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10 Highest Grossing 4th of July Weekend Movie Openings
By: Jessica Mark, Special to CNBC.com | 08 Jul 2008 | 10:38 AM ET
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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.

Armageddon
Touchstone Pictures
$36,089,972Opening day: July 1, 1998Production Companies:Touchstone PicturesJerry Bruckheimer FilmsValhalla Motion Pictures

The Perfect Storm
AP
$41,325,042Opening day: June 30, 2000Production Companies:Baltimore Spring Creek ProductionsRadiant ProductionsWarner Bros. Pictures

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3. Produktions KG
$44,041,440Opening day: July 2, 2003Production Companies:C-2 PicturesIntermedia FilmsIMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3. Produktions KGMostow/Lieberman Productions

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

Men in Black
http://sonypictures.com
$51,068,455Opening day: July 2, 1997Production Companies:Amblin EntertainmentColumbia Pictures CorporationMacDonald/Parkes Production

Men in Black II
AP
$52,148,751Opening day: July 3, 2002Production Companies:Amblin EntertainmentColumbia Pictures CorporationMacDonald/Parkes Production

Superman Returns
http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/
$52,535,096Opening day: June 28, 2006Production Companies:Warner Bros. PicturesLegendary PicturesPeters EntertainmentBad Hat Harry ProductionsDC ComicsOriginal FilmGot FilmsRed Sun Productions Pty. Ltd.

War of the Worlds
http://www.waroftheworlds.com/
$64,878,725Opening day: June 29, 2005Production Companies:Paramount PicturesDreamWorks SKGAmblin Entertainment Cruise/Wagner Productions

Transformers
http://www.transformersmovie.com/
$70.5 millionOpening day: July 3, 2007Production Companies:DreamWorks SKGHasbroDi Bonaventura Pictures  Paramount PicturesSprocketHeadsThinkfilm

Spider-Man 2
http://spiderman.sonypictures.com/
$88,156,227Opening day: June 30, 2004Production Companies:Columbia Pictures CorporationMarvel EnterprisesLaura 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 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?

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