List of biggest opening weekends
- List of biggest opening weekends
What is notable about this list is that not many films released before the mid-to-late 1990s are on it. This is mainly because movies used to have small (by today's standards) opening weekends yet would go on to become blockbusters, whereas today, filmgoers tend to want to see the film when it first comes out, and for the most part, begin to lose interest in it after about its second weekend.
Perhaps the most important issue with this list is that it does not consider inflation whatsoever. For example, on the latter list, "Return of the Jedi" grossed about $23M on its opening weekend at 1983 pricing. However, using the consumer price index to adjust for inflation, the film grossed about $43M (2005 dollars), which would place it roughly halfway up this list. Due to the inherent instability of a monetary rating system, it could prove more accurate to rate films according by ticket sales rather than gross figures, but it definitely is more accurate to at least consider inflation.
Biggest worldwide openings
Main source: [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm BoxOfficeMojo]
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