Biggest Worldwide Openings Since 2002
This list charts films that had openings in excess of $200 million worldwide. Since films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday. Figures prior to the year 2002 are not available.
| Rank | Film | Year | Opening (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 2011 | $483,189,427 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009 | $394,022,354 |
| 3 | Marvel's The Avengers | 2012 | $392,538,708 |
| 4 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | 2011 | $382,425,000 |
| 5 | Spider-Man 3 | 2007 | $381,660,892 |
| 6 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | 2011 | $350,653,677 |
| 7 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 2007 | $343,972,864 |
| 8 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | 2012 | $340,667,634 |
| 9 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | $332,715,157 |
| 10 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | 2010 | $330,017,372 |
| 11 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | $303,949,700 |
| 12 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | 2011 | $291,022,261 |
| 13 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | 2009 | $274,939,137 |
| 14 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2008 | $272,150,927 |
| 15 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | $250,000,534 |
| 16 | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | $248,887,295 |
| 17 | Avatar | 2009 | $241,571,046 |
| 18 | The Da Vinci Code | 2006 | $232,074,037 |
| 19 | 2012 | 2009 | $230,470,474 |
| 20 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | 2010 | $228,893,465 |
| 21 | Iron Man 2 | 2010 | $220,766,270 |
| 22 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 2009 | $219,921,171 |
| 23 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 2009 | $218,430,064 |
| 24 | The Hunger Games | 2012 | $211,785,747 |
| 25 | Alice in Wonderland | 2010 | $210,101,023 |
| 26 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | $207,197,367 |
| 27 | War of the Worlds | 2005 | $203,061,125 |
| 28 | The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | $201,390,000 |
| 29 | Iron Man | 2008 | $201,174,140 |
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