In 1939, "Gone with the Wind" made $945,000 it's first weekend. Even though it was released in 1939, those were advanced ticket road show events. It was not put into wide release until 1941.
I believe "Spider-Man" (2002) was the first to gross $100 million on opening weekend.
Spiderman in 2002.
Age 17
All I know is they raked in 155 Million that weekend in the US!that is alot of money
Betty Grable
Second weekend of April, first weekend of June, and second weekend of October. Dates are April 14-15, June 2-3, and October 13-14. It's always the same weekend of the same months.
The Avengers had the biggest opening weekend ever. They brought in $200.3 million dollars. This surpasses the previous record held by Harry Potter's final film which held the record at $169.2 million dollars. Additionally, The Avengers added $151.5 million dollars from overseas showings. This brings the weekend total to $441.5 million dollars.
WALL-E brought in 62.5 million dollars in it's first weekend.
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace made $64.8 million on its opening weekend.
The Avengers movie reached around 200 million dollars on opening weekend in the US alone. This was a big deal as it beat the previous record of sales.
40 million$ the first night
Spiderman in 2002.
Harry potter deathly hallows part 2, in it's opening weekend, made around 159 million dollars.
"Marvel's Avengers" grossed approximately $207 million globally in its opening weekend.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone made $90.3 million during opening weekend. It held the record for the highest-opening weekend until it was beaten by Spider-Man the following May.
154 Million in the first week of opening in cinemas:)
The first one (2009) in its opening weekend made $335,102 in the USA, 378,434 pounds in the UK, almost 13 million kroner in Denmark, and 18 million kroner in Sweden. The second one (2011) in its opening weekend made almost 13 million in the US, and over 900 thousand euro in Italy.
Shirley Temple was the first kid to make a million dollars.