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Grosses

All-Time Holiday Weekends – Memorial Day Weekend

#Movie (Distributor)WeekendHoliday Weekend GrossWeekend LocationsWeekend AverageWeek #
1Alien³ (Fox)May 22 - May 24, 1992$19,449,4292,227$8,7331
2Angels & Demons (Sony / Columbia)May 22 - May 24, 2009$21,721,9473,527$6,1592
3Back to the Future Part III (Universal)May 25 - May 27, 1990$19,087,6352,019$9,4541
4Beverly Hills Cop II (Paramount)May 22 - May 24, 1987$26,348,8182,326$11,3281
5Bruce Almighty (Universal)May 23 - May 25, 2003$67,953,9113,483$19,5101
6Crocodile Dundee II (Paramount)May 27 - May 29, 1988$19,801,2002,837$6,9801
7Dinosaur (Disney)May 26 - May 28, 2000$25,037,9143,302$7,5832
8Godzilla (1998) (Sony / TriStar)May 22 - May 24, 1998$44,048,2823,310$13,3081
9Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount)May 23 - May 25, 2008$100,137,7614,260$23,5071
10Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Paramount)May 26 - May 28, 1989$29,356,2672,327$12,6151
11Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Paramount)May 25 - May 27, 1984$25,336,9151,687$15,0191
12Insomnia (2002) (Warner Bros.)May 24 - May 26, 2002$20,930,4542,610$8,0191
13Iron Man (Paramount)May 23 - May 25, 2008$20,447,6613,915$5,2234
14Kung Fu Panda 2 (Paramount / DreamWorks)May 27 - May 29, 2011$47,656,3023,925$12,1421
15Lethal Weapon 3 (Warner Bros.)May 22 - May 24, 1992$22,375,4102,510$8,9152
16Madagascar (DreamWorks)May 27 - May 29, 2005$47,223,5684,131$11,4321
17Marvel's The Avengers (Disney)May 25 - May 27, 2012$36,686,8713,918$9,3644
18Men in Black 3 (Sony / Columbia)May 25 - May 27, 2012$54,592,7794,248$12,8511
19Mission: Impossible (Paramount)May 24 - May 26, 1996$45,436,4793,012$15,0851
20Mission: Impossible II (Paramount)May 26 - May 28, 2000$57,845,9023,653$15,8351
21Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Fox)May 22 - May 24, 2009$54,172,7444,096$13,2261
22Notting Hill (Universal)May 28 - May 30, 1999$21,811,3892,747$7,9401
23Over the Hedge (Paramount / DreamWorks)May 26 - May 28, 2006$27,064,2014,093$6,6122
24Pearl Harbor (Disney)May 25 - May 27, 2001$59,078,2933,214$18,3821
25Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney)May 25 - May 27, 2007$114,733,6834,362$26,3031
26Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Disney)May 27 - May 29, 2011$39,828,9744,164$9,5652
27Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Disney)May 28 - May 30, 2010$30,095,2593,646$8,2541
28Rambo: First Blood Part II (TriStar)May 24 - May 26, 1985$20,177,6392,074$9,7291
29Return of the Jedi (Fox)May 27 - May 29, 1983$23,020,8551,002$22,9751
30Sex and the City 2 (Warner Bros. / New Line)May 28 - May 30, 2010$31,002,0003,445$8,9991
31Shrek (DreamWorks)May 25 - May 27, 2001$42,481,2953,623$11,7252
32Shrek 2 (DreamWorks)May 28 - May 30, 2004$72,172,4194,223$17,0902
33Shrek Forever After (Paramount / DreamWorks)May 28 - May 30, 2010$43,311,0634,367$9,9182
34Shrek the Third (Paramount / DreamWorks)May 25 - May 27, 2007$53,040,8724,172$12,7142
35Spider-Man (Sony / Columbia)May 24 - May 26, 2002$28,509,4823,876$7,3554
36Star Trek (Paramount)May 22 - May 24, 2009$22,892,6874,053$5,6483
37Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Fox)May 28 - May 30, 1999$51,399,4253,023$17,0032
38Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Fox)May 24 - May 26, 2002$47,879,7713,161$15,1472
39Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Fox)May 27 - May 29, 2005$55,205,7343,663$15,0712
40Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros.)May 22 - May 24, 2009$42,558,1993,530$12,0561
41The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney)May 23 - May 25, 2008$22,794,2143,929$5,8022
42The Da Vinci Code (Sony / Columbia)May 26 - May 28, 2006$34,032,1543,754$9,0662
43The Day After Tomorrow (Fox)May 28 - May 30, 2004$68,743,9733,425$20,0711
44The Flintstones (Universal)May 27 - May 29, 1994$29,688,9042,498$11,8851
45The Hangover Part II (Warner Bros.)May 27 - May 29, 2011$85,946,2943,615$23,7751
46The Longest Yard (2005) (Paramount)May 27 - May 29, 2005$47,607,5013,634$13,1011
47The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal)May 23 - May 25, 1997$72,132,2753,281$21,9851
48The Matrix Reloaded (Warner Bros.)May 23 - May 25, 2003$36,904,9173,603$10,2432
49Twister (1996) (Warner Bros.)May 24 - May 26, 1996$29,645,4302,808$10,5573
50X-Men: The Last Stand (Fox)May 26 - May 28, 2006$102,750,2913,690$27,8461