In the past , we ’ve sing about history’sbest - selling books , top rated boob tube show , most pop television biz , well - sell albums , and thealbums that top the charts the longest .
After reading thatThe Simpsonsnotched theseventeenth - bestopening day of all time , I was rum about the top sixteen ( and subsequent three ) . Here ’s the list , courtesy ofBox Office Mojo :
1Spider - serviceman 3 , $ 59,841,9192Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man ’s Chest , $ 55,830,6003Star war : Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , $ 50,013,8594X - Men : The Last Stand , $ 45,102,2655Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , $ 44,232,3386Pirates of the Caribbean : At World ’s terminal , $ 42,910,3927Spider - Man 2 , $ 40,442,6048Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , $ 40,118,3639Spider - Man , $ 39,406,87210Shrek the Third , $ 38,426,991
11Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , $ 38,268,29512The Matrix Reloaded , $ 37,508,30313The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King , $ 34,450,83414Harry Potter and the Sorcerer ’s Stone , $ 32,333,20315X2 : X - Men United , $ 31,247,97916Star Wars : Episode II - Attack of the Clones , $ 30,141,47117The Simpsons Movie , $ 30,000,00018Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , $ 29,631,45319The Da Vinci Code , $ 28,630,32420Star war : Episode I - The Phantom Menace , $ 28,542,349
I take a long lunch on Friday to contribute to that seventeenth - place finish , my secondSimpsons - related field trip this month ( see Kwik - E - Mart picshere ) . Actually , I did n’t technically contribute , since I cashed in a Fandango gift circuit card from my good friend " “ and newfangled father " “ Matt Hall , the pride of Wantage , NJ . For the record , I exhaustively enjoy the film .
And for all of you asking about inflation - adjusted figures , here ’s the tilt of the top twenty highest - grossing movies since 1977 , adjust for splashiness , courtesy ofThe - Numbers.com(total , not just on Clarence Shepard Day Jr. one ):
