| Movie Summary | 
The Dark Knight | 
Titanic | 
Shrek 2 | 
The Phantom Menace | 
Avatar | 
The Avengers |
| Genre | Action / Adventure | Romance | Animation | Sci-Fi Fantasy | Sci-Fi Adventure | Action / Adventure |
| Studio | Warner Bros. | Paramount | DreamWorks | Fox | Fox | Buena Vista |
| Release Date | July 18, 2008 | December 19, 1997 | May 19, 2004 | May 19, 1999 | December 18, 2009 | May 4, 2012 |
| Domestic Gross | $533,345,358 | $600,788,188 | $441,226,247 | $431,088,295 | $749,766,139 | $623,357,910 |
| Production Budget | $185 million | $200 million | $150 million | $115 million | n/a | $220 million |
| Running Time | 2 hrs. 30 min. | 3 hrs. 14 min. | 1 hr. 33 min. | 2 hrs. 13 min. | 2 hrs. 40 min. | 2 hrs. 22 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG | PG | PG-13 | PG-13 |
| MPAA Reason | intense sequences of violence and some menace | disaster related peril and violence, nudity, sensuality and brief language | for some crude humor, a brief substance reference and some suggestive content | sci-fi action/violence | intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking | intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference. |
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| Domestic Summary | The Dark Knight | Titanic | Shrek 2 | The Phantom Menace | Avatar | The Avengers |
| Total Gross | $533,345,358 | $600,788,188 | $441,226,247 | $431,088,295 | $749,766,139 | $623,357,910 |
| Opening Weekend* | $158,411,483 | $28,638,131 | $108,037,878 | $64,820,970 | $77,025,481 | $207,438,708 |
| Theaters | 4,366 | 2,674 | 4,163 | 2,970 | 3,452 | 4,349 |
| Average | $36,283 | $10,710 | $25,951 | $21,825 | $22,313 | $47,698 |
| Opening % of Total | 29.7% | 4.8% | 24.5% | 15.0% | 10.3% | 33.3% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -52.5% | +23.8% | -33.2% | -20.7% | -1.8% | -50.3% |
| Widest Release | 4,366 | 3,265 | 4,223 | 3,126 | 3,461 | 4,349 |
| Close Date | March 5, 2009 | n/a | November 25, 2004 | February 3, 2000 | August 12, 2010 | October 4, 2012 |
| In Release | 231 days / 33 weeks | n/a | 149 days / 21 weeks | 261 days / 37 weeks | 238 days / 34 weeks | 154 days / 22 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. |
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| Worldwide Summary | The Dark Knight | Titanic | Shrek 2 | The Phantom Menace | Avatar | The Avengers |
| Worldwide Gross | $1,003,045,358 | $2,127,488,188 | $919,838,758 | $983,588,295 | $2,771,533,686 | $1,511,757,910 |
| Foreign Gross | $469,700,000 | $1,526,700,000 | $478,612,511 | $552,500,000 | $2,021,767,547 | $888,400,000 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 46.8% | 71.8% | 52.0% | 56.2% | 72.9% | 58.8% |
| Domestic Gross | $533,345,358 | $600,788,188 | $441,226,247 | $431,088,295 | $749,766,139 | $623,357,910 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 53.2% | 28.2% | 48.0% | 43.8% | 27.1% | 41.2% |
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| People Summary | The Dark Knight | Titanic | Shrek 2 | The Phantom Menace | Avatar | The Avengers |
| Actor: Samuel L. Jackson | - | - | - | n/a | - | #1 |
| Composer: James Horner | - | #2 | - | - | #1 | - |
| Director: James Cameron | - | #2 | - | - | #1 | - |
| Producer: Jon Landau | - | #2 | - | - | #1 | - |
| Writer: James Cameron | - | #2 | - | - | #1 | - |
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| Genres & Franchises | The Dark Knight | Titanic | Shrek 2 | The Phantom Menace | Avatar | The Avengers |
| Genre: 3D | - | - | - | - | #1 | #2 |
| Genre: Comic Book Adaptation | #2 | - | - | - | - | #1 |
| Genre: IMAX (Feature-length) | #3 | - | - | - | #1 | #2 |
| Genre: Sci-Fi - Adventure | - | - | - | #2 | #1 | - |
| Genre: Superhero | #2 | - | - | - | - | #1 |
| Showdown: All Time Grossers | #4 | #3 | #5 | #6 | #1 | #2 |
| Showdown: Blockbuster Superhero Showdown | #2 | - | - | - | - | #1 |
| Showdown: Cameron Clash | - | #2 | - | - | #1 | - |
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| Chart Rankings | The Dark Knight | Titanic | Shrek 2 | The Phantom Menace | Avatar | The Avengers |
| Opening Weekends Under 3,000 Theaters | - | #67 | - | #1 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Under 3,000 Theaters Adjusted | - | #43 | - | #1 | - | - |
| All Time Domestic | #4 | #2 | #8 | #5 | #1 | #3 |
| All Time Adjusted | #29 | #5 | #32 | #17 | #14 | #27 |
| All Time Worldwide | #16 | #2 | #26 | #13 | #1 | #3 |
| Worldwide Openings | #32 | - | #59 | - | #18 | #3 |
| Foreign Opening Weekends | #78 | - | - | - | #13 | #11 |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | - | - | #3 | #18 | - | - |
| Opening Weeks | #2 | #232 | #25 | #60 | #27 | #1 |
| Opening Day Gross | #10 | - | - | #48 | #54 | #2 |
| Opening Wednesdays | - | - | #29 | #8 | - | - |
| Single Day Gross | #11 | - | #28 | #126 | #130 | #2 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross | #15 | - | #9 | #38 | #13 | #8 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | #12 | #36 | #58 | #29 | #16 | #26 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross | #1 | #65 | #64 | #61 | #2 | #4 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross | #4 | #48 | #52 | - | #3 | #11 |
| Single Day Friday Gross | #9 | - | #44 | #140 | #51 | #2 |
| Single Day Monday Gross | #4 | - | #5 | #22 | #7 | #9 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #5 | - | #9 | #82 | #50 | #1 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross | #2 | - | #9 | #51 | #33 | #1 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | #18 | #47 | #72 | #39 | #22 | #36 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | #3 | #73 | #72 | #69 | #4 | #7 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | #19 | #89 | #50 | #9 | #18 | #33 |
| Non-Holiday Monday Gross | #1 | - | #17 | #22 | #2 | #4 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #7 | - | #27 | #48 | #45 | #1 |
| Theater Averages - Opening Weekends | #175 | - | - | - | - | #90 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #7 | - | #27 | #46 | #44 | #1 |
| New Years Days | - | #6 | - | - | #1 | - |
| Friday to Saturday Drops on Opening Weekends | #45 | - | - | - | - | #145 |
| Sunday Share of Opening Weekends | - | #130 | #135 | #81 | #148 | - |
| Opening Weekends | #5 | #387 | #21 | #78 | #46 | #1 |
| Opening Weekends - December | - | #29 | - | - | #3 | - |
| Opening Weekends - May | - | - | #9 | #30 | - | #1 |
| Opening Weekends - Holiday | - | #83 | - | - | #11 | - |
| Opening Weekends - Summer | #5 | - | #15 | #52 | - | #1 |
| Eleventh Weekends | #104 | #1 | #139 | #33 | #2 | #129 |
| Ninth Weekends | #55 | #1 | #82 | #24 | #2 | #43 |
| Tenth Weekends | #60 | #1 | #100 | #29 | #2 | #115 |
| Top 10-Day Grosses | #2 | - | #31 | #43 | #20 | #1 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #5 | - | #134 | #89 | #45 | #1 |
| Top 4-Day Grosses | #4 | - | #41 | #54 | #43 | #1 |
| Top 6-Day Grosses | #2 | - | #29 | #40 | #37 | #1 |
| Top 7-Day Grosses | #2 | - | #30 | #39 | #36 | #1 |
| Top 8-Day Grosses | #2 | - | #32 | #42 | #29 | #1 |
| Top 9-Day Grosses | #2 | - | #35 | #43 | #25 | #1 |
| Twelfth Weekends | #172 | #1 | #161 | #53 | #3 | - |
| Twelfth Weekends | #191 | #1 | #177 | #68 | #2 | #197 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses | #2 | - | #30 | #41 | #38 | #1 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday | - | - | #7 | #10 | - | - |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #33 | #2 | #148 | #72 | #12 | #73 |
| Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) | #138 | #5 | #139 | #112 | #63 | - |
| Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive) | #74 | #3 | - | - | #23 | - |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #25 | #1 | #135 | #56 | #10 | #58 |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 | #116 | #4 | #117 | #90 | #49 | - |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 5 | #65 | #4 | - | - | #17 | - |
| Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends | - | #6 | - | - | #1 | - |
| Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | - | #174 | #5 | #15 | - | #26 |
| Independence Day Weekends | - | - | #145 | #93 | - | - |
| President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | - | #11 | - | - | #13 | - |
| Second Weekends | #3 | #62 | #5 | #20 | #2 | #1 |
| Third Weekends | #4 | #11 | #5 | #13 | #1 | #2 |
| Fourth Weekends | #5 | #3 | #11 | #7 | #1 | #2 |
| Fifth Weekends | #6 | #2 | #15 | #5 | #1 | #4 |
| Sixth Weekends | #22 | #2 | #27 | #8 | #1 | #14 |
| Seventh Weekends | #15 | #2 | #70 | #12 | #1 | #13 |
| Eighth Weekends | #41 | #1 | #77 | #15 | #2 | #20 |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #411 | - | #103 | - | #14 | #364 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #890 | #10 | #243 | #76 | #28 | #795 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #1300 | #15 | #385 | #130 | #43 | #1174 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #2902 | #65 | #1209 | #577 | #220 | #2687 |
| Rated G and PG | - | - | #3 | #1 | - | - |
| Rated PG | - | - | #3 | #1 | - | - |
| Rated PG-13 | #4 | #2 | - | - | #1 | #3 |
| Rated PG, Opening Weekends | - | - | #3 | #17 | - | - |
| Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends | - | - | #4 | #20 | - | - |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | #5 | - | - | - | #33 | #1 |
| Widest Releases | #7 | #372 | #18 | #512 | #253 | #9 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #5 | - | #19 | - | #236 | #8 |
| Widest PG Rated Openings | - | - | #5 | #190 | - | - |
| Widest PG Rated Releases | - | - | #4 | #151 | - | - |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Openings | #5 | - | - | - | #127 | #7 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | #5 | #194 | - | - | #141 | #7 |
| Fastest to $100 million | #7 | #144 | #37 | #41 | #40 | #1 |
| Fastest to $150 million | #5 | #84 | #32 | #43 | #31 | #1 |
| Fastest to $200 million | #2 | #63 | #28 | #36 | #21 | #1 |
| Fastest to $250 million | #2 | #46 | #13 | #29 | #12 | #1 |
| Fastest to $300 million | #2 | #27 | #11 | #18 | #6 | #1 |
| Fastest to $350 million | #2 | #17 | #7 | #14 | #4 | #1 |
| Fastest to $400 million | #2 | #8 | #5 | #10 | #3 | #1 |
| Fastest to $450 million | #2 | #4 | - | - | #3 | #1 |
| Fastest to $500 million | #3 | #4 | - | - | #2 | #1 |
| Slowest to $100 million | #500 | #363 | #470 | #466 | #467 | #506 |
| Slowest to $200 million | #123 | #62 | #97 | #89 | #104 | #124 |
| Best Picture Nomination Effect | - | #67 | - | - | #99 | - |
| BOM Users' Grades | #1 | #264 | #171 | #473 | #57 | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | - | #1 | #9 | - | - |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #2 | #130 | #14 | #30 | #39 | #1 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted | #29 | #46 | #5 | #17 | #30 | #19 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | #20 | #14 | #59 | #15 | #34 | #55 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #1 | #21 | #64 | #26 | #2 | #5 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #3 | #18 | #49 | #32 | #4 | #24 |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #5 | #162 | #35 | #66 | #76 | #2 |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | #6 | #61 | #3 | #8 | #15 | #21 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #8 | #189 | #5 | #35 | #82 | #1 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted | #2 | - | #5 | #19 | #60 | #1 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | #25 | #19 | #70 | #20 | #41 | #66 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #3 | #28 | #73 | #33 | #5 | #9 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #21 | #52 | #40 | #7 | #23 | #60 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | #9 | #140 | #34 | #28 | #127 | #3 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #8 | - | #33 | #27 | #107 | #3 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - December | - | #17 | - | - | #6 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - May | - | - | #6 | #17 | - | #1 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #2 | #233 | #14 | #35 | #78 | #1 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday | - | #53 | - | - | #18 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer | #2 | - | #10 | #25 | - | #1 |
| Eleventh Weekends Adjusted | #178 | #1 | #183 | #38 | #5 | - |
| Ninth Weekends Adjusted | #119 | #1 | #138 | #28 | #3 | #123 |
| Tenth Weekends Adjusted | #132 | #1 | #152 | #34 | #3 | - |
| Twelfth Weekends Adjusted | #200 | #1 | #182 | #60 | #14 | - |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted | - | - | #6 | #5 | - | - |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #4 | #26 | #3 | #6 | #7 | #1 |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | #9 | #3 | #8 | #7 | #1 | #4 |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | #17 | #2 | #16 | #3 | #1 | #6 |
| Fifth Weekends Adjusted | #37 | #1 | #40 | #5 | #2 | #25 |
| Sixth Weekends Adjusted | #72 | #1 | #52 | #11 | #3 | #85 |
| Seventh Weekends Adjusted | #69 | #1 | #122 | #21 | #2 | #84 |
| Eighth Weekends Adjusted | #112 | #1 | #126 | #20 | #4 | #83 |
| Rated G and PG Adjusted | - | - | #22 | #11 | - | - |
| Rated PG Adjusted | - | - | #12 | #6 | - | - |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | #6 | #1 | - | - | #2 | #5 |
| Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | - | #2 | #8 | - | - |
| Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | - | #2 | #9 | - | - |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #2 | #136 | - | - | #56 | #1 |
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