List Of Highest-grossing Openings For Films
The following is a list of the highest-grossing opening weekends for films. The list is dominated by recent films due to steadily increasing marketing budgets, and modern films opening on more screens. Another contributing factor is inflation not being taken into account. Jaws, the first "summer blockbuster", introduced the screen saturation strategy.
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