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10 Highest Grossing 4th of July Weekend Movie Openings

Jessica Mark
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Making Money at the Movies

The Macy’s fireworks spectacle is a show not to miss, but so are the movies that have opened on the Independence Day holiday weekend.  According to BoxOfficeMojo, here are the ten highest grossing Fourth of July weekend (3-day) movie openings of all-time as of 2007.

The Macy’s fireworks spectacle is a show not to miss, but so are the movies that have opened on the Independence Day holiday weekend.  According to BoxOfficeMojo, here are the ten highest grossing Fourth of July weekend (3-day) movie openings of all-time as of 2007.

Armageddon

$36,089,972Opening day: July 1, 1998Production Companies:
Touchstone Pictures

$36,089,972
Opening day: July 1, 1998

Production Companies:
Touchstone Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Valhalla Motion Pictures

The Perfect Storm

$41,325,042Opening day: June 30, 2000Production Companies:
AP

$41,325,042
Opening day: June 30, 2000

Production Companies:
Baltimore Spring Creek Productions
Radiant Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

$44,041,440Opening day: July 2, 2003Production Companies:
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3. Produktions KG

$44,041,440
Opening day: July 2, 2003

Production Companies:
C-2 Pictures
Intermedia Films
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3. Produktions KG
Mostow/Lieberman Productions

Independence Day

$50,228,264Opening day: July 3, 1996Production Companies:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

$50,228,264
Opening day: July 3, 1996

Production Companies:
Centropolis Entertainment
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Men in Black

$51,068,455Opening day: July 2, 1997Production Companies:
http://sonypictures.com

$51,068,455
Opening day: July 2, 1997

Production Companies:
Amblin Entertainment
Columbia Pictures Corporation
MacDonald/Parkes Production

Men in Black II

$52,148,751Opening day: July 3, 2002Production Companies:
AP

$52,148,751
Opening day: July 3, 2002

Production Companies:
Amblin Entertainment
Columbia Pictures Corporation
MacDonald/Parkes Production

Superman Returns

$52,535,096Opening day: June 28, 2006Production Companies:
http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/

$52,535,096
Opening day: June 28, 2006

Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Legendary Pictures
Peters Entertainment
Bad Hat Harry Productions
DC Comics
Original Film
Got Films
Red Sun Productions Pty. Ltd.

War of the Worlds

$64,878,725Opening day: June 29, 2005Production Companies:
http://www.waroftheworlds.com/

$64,878,725
Opening day: June 29, 2005

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks SKG
Amblin Entertainment
Cruise/Wagner Productions

Transformers

$70.5 millionOpening day: July 3, 2007Production Companies:
http://www.transformersmovie.com/

$70.5 million
Opening day: July 3, 2007

Production Companies:
DreamWorks SKG
Hasbro
Di Bonaventura Pictures  
Paramount Pictures
SprocketHeads
Thinkfilm

Spider-Man 2

$88,156,227Opening day: June 30, 2004Production Companies:
http://spiderman.sonypictures.com/

$88,156,227
Opening day: June 30, 2004

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Marvel Enterprises
Laura Ziskin production

Hancock or Kit Kittredge?

Some things are to be expected on the 4th of July.  Barbecues, parades, fireworks, and Will Smith blockbuster movies.  Can Will Smith lead to the top of this list? Will Abigail Breslin (aka Little Miss Sunshine) in bring in enough 'tweens to crack the list?

Some things are to be expected on the 4th of July.  Barbecues, parades, fireworks, and Will Smith blockbuster movies.  Can Will Smith lead Hancock to the top of this list? Will Abigail Breslin (aka Little Miss Sunshine) in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl bring in enough 'tweens to crack the list?