List of films with the most weekends at number one in North America

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The following is a list of films with the most weekends as number one at the box office in the United States and Canada.

Films with at least four weekends at number one are listed. They must have been released in 1982 or later to qualify. This limit is in the Box Office Mojo source. [1] On Golden Pond is included with a wide release in 1982 after a limited release in December 1981.

Ties are broken by total domestic box office without adjusting for inflation. E.T. sits atop with 16 weeks at number one (31% of a year). The largest number of films in a year is six in 1986 and 1992.

Six franchises have multiple films on the list:

RankFilmWeekends at
number one		YearRef
1 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 16 1982 [1]
2 Titanic 15 1997
3 Beverly Hills Cop 14 1984
4 Tootsie 1982
5 Home Alone 12 1990
6 Back to the Future 11 1985
7 Ghostbusters 101984
8 Crocodile Dundee 9 1986
9 Good Morning, Vietnam 1987
10 Fatal Attraction 81987
11 Porky's 1982
12 Avatar 7 2009
13 Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 [2]
14 On Golden Pond 1981 [1]
15 Spider-Man: No Way Home 6 2021 [3]
16 Return of the Jedi 1983 [1]
17 The Fugitive 1993
18 Rain Man 1988
19 Rocky IV 1985
20 Terms of Endearment 1983
21 Black Panther 5 2018 [4]
22 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022 [5]
23 Forrest Gump 1994 [1]
24 The Sixth Sense 1999
25 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993
26 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
27 Three Men and a Baby 1987
28 Look Who's Talking 1989
29 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
30 Wayne's World 1992
31 Basic Instinct 1992
32 Police Academy 1984
33 The Golden Child 1986
34 Mr. Mom 1983
35 The Secret of My Success 1987
36 Stakeout 1987
37 The Croods: A New Age 2020 [6]
38 Tenet 2020 [7]
39 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 4 2015 [1]
40 The Dark Knight 2008
41 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
42 Barbie 2023 [8]
43 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 [9]
44 The Passion of the Christ 2004 [1]
45 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014
46 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
47 Aladdin 1992
48 Ghost 1990
49 The Hunger Games 2012
50 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000
51 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021 [10]
52 Saving Private Ryan 1998 [1]
53 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017
54 Toy Story 1995
55 Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985
56 Pretty Woman 1990
57 Furious 7 2015
58 Apollo 13 1995
59 Platoon 1986
60 A Few Good Men 1992
61 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 2015
62 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990
63 The Karate Kid Part II 1986
64 Meet the Parents 2000
65 Dumb and Dumber 1994
66 Hook 1991
67 The Birdcage 1996
68 Twins 1988
69 The Martian 2015
70 Indecent Proposal 1993
71 Driving Miss Daisy 1989
72 Seven 1995
72 Aliens 1986
74 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 1992
75 Under Siege 1992
76 Beetlejuice 1988
77 Never Say Never Again 1983
78 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994
79 Uncle Buck 1989
80 Down and Out in Beverly Hills 1986
81 Hot Shots! 1991
82 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985
83 Legends of the Fall 1994
84 Tightrope 1984

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Best ranking movies by Weekend Rank, 1982-Present". Box Office Mojo . Archived from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Avatar: The Way of Water".
  3. ↑ "Spider-Man: No Way Home".
  4. ↑ "Black Panther". Box Office Mojo. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever".
  6. ↑ "The Croods: A New Age".
  7. ↑ "Tenet".
  8. ↑ "Domestic 2023 Weekend 32". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  9. ↑ "Domestic 2023 Weekend 17". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  10. ↑ "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings".
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