Biggest 51st Weekend at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies
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This chart contains figures for the biggest 51st Weekends at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies.
| Rank | Date | Movie | Gross | Theaters | Per Theater |
Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 31, 1996 | Il Postino | $188,166 | 216 | $871 | $19,140,880 |
| 2 | Sep 19, 2008 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $56,991 | 45 | $1,266 | $18,968,324 |
| 3 | Feb 21, 1997 | Fargo | $40,535 | 72 | $563 | $24,303,383 |
| 4 | Apr 23, 2004 | Les invasions barbares | $34,125 | 50 | $683 | $3,292,656 |
| 5 | Dec 15, 2000 | Fantasia 2000 | $33,053 | 30 | $1,102 | $60,311,718 |
| 6 | May 15, 2009 | Il Divo | $20,340 | 6 | $3,390 | $106,875 |
| 7 | Oct 19, 2018 | 1945 | $13,244 | 13 | $1,019 | $962,443 |
| 8 | Apr 10, 2020 | Phoenix, Oregon | $11,489 | 33 | $348 | $41,111 |
| 9 | Sep 7, 2001 | Left Luggage | $9,969 | 5 | $1,994 | $1,024,934 |
| 10 | May 31, 2002 | Lagaan | $8,426 | 5 | $1,685 | $56,026 |
| 11 | Jul 20, 2001 | I'm the One That I Want | $8,392 | 4 | $2,098 | $1,156,116 |
| 12 | Nov 10, 2006 | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | $8,352 | 7 | $1,193 | $1,670,094 |
| 13 | Jan 2, 2004 | Cidade de Deus | $6,081 | 6 | $1,014 | $4,792,553 |
| 14 | Jan 9, 2009 | U2 3D | $3,908 | 2 | $1,954 | $9,679,545 |
| 15 | Mar 30, 2001 | The Girl Next Door | $3,184 | 1 | $3,184 | $510,876 |
| 16 | Sep 16, 2005 | Therese | $3,153 | 2 | $1,577 | $2,499,090 |
| 17 | Nov 12, 1999 | The Mirror | $3,121 | 1 | $3,121 | $63,118 |
| 18 | Apr 20, 2001 | The Basket | $2,790 | 5 | $558 | $606,671 |
| 19 | May 21, 2004 | The Weather Underground | $2,295 | 3 | $765 | $562,048 |
| 20 | May 5, 2000 | The Saragossa Manuscript | $2,215 | 1 | $2,215 | $105,448 |
| 21 | Sep 12, 2003 | Shanghai Ghetto | $1,880 | 2 | $940 | $711,598 |
| 22 | Mar 17, 2017 | Kill Me, Deadly | $1,788 | 1 | $1,788 | $35,225 |
| 23 | Apr 4, 2003 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $1,696 | 6 | $283 | $241,437,427 |
| 24 | Jun 17, 2016 | Chevalier | $1,614 | 7 | $231 | $23,123 |
| 25 | Nov 29, 2013 | The End of Time | $1,468 | 1 | $1,468 | $11,760 |
| 26 | Apr 13, 2007 | L'armée des ombres | $1,306 | 1 | $1,306 | $736,698 |
| 27 | Dec 10, 2010 | Flickan som lekte med elden | $1,187 | 3 | $396 | $9,078,015 |
| 28 | Jul 27, 2007 | La Tourneuse de Pages | $1,067 | 1 | $1,067 | $208,691 |
| 29 | Oct 7, 2005 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $1,036 | 1 | $1,036 | $371,815 |
| 30 | Mar 15, 2002 | Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef | $936 | 1 | $936 | $2,477,076 |
| 31 | Nov 21, 2008 | The Singing Revolution | $897 | 1 | $897 | $394,956 |
| 32 | Aug 2, 2002 | Songs from the Second Floor | $873 | 1 | $873 | $57,164 |
| 33 | Nov 7, 2003 | O Fantasma | $785 | 1 | $785 | $125,651 |
| 34 | Apr 23, 2004 | Le Papillon | $678 | 1 | $678 | $22,748 |
| 35 | Aug 27, 2010 | Crude | $499 | 1 | $499 | $170,295 |
| 36 | May 30, 2008 | Irina Palm | $418 | 1 | $418 | $42,743 |
| 37 | Apr 17, 2015 | Ida | $411 | 3 | $137 | $3,824,467 |
| 38 | Jul 26, 2013 | Searching for Sugar Man | $356 | 2 | $178 | $3,692,402 |
| 39 | Jun 7, 2002 | Life and Debt | $280 | 1 | $280 | $255,901 |
| 40 | Jul 11, 2003 | I am Trying to Break Your Heart | $273 | 1 | $273 | $445,521 |
| 41 | Apr 22, 2011 | Terkel i knibe | $250 | 1 | $250 | $35,531 |
| 42 | Oct 30, 2009 | Fuel | $240 | 1 | $240 | $174,255 |
| 43 | Feb 22, 2008 | Les Témoins | $228 | 1 | $228 | $55,303 |
| 44 | May 30, 2014 | 20 Feet From Stardom | $125 | 1 | $125 | $4,945,910 |
| 45 | Nov 29, 2002 | The Other Side of Heaven | $77 | 1 | $77 | $4,720,371 |
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.