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.

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 (%)
1Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015$149,202,860$247,966,675-39.8
2Avengers: Endgame2019$147,383,211$357,115,007-58.7
3 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 $114,774,810 $257,698,183 -55.5
4Black Panther2018$111,658,835$202,003,951-44.7
5Jurassic World2015$106,588,440$208,806,270-49.0
6The Avengers2012$103,052,274$207,438,708-50.3
7 Barbie 2023 $93,011,602 $162,022,044 -42.6
8The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023$92,347,190$146,361,865-36.9
9Beauty and the Beast2017$90,426,717$174,750,616-48.3
10 Top Gun: Maverick 2022 $90,037,011 $126,707,459 -28.9
11Frozen 22019$85,977,773$130,263,358-34.0
12Spider-Man: No Way Home2021$84,548,505$260,138,569-67.5
13Incredibles 22018$80,347,651$182,687,905-56.0
14Avengers: Age of Ultron2015$77,746,929$191,271,109-59.4
15The Lion King2019$76,621,553$191,770,759-60.0
16Avatar2009$75,617,183$77,025,481-1.8
17The Dark Knight2008$75,166,466$158,411,483-52.5
18The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013$74,179,601$158,074,286-53.1
19Finding Dory2016$72,959,954$135,060,273-46.0
20Captain America: Civil War2016$72,637,142$179,139,142-59.5
21Iron Man 32013$72,525,615$174,144,585-58.4
22Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2017$72,389,590$177,383,864-59.2
23Shrek 22004$72,170,363$108,037,878-33.2
24Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017$71,565,498$220,009,584-67.5
25Spider-Man2002$71,417,527$114,844,116-37.8
26Captain Marvel2019$69,365,498$153,433,423-54.8
27The Batman2022$66,511,221$134,008,624-50.4
28Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2022$66,482,266$181,339,761-63.3
29Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 22017$65,263,492$146,510,104-55.5
30American Sniper2014$64,628,304$89,269,066-27.6
31Rogue One2016$64,033,768$155,081,681-58.7
32Avatar: The Way of Water2022$63,338,210$134,100,226-52.8
33Alice in Wonderland2010$62,714,076$116,101,023-46.0
34Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006$62,345,264$135,634,554-54.0
35The Dark Knight Rises2012$62,101,451$160,887,295-61.4
36 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 $62,008,548 $118,414,021 -47.6
37Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022$61,755,804$187,420,998-67
38The Jungle Book2016$61,538,821$103,261,464-40.4
39Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom2018$60,912,195$148,024,610-58.8
40It2017$60,103,110$123,403,419-51.3
41Toy Story 42019$59,700,331$120,908,065-50.6
42Furious 72015$59,585,930$147,187,040-59.5
43Toy Story 32010$59,337,669$110,307,189-46.2
44Jurassic World Dominion2022$59,150,175$145,075,625-59.2
45The Hunger Games2012$58,551,063$152,535,747-61.6
46Wonder Woman2017$58,520,672$103,251,471-43.3
47Spider-Man 32007$58,166,256$151,116,516-61.5
48Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001$57,487,755$90,294,621-36.3
49 Toy Story 2 1999 $57,388,839 $300,163 +19,019
50Thor: Ragnarok2017$57,078,306$122,744,989-53.5

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Second Weekends". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Smallest Second Weekend Drops at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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