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Leggiest Movies
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This list shows the leggiest movies, as measured by the ratio between their total domestic box office and their largest weekend gross. The higher the ratio, the better the legs. For this chart we consider movies that had a domestic release since 1981, and that opened in at least 600 theaters.
Rank | Released | Movie | Ratio | Maximum Theaters |
Max Weekend |
Total Gross |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 27.17 | 1,400 | $8,305,823 | $225,686,079 |
2 | 1984 | Amadeus | 25.82 | 802 | $2,013,210 | $51,973,029 |
3 | 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 25.47 | 3,010 | $17,254,946 | $439,454,989 |
4 | 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | 21.75 | 2,016 | $11,100,764 | $241,438,208 |
5 | 1983 | Flashdance | 19.39 | 1,140 | $4,665,930 | $90,463,574 |
6 | 1999 | Fantasia 2000 | 19.27 | 1,313 | $3,139,276 | $60,507,228 |
7 | 1986 | Top Gun | 19.10 | 1,531 | $9,449,432 | $180,470,489 |
8 | 1997 | Titanic | 19.02 | 3,265 | $35,455,673 | $674,460,013 |
9 | 1985 | Back to the Future | 18.98 | 1,815 | $11,332,134 | $215,136,452 |
10 | 1981 | Chariots of Fire | 17.92 | 810 | $3,434,399 | $61,558,162 |
11 | 1998 | La vita è bella | 17.75 | 1,136 | $3,244,284 | $57,598,247 |
12 | 2014 | Whiplash | 17.44 | 695 | $787,000 | $13,722,900 |
13 | 1990 | Ghost | 17.38 | 1,766 | $12,523,295 | $217,631,306 |
14 | 1984 | The Karate Kid | 17.15 | 1,111 | $5,294,234 | $90,815,558 |
15 | 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of … | 17.13 | 1,213 | $2,471,471 | $42,340,598 |
16 | 1993 | Schindler’s List | 17.01 | 1,389 | $5,698,045 | $96,898,818 |
17 | 1982 | An Officer and a Gentleman | 16.83 | 1,050 | $7,711,202 | $129,795,554 |
18 | 2003 | Bend it Like Beckham | 16.66 | 1,002 | $1,953,572 | $32,543,449 |
19 | 1986 | Crocodile Dundee | 16.55 | 1,495 | $10,560,827 | $174,803,506 |
20 | 1981 | Arthur | 16.29 | 949 | $5,001,805 | $81,464,486 |
21 | 1987 | Moonstruck | 15.91 | 1,178 | $5,069,508 | $80,640,528 |
22 | 1984 | Ghostbusters | 15.87 | 1,506 | $15,287,030 | $242,604,185 |
23 | 2004 | Napoleon Dynamite | 15.84 | 1,236 | $2,811,411 | $44,540,956 |
24 | 1982 | Tootsie | 15.79 | 1,222 | $11,222,714 | $177,200,000 |
25 | 1982 | 48 Hrs. | 15.57 | 1,050 | $4,877,053 | $75,936,265 |
26 | 1982 | Gandhi | 15.48 | 825 | $3,408,236 | $52,767,889 |
27 | 1990 | Dances with Wolves | 15.48 | 1,636 | $11,898,621 | $184,208,842 |
28 | 2018 | Green Book | 15.46 | 2,648 | $5,501,520 | $85,080,171 |
29 | 1985 | The Color Purple | 15.25 | 1,109 | $6,165,314 | $94,029,472 |
30 | 1997 | The Full Monty | 15.20 | 783 | $3,022,096 | $45,950,122 |
31 | 1987 | Fatal Attraction | 14.84 | 1,401 | $10,554,336 | $156,645,693 |
32 | 1981 | On Golden Pond | 14.59 | 1,015 | $8,177,208 | $119,285,432 |
33 | 1990 | Pretty Woman | 14.30 | 1,811 | $12,471,670 | $178,406,268 |
34 | 1996 | The English Patient | 14.18 | 1,409 | $5,550,565 | $78,716,374 |
35 | 1999 | The Cider House Rules | 14.15 | 1,738 | $4,066,251 | $57,547,209 |
36 | 2006 | The Queen | 14.06 | 1,850 | $4,013,052 | $56,441,711 |
37 | 1988 | Big | 13.99 | 1,419 | $8,216,190 | $114,968,774 |
38 | 2009 | An Education | 13.80 | 761 | $911,388 | $12,574,914 |
39 | 1983 | Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | 13.75 | 2,111 | $23,019,618 | $316,465,003 |
40 | 1999 | American Beauty | 13.68 | 1,990 | $9,505,313 | $130,058,047 |
41 | 1981 | Stripes | 13.66 | 1,117 | $6,243,323 | $85,300,000 |
42 | 1983 | The Big Chill | 13.52 | 832 | $4,147,808 | $56,077,501 |
43 | 1994 | Forrest Gump | 13.50 | 2,365 | $24,450,602 | $330,151,138 |
44 | 2002 | Chicago | 13.43 | 2,701 | $12,708,956 | $170,687,518 |
45 | 1981 | Reds | 13.41 | 665 | $3,728,000 | $50,000,000 |
46 | 1983 | The Right Stuff | 13.37 | 627 | $1,608,243 | $21,500,000 |
47 | 2002 | The Pianist | 13.25 | 842 | $2,456,117 | $32,539,222 |
48 | 1984 | Romancing the Stone | 13.20 | 1,101 | $5,686,311 | $75,078,260 |
49 | 2018 | The Favourite | 13.19 | 1,554 | $2,605,484 | $34,366,783 |
50 | 1986 | Ruthless People | 13.18 | 1,114 | $5,434,671 | $71,624,879 |
51 | 1987 | Dirty Dancing | 13.07 | 1,012 | $4,889,239 | $63,892,689 |
52 | 1987 | The Last Emperor | 12.94 | 877 | $3,398,662 | $43,984,987 |
53 | 1998 | There's Something About Mary | 12.84 | 2,557 | $13,740,644 | $176,484,651 |
54 | 1987 | 3 Men and a Baby | 12.78 | 1,813 | $13,123,622 | $167,780,960 |
55 | 1982 | Porky's | 12.73 | 1,605 | $8,602,473 | $109,492,484 |
56 | 2001 | In the Bedroom | 12.59 | 1,103 | $2,853,430 | $35,930,604 |
57 | 2000 | Chocolat | 12.58 | 1,928 | $5,669,966 | $71,309,760 |
58 | 2008 | U2 3D | 12.57 | 686 | $1,026,121 | $12,898,847 |
59 | 2017 | Call Me by Your Name | 12.56 | 914 | $1,437,889 | $18,065,180 |
60 | 2005 | Capote | 12.55 | 1,239 | $2,291,075 | $28,750,530 |
61 | 2010 | The King’s Speech | 12.54 | 2,584 | $11,064,781 | $138,797,449 |
62 | 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 12.48 | 847 | $3,647,208 | $45,506,619 |
63 | 2022 | Everything Everywhere All At Once | 12.47 | 2,220 | $6,187,118 | $77,169,474 |
64 | 1997 | L.A. Confidential | 12.40 | 1,625 | $5,211,198 | $64,604,977 |
65 | 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Miss… | 12.38 | 1,726 | $4,403,003 | $54,513,740 |
66 | 2011 | The Artist | 12.32 | 1,756 | $3,625,571 | $44,667,095 |
67 | 2016 | Lion | 12.31 | 1,802 | $4,203,529 | $51,739,495 |
68 | 1983 | Trading Places | 12.30 | 1,387 | $7,348,200 | $90,400,000 |
69 | 2012 | Silver Linings Playbook | 12.28 | 2,809 | $10,752,836 | $132,092,958 |
70 | 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 12.28 | 2,027 | $10,462,539 | $128,519,357 |
71 | 2008 | Milk | 12.25 | 882 | $2,598,638 | $31,841,299 |
72 | 1985 | Out of Africa | 12.16 | 1,102 | $6,504,397 | $79,096,868 |
73 | 2016 | Moonlight | 12.11 | 1,564 | $2,300,940 | $27,854,931 |
74 | 1988 | Die Hard | 12.09 | 1,713 | $7,105,514 | $85,892,546 |
75 | 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | 12.08 | 1,223 | $5,256,304 | $63,493,000 |
76 | 1988 | Rain Man | 12.04 | 1,590 | $14,350,610 | $172,825,435 |
77 | 2010 | Black Swan | 12.04 | 2,407 | $8,881,595 | $106,954,678 |
78 | 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | 12.03 | 1,069 | $4,380,640 | $52,700,832 |
79 | 1992 | The Crying Game | 12.00 | 1,097 | $5,210,415 | $62,546,695 |
80 | 2014 | Chef | 11.99 | 1,298 | $2,621,829 | $31,424,004 |
81 | 1983 | Terms of Endearment | 11.97 | 1,259 | $9,058,537 | $108,423,489 |
82 | 2008 | The Reader | 11.95 | 1,203 | $2,860,429 | $34,194,407 |
83 | 1983 | WarGames | 11.95 | 977 | $6,227,804 | $74,433,837 |
84 | 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | 11.89 | 1,054 | $3,615,098 | $42,993,774 |
85 | 1989 | Steel Magnolias | 11.87 | 1,372 | $7,053,867 | $83,759,091 |
86 | 2023 | Poor Things | 11.87 | 2,300 | $2,909,972 | $34,553,225 |
87 | 1997 | As Good as it Gets | 11.78 | 1,837 | $12,606,928 | $148,478,011 |
88 | 1997 | Good Will Hunting | 11.77 | 2,203 | $11,757,488 | $138,433,435 |
89 | 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | 11.75 | 972 | $2,402,549 | $28,241,469 |
90 | 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | 11.75 | 2,943 | $12,026,343 | $141,330,703 |
91 | 1992 | Sister Act | 11.74 | 2,087 | $11,894,587 | $139,605,150 |
92 | 1986 | The Mission | 11.72 | 730 | $1,468,686 | $17,218,000 |
93 | 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | 11.70 | 2,006 | $20,064,790 | $234,760,478 |
94 | 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | 11.62 | 2,625 | $17,751,905 | $206,333,165 |
95 | 1994 | Pulp Fiction | 11.59 | 1,494 | $9,311,882 | $107,928,762 |
96 | 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | 11.52 | 761 | $3,479,769 | $40,084,041 |
97 | 2022 | The Whale | 11.51 | 1,721 | $1,515,731 | $17,453,440 |
98 | 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | 11.50 | 1,331 | $7,058,930 | $81,204,830 |
99 | 2014 | The Imitation Game | 11.49 | 2,402 | $7,932,292 | $91,125,143 |
100 | 2001 | Monster's Ball | 11.48 | 714 | $2,725,306 | $31,273,922 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.