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All-Time Holiday Weekends – Memorial Day Weekend (4-Day)

#Movie (Distributor)WeekendHoliday Weekend GrossWeekend LocationsWeekend AverageWeek #
1Angels & Demons (Sony / Columbia)May 22 - May 24, 2009$27,414,7953,527$7,7732
2Back to the Future Part III (Universal)May 25 - May 27, 1990$23,701,5022,019$11,7391
3Beverly Hills Cop II (Paramount)May 22 - May 24, 1987$33,013,9332,326$14,1931
4Bruce Almighty (Universal)May 23 - May 25, 2003$85,734,0673,483$24,6151
5Crocodile Dundee II (Paramount)May 27 - May 29, 1988$24,462,9762,837$8,6231
6Dinosaur (Disney)May 26 - May 28, 2000$32,038,6313,302$9,7032
7Godzilla (1998) (Sony / TriStar)May 22 - May 24, 1998$55,727,5093,310$16,8361
8Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount)May 23 - May 25, 2008$126,917,5044,260$29,7931
9Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Paramount)May 26 - May 28, 1989$37,032,4182,327$15,9141
10Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Paramount)May 25 - May 27, 1984$33,936,3011,687$20,1161
11Insomnia (2002) (Warner Bros.)May 24 - May 26, 2002$26,068,6082,610$9,9881
12Iron Man (Paramount)May 23 - May 25, 2008$26,110,8373,915$6,6694
13Kung Fu Panda 2 (Paramount / DreamWorks)May 27 - May 29, 2011$60,871,1753,925$15,5091
14Lethal Weapon 3 (Warner Bros.)May 22 - May 24, 1992$27,567,4622,510$10,9832
15Madagascar (DreamWorks)May 27 - May 29, 2005$61,011,1854,131$14,7691
16Marvel's The Avengers (Disney)May 25 - May 27, 2012$47,222,4143,918$12,0534
17Men in Black 3 (Sony / Columbia)May 25 - May 27, 2012$69,254,7174,248$16,3031
18Mission: Impossible (Paramount)May 24 - May 26, 1996$56,810,8033,012$18,8611
19Mission: Impossible II (Paramount)May 26 - May 28, 2000$70,816,6033,653$19,3861
20Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Fox)May 22 - May 24, 2009$70,051,2764,096$17,1021
21Notting Hill (Universal)May 28 - May 30, 1999$27,690,0042,747$10,0801
22Over the Hedge (Paramount / DreamWorks)May 26 - May 28, 2006$35,322,2264,093$8,6302
23Pearl Harbor (Disney)May 25 - May 27, 2001$75,176,8023,214$23,3901
24Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney)May 25 - May 27, 2007$139,803,3354,362$32,0501
25Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Disney)May 27 - May 29, 2011$50,012,3384,164$12,0112
26Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Disney)May 28 - May 30, 2010$37,813,0753,646$10,3711
27Rambo: First Blood Part II (TriStar)May 24 - May 26, 1985$25,170,7782,074$12,1361
28Return of the Jedi (Fox)May 27 - May 29, 1983$30,492,6101,002$30,4321
29Sex and the City 2 (Warner Bros. / New Line)May 28 - May 30, 2010$36,835,0003,445$10,6921
30Shrek (DreamWorks)May 25 - May 27, 2001$55,215,6893,623$15,2402
31Shrek 2 (DreamWorks)May 28 - May 30, 2004$95,581,3794,223$22,6342
32Shrek Forever After (Paramount / DreamWorks)May 28 - May 30, 2010$57,060,4344,367$13,0662
33Shrek the Third (Paramount / DreamWorks)May 25 - May 27, 2007$67,011,7044,172$16,0622
34Spider-Man (Sony / Columbia)May 24 - May 26, 2002$35,815,9103,876$9,2404
35Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (DreamWorks)May 24 - May 26, 2002$23,214,2253,317$6,9991
36Star Trek (Paramount)May 22 - May 24, 2009$29,380,9434,053$7,2493
37Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Fox)May 28 - May 30, 1999$66,904,3923,023$22,1322
38Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Fox)May 24 - May 26, 2002$60,003,4813,161$18,9822
39Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Fox)May 27 - May 29, 2005$70,046,7533,663$19,1232
40Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros.)May 22 - May 24, 2009$51,943,2753,530$14,7151
41The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney)May 23 - May 25, 2008$29,809,2813,929$7,5872
42The Da Vinci Code (Sony / Columbia)May 26 - May 28, 2006$42,437,5473,754$11,3052
43The Day After Tomorrow (Fox)May 28 - May 30, 2004$85,807,4843,425$25,0531
44The Flintstones (Universal)May 27 - May 29, 1994$37,182,9462,498$14,8851
45The Hangover Part II (Warner Bros.)May 27 - May 29, 2011$103,426,8753,615$28,6101
46The Longest Yard (2005) (Paramount)May 27 - May 29, 2005$58,614,4163,634$16,1291
47The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal)May 23 - May 25, 1997$90,161,4843,281$27,4801
48The Matrix Reloaded (Warner Bros.)May 23 - May 25, 2003$45,613,0303,603$12,6602
49Twister (1996) (Warner Bros.)May 24 - May 26, 1996$37,967,2422,808$13,5213
50X-Men: The Last Stand (Fox)May 26 - May 28, 2006$122,860,9683,690$33,2961