 2019 (Fri–Thurs) $473,894,638
2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens December 18–24, 2015 (Fri–Thurs) $390,856,054
3 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures Releasing December 17–23, 2021 (Fri–Thurs) $385,831,855
4 Avengers: Infinity War Walt Disney Studios April 27 – May 3, 2018 (Fri–Thurs) $338,332,540
5 Star Wars: The Last Jedi December 15–21, 2017 (Fri–Thurs) $296,602,356

Ten-day[]

Rank Film Distributor Release date Box office intake (USD)[11]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 26 – May 5, 2019 (Fri–Sun) $621,277,849
2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens December 18–27, 2015 (Fri–Sun) $540,058,914
3 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures Releasing December 17–26, 2021 (Fri–Sun) $470,356,855
4 Avengers: Infinity War Walt Disney Studios April 27 – May 6, 2018 (Fri–Sun) $453,107,350
5 Black Panther Walt Disney Studios February 16–25, 2018 (Fri–Sun) $403,613,257

Top 5 daily intake records[]

Non-Specific[]

Rank Film Distributor Date Box office intake (USD)[12]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 26, 2019 (Friday) $157,461,641
2 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures December 17, 2021 (Friday) $121,964,712
3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Walt Disney Studios December 18, 2015 (Friday) $119,119,282
4 Avengers: Endgame April 27, 2019 (Saturday) $109,264,122
5 Avengers: Infinity War April 27, 2018 (Friday) $105,978,264

Sunday[]

Rank Film Distributor Date Box office intake (USD)[13]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 28, 2019 $90,389,244
2 Avengers: Infinity War April 29, 2018 $69,231,632
3 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures December 19, 2021 $64,232,578
4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Walt Disney Studios December 20, 2015 $60,553,189
5 Black Panther February 18, 2018 $60,096,000

Monday[]

Rank Film Distributor Date Box office intake (USD)[14]
1 Black Panther Walt Disney Studios February 19, 2018 $40,151,729
2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens December 21, 2015 $40,109,742
3 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures December 20, 2021 $37,138,318
4 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 29, 2019 $36,874,439
5 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story December 26, 2016 $32,085,637

Tuesday[]

Rank Film Distributor Date Box office intake (USD)[15]
1 Spider-Man: Far From Home Sony Pictures July 2, 2019 $39,255,628
2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Walt Disney Studios December 22, 2015 $37,361,729
3 The Amazing Spider-Man Sony Pictures July 3, 2012 $35,016,884
4 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 30, 2019 $33,110,349
5 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures December 19, 2021 $31,400,000

Wednesday[]

Rank Film Distributor Date Box office intake (USD)[16]
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 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)[17]
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 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 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures December 23, 2021 $29,333,622

Friday[]

Rank Film Distributor Date Box office intake (USD)[18]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 26, 2019 $157,461,641
2 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures December 17, 2021 $121,964,712
3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Walt Disney Studios December 18, 2015 $119,119,282
4 Avengers: Infinity War April 27, 2018 $105,978,264
5 Star Wars: The Last Jedi December 15, 2017 $104,684,491

Saturday[]

Rank Film Distributor Date Box office intake (USD)[19]
1 Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney Studios April 27, 2019 $109,264,122
2 Avengers: Infinity War April 28, 2018 $83,017,000
3 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures December 18, 2021 $73,941,279
4 Jurassic World Universal Pictures June 13, 2015 $69,644,830
5 Marvel's The Avengers Walt Disney Studios May 5, 2012 $69,557,990

Top 5 holiday specific weekend intakes[]

Memorial Day weekend[]

For the holiday weekend including Memorial Day:

Rank Film Distributor Release date Box office intake (USD)[20]
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 Aladdin Walt Disney Studios May 24–27, 2019 $116,805,962

Animated films[]

Record Film Year Box office intake (USD)
Highest-grossing animated film Incredibles 2 2018 $608,581,744
Highest-grossing computer animated film
Highest-grossing animated film adjusted for ticket-price inflation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 $982,090,000
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 2001 $1,419,608,493

Top 5 highest-grossing franchises and film series[]

Highest-grossing franchises and film series[21]
Rank Series Distributor No. of films Total box office (in millions of USD) Average of films (in millions of USD) Highest-grossing film
1 Marvel Cinematic UniverseS Walt Disney Studios / Sony Pictures / Paramount Pictures / Universal Pictures 27 $9,733.3 $360.5 Avengers: Endgame ($858.4 million)
2 Star Wars Walt Disney Studios / 20th Century Fox 11 $5,081.7 $461.9 Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.7 million)
3 Disney live-action remakes of animated films* Walt Disney Studios 15 $3,493.8 $232.9 The Lion King ($543.6 million)
4 Spider-Man Sony Pictures 9 $3,110.6 $345.6 Spider-Man: No Way Home ($613.6 million)
5 Wizarding World Warner Bros. 10* $2,786.9 $278.6 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($381.0 million)

SThe Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shared universe. It includes films with The Avengers which also counts as a franchise by itself.

*Box Office Mojo says there are 11 Wizarding World films because they count an IMAX Marathon of the eight Harry Potter films as a ninth film. This is not done here.

*Using the chart from WP, List of Disney live-action remakes of animated films#Box office performance, since BOM uses "Oz the Great and Powerful", which was never a Disney animated film, & "Pete's Dragon", a remake of a live action/animation hybrid film.

See also[]

References[]

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