List of highest-grossing second weekends for films

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The following is a list of the highest-grossing second weekends for films. Usually by the second weekend in the U.S. and Canada, studios can have an idea of what the final gross may be now that factors such as word-of-mouth and increased competition are starting to show. Many films usually have big drops as they could be "frontloaded" as fans want to watch them on opening weekend to be first to see it, but some could stay relatively modest as word-of-mouth works in the films' favor. The following shows how much the film has dropped compared to its opening weekend. Like the highest-grossing openings, the list is dominated by recent films due to steadily increasing production and marketing budgets, and modern films opening on more screens. Another contributing factor is inflation not being taken into account.

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Biggest second weekends in the U.S. and Canada

A list of biggest second weekend for films between the second Friday and second Sunday of release. [1] [2]

RankFilmYearSecond Weekend
(three day)
Opening Weekend
(three day)
Change (%)
1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 $149,202,860$247,966,675-39.8
2 Avengers: Endgame 2019 $147,383,211$357,115,007-58.7
3 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 $114,774,810$257,698,183-55.5
4 Black Panther 2018 $111,658,835$202,003,951-44.7
5 Jurassic World 2015 $106,588,440$208,806,270-49.0
6 The Avengers 2012 $103,052,274$207,438,708-50.3
7 Inside Out 2 2024 $101,210,550$154,201,673-34.4
8 Barbie 2023 $93,011,602$162,022,044-42.6
9 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 $92,347,190$146,361,865-36.9
10 Beauty and the Beast 2017 $90,426,717$174,750,616-48.3
11 Top Gun: Maverick 2022 $90,037,011$126,707,459-28.9
12 Frozen 2 2019 $85,977,773$130,263,358-34.0
13 Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 $84,548,505$260,138,569-67.5
14 Incredibles 2 2018 $80,347,651$182,687,905-56.0
15 Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 $77,746,929$191,271,109-59.4
16 The Lion King 2019 $76,621,553$191,770,759-60.0
17 Avatar 2009 $75,617,183$77,025,481-1.8
18 The Dark Knight 2008 $75,166,466$158,411,483-52.5
19 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013 $74,179,601$158,074,286-53.1
20 Finding Dory 2016 $72,959,954$135,060,273-46.0
21 Captain America: Civil War 2016 $72,637,142$179,139,142-59.5
22 Iron Man 3 2013 $72,525,615$174,144,585-58.4
23 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019 $72,389,590$177,383,864-59.2
24 Shrek 2 2004 $72,170,363$108,037,878-33.2
25 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017 $71,565,498$220,009,584-67.5
26 Spider-Man 2002 $71,417,527$114,844,116-37.8
27 Captain Marvel 2019 $69,365,498$153,433,423-54.8
28 The Batman 2022 $66,511,221$134,008,624-50.4
29 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022 $66,482,266$181,339,761-63.3
30 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 $65,263,492$146,510,104-55.5
31 American Sniper 2014 $64,628,304$89,269,066-27.6
32 Rogue One 2016 $64,033,768$155,081,681-58.7
33 Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 $63,338,210$134,100,226-52.8
34 Alice in Wonderland 2010 $62,714,076$116,101,023-46.0
35 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 $62,345,264$135,634,554-54.0
36 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 $62,101,451$160,887,295-61.4
37 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 $62,008,548$118,414,021-47.6
38 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022 $61,755,804$187,420,998-67
39 The Jungle Book 2016 $61,538,821$103,261,464-40.4
40 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 2018 $60,912,195$148,024,610-58.8
41 It 2017 $60,103,110$123,403,419-51.3
42 Toy Story 4 2019 $59,700,331$120,908,065-50.6
43 Furious 7 2015 $59,585,930$147,187,040-59.5
44 Toy Story 3 2010 $59,337,669$110,307,189-46.2
45 Jurassic World Dominion 2022 $59,150,175$145,075,625-59.2
46 The Hunger Games 2012 $58,551,063$152,535,747-61.6
47 Wonder Woman 2017 $58,520,672$103,251,471-43.3
48 Spider-Man 3 2007 $58,166,256$151,116,516-61.5
49 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 $57,487,755$90,294,621-36.3
50 Toy Story 2 1999 $57,388,839$300,163+19,019

Second weekend record holders in U.S. and Canada

These are the films that, when first released, set the second three-day weekend record after going into wide release.

YearTitleSecond weekend
1981 Superman II $10,765,687
1982 E.T. the Extra-terrestrial $12,610,610
1983 Return of the Jedi $17,229,694
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $21,230,164
1989 Batman $30,075,189
1993 Jurassic Park $38,455,860
1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace $51,399,863
2000 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas $52,118,445
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $57,487,755
2002 Spider-Man $71,417,527
2004 Shrek 2 $72,170,363
2008 The Dark Knight $75,166,466
2009 Avatar $75,617,183
2012 The Avengers $103,052,274
2015 Jurassic World $106,558,440
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $149,202,860

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References

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