Rank Film Year Opening Weekend
(three day)[2]
Inflation-adjusted[3]
(2014 USD)
1 Marvel's The Avengers 2012 $207,438,708 $213,091,480
2 Iron Man 3 2013 $174,144,585 $176,308,953
3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011 $169,189,427 $177,373,590
4 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 $160,887,295 $165,271,526
5 The Dark Knight 2008 $158,411,483 $173,518,111
6 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013 $158,074,286 $160,038,924
7 The Hunger Games 2012 $152,535,747 $156,692,396
8 Spider-Man 3 2007 $151,116,516 $171,876,545
9 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2009 $142,839,137 $157,018,918
10 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 2012 $141,067,634 $144,911,773
11 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 2011 $138,122,261 $144,803,619
12 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 $135,634,554 $158,673,173
13 Iron Man 2 2010 $128,122,480 $138,563,103
14 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010 $125,017,372 $135,204,962
15 Shrek the Third 2007 $121,629,270 $138,338,411
16 Man of Steel 2013 $116,619,362 $118,068,774
17 Alice in Wonderland 2010 $116,101,023 $125,562,025
18 Spider-Man 2002 $114,844,116 $150,582,840
19 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 $114,732,820 $130,494,543
20 Toy Story 3 2010 $110,307,189 $119,296,055
21 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 $108,966,307 $119,783,499
22 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2005 $108,435,841 $130,939,650
23 Shrek 2 2004 $108,037,878 $134,895,074
24 X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 $102,750,665 $120,203,691
25 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 $102,685,961 $123,996,491
26 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008 $100,137,835 $109,687,301