Biggest 49th Weekend at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies
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This chart contains figures for the biggest 49th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies.
| Rank | Date | Movie | Gross | Theaters | Per Theater |
Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5, 2008 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $85,523 | 45 | $1,901 | $18,696,054 |
| 2 | Dec 1, 2000 | Fantasia 2000 | $81,844 | 30 | $2,728 | $60,221,472 |
| 3 | Apr 9, 2004 | Les invasions barbares | $49,858 | 63 | $791 | $8,460,000 |
| 4 | May 17, 1996 | Il Postino | $43,266 | 34 | $1,273 | $18,456,468 |
| 5 | May 1, 2009 | Il Divo | $28,284 | 5 | $5,657 | $50,460 |
| 6 | Aug 22, 2003 | Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) | $22,862 | 6 | $3,810 | $10,004,994 |
| 7 | May 9, 2003 | 30 Years to Life | $15,321 | 6 | $2,554 | $28,705 |
| 8 | Sep 24, 1999 | La vita è bella | $11,788 | 19 | $620 | $57,587,941 |
| 9 | Oct 27, 2006 | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | $10,963 | 9 | $1,218 | $1,643,020 |
| 10 | Mar 21, 2003 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $9,651 | 36 | $268 | $241,423,860 |
| 11 | Dec 26, 2008 | U2 3D | $9,102 | 4 | $2,276 | $9,658,396 |
| 12 | Feb 8, 2008 | Les Témoins | $8,520 | 2 | $4,260 | $29,509 |
| 13 | Dec 3, 2004 | Postmen in the Mountains | $8,480 | 6 | $1,413 | $90,423 |
| 14 | May 17, 2002 | Lagaan | $8,189 | 3 | $2,730 | $26,882 |
| 15 | Jul 6, 2001 | I'm the One That I Want | $5,444 | 2 | $2,722 | $1,135,528 |
| 16 | Oct 5, 2018 | 1945 | $4,270 | 7 | $610 | $929,455 |
| 17 | Oct 16, 2009 | Fuel | $4,180 | 3 | $1,393 | $170,429 |
| 18 | Dec 19, 2003 | Cidade de Deus | $3,810 | 6 | $635 | $4,775,067 |
| 19 | Dec 27, 2024 | Hundreds of Beavers | $3,603 | 2 | $1,802 | $618,492 |
| 20 | Jun 3, 2016 | Chevalier | $3,163 | 3 | $1,054 | $13,972 |
| 21 | Mar 3, 2017 | Kill Me, Deadly | $2,700 | 1 | $2,700 | $32,791 |
| 22 | Sep 23, 2005 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $2,692 | 1 | $2,692 | $363,618 |
| 23 | May 16, 2008 | Irina Palm | $2,559 | 2 | $1,280 | $40,122 |
| 24 | Oct 24, 2003 | O Fantasma | $2,117 | 1 | $2,117 | $121,086 |
| 25 | Sep 15, 2000 | Show Me Love | $2,042 | 1 | $2,042 | $167,167 |
| 26 | Jul 19, 2002 | Songs from the Second Floor | $1,941 | 1 | $1,941 | $48,530 |
| 27 | Feb 15, 2002 | Gabriela | $1,842 | 3 | $614 | $2,332,816 |
| 28 | Mar 27, 2020 | Phoenix, Oregon | $1,632 | 25 | $65 | $25,143 |
| 29 | May 3, 2002 | Le pacte des loups | $1,620 | 6 | $270 | $10,928,863 |
| 30 | May 3, 2013 | 5 Broken Cameras | $1,604 | 1 | $1,604 | $108,541 |
| 31 | Nov 26, 2010 | Flickan som lekte med elden | $1,549 | 6 | $258 | $9,075,072 |
| 32 | Mar 1, 2002 | Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef | $1,467 | 2 | $734 | $2,434,224 |
| 33 | Apr 3, 2015 | Ida | $1,428 | 4 | $357 | $3,822,784 |
| 34 | Oct 12, 2007 | Iraq in Fragments | $1,195 | 1 | $1,195 | $204,462 |
| 35 | Sep 27, 2002 | Trembling Before G-D | $1,166 | 1 | $1,166 | $759,440 |
| 36 | Sep 7, 2001 | Yi Yi | $947 | 1 | $947 | $235,951 |
| 37 | Oct 3, 2008 | Bushi no ichibun | $905 | 1 | $905 | $58,438 |
| 38 | Aug 4, 2000 | West Beirut | $891 | 2 | $446 | $315,130 |
| 39 | Sep 26, 2003 | Time Changer | $864 | 3 | $288 | $1,283,925 |
| 40 | Jan 1, 1999 | It’s in the Water | $810 | 1 | $810 | $130,928 |
| 41 | Sep 4, 2015 | Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönst… | $793 | 2 | $397 | $1,081,579 |
| 42 | Sep 2, 2005 | Therese | $752 | 1 | $752 | $2,484,238 |
| 43 | Jun 13, 2003 | Lan Yu | $722 | 2 | $361 | $116,192 |
| 44 | Aug 29, 2003 | Shanghai Ghetto | $696 | 1 | $696 | $699,478 |
| 45 | Apr 8, 2011 | Terkel i knibe | $678 | 1 | $678 | $34,866 |
| 46 | Nov 16, 2007 | El Topo | $655 | 1 | $655 | $75,698 |
| 47 | Nov 6, 1998 | Marius et Jeannette | $636 | 2 | $318 | $268,598 |
| 48 | Mar 30, 2007 | L'armée des ombres | $610 | 2 | $305 | $733,145 |
| 49 | Jun 27, 2003 | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | $539 | 14 | $39 | $529,563 |
| 50 | Dec 19, 2003 | Divine Intervention | $529 | 1 | $529 | $421,187 |
| 51 | Jun 28, 2013 | Searching for Sugar Man | $446 | 1 | $446 | $3,688,458 |
| 52 | Nov 15, 2002 | The Other Side of Heaven | $408 | 1 | $408 | $4,719,533 |
| 53 | May 7, 2004 | The Weather Underground | $400 | 1 | $400 | $557,668 |
| 54 | Mar 22, 2024 | Les enfants des autres | $392 | 1 | $392 | $86,747 |
| 55 | Apr 11, 2003 | Hybrid | $342 | 1 | $342 | $157,176 |
| 56 | Sep 12, 2003 | Bowling for Columbine | $306 | 1 | $306 | $21,575,958 |
| 57 | Jun 19, 2009 | The Legend of God's Gun | $302 | 1 | $302 | $236,295 |
| 58 | May 16, 2014 | 20 Feet From Stardom | $220 | 1 | $220 | $4,945,359 |
| 59 | Oct 14, 2016 | Jag är Ingrid | $205 | 1 | $205 | $137,927 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
Note: the records on this page only consider movies that were initially released in less than 600 theaters and did not have any expansion of more than 1,000 theaters in one week. We only consider movies that were released in 1995 or later, and do not consider movies that only had an IMAX release.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.