It's not just the title, even the profits were corpulent. What ethnic 2002 romantic comedy is the highest-grossing film to never have been number one on the weekly North American box-office charts?
"summer, including a wide release in the United States on August 2. ""My Big Fat Greek Wedding"" became a sleeper hit and grew steadily from its limited release. Despite never hitting the number one spot and being an independent film with a $5 million budget, it ultimately grossed over $368.7 million worldwide, becoming one of the top romantic films of the 21st century. It was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2002 in the United States and Canada, with USD$241,438,208, and the highest-grossing romantic comedy in history. Domestically, it also held the record for the highest-grossing film never having been number"
"a worldwide gross of US$363,889,678. It totalled US$27.7 million over its opening weekend, an American record, the biggest opening for a romantic comedy film, beating ""My Best Friend's Wedding"" (which also starred Julia Roberts). ""Notting Hill"" made another US$15 million the following week. One month after its release, ""Notting Hill"" lost its record for highest-grossing opening weekend for a romantic comedy film to ""Runaway Bride"" (again starring Roberts). It was the sixteenth highest-grossing film of 1999, and in February 2014 was the 215th highest-grossing film of all time. In 1999, it became the then highest-grossing British film. It opened the"
"sell out. Its highest grossing single day was Saturday, February 14, 1998, on which it earned $13,048,711, more than eight weeks after its North American debut. It stayed at number one for 15 consecutive weeks in North America, a record for any film. The film stayed in theaters in North America for almost 10 months before finally closing on Thursday, October 1, 1998 with a final domestic gross of $600,788,188. Outside North America, the film made double its North American gross, generating $1,242,413,080 and accumulating a grand total of $1,843,201,268 worldwide from its initial theatrical run. Before ""Titanic""s release, various"
"February 2001, the film opened in six North American theatres, earning $113,280 ($18,880 per screen) in its first weekend. It finished its North American run with a gross of $2,738,980. The total worldwide box office gross was US$12,854,953. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89%, based on 123 reviews, and an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""This understated romance, featuring good performances by its leads, is both visually beautiful and emotionally moving."" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 85 out of 100, based on 28"
"weekend, opening at number 4. The film went on to make $33,772,838 at the North American box office, and an additional $7,090,880 internationally for a worldwide total of $40,863,718. Where the Heart Is (2000 film) Where the Heart Is is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Matt Williams in his film directing debut. The film stars Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, and Joan Cusack with supporting roles performed by James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, and Sally Field. The screenplay, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is based on the best-selling 1995 novel of the same"
"the U.S. and Canada, defeating """" and ""Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones"". ""Spider-Man"" currently ranks as the 29th-highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and Canada, not adjusted for inflation. The film also grossed $418,002,176 from its international markets, bringing its worldwide total to $821,708,551, making it 2002's third-highest-grossing film behind ""The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"" and ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" and the 58th-highest-grossing film of all time, worldwide. The film sold an estimated 69,484,700 tickets in the US. It held the record for most tickets sold by a comic"
"$70 million from 4,022 theaters over its first six days of release. The film made $1.7 million during its Tuesday night previews. It went on to gross $35.2 million in its opening weekend (a six-day total of $75.5 million), finishing second at the box office behind """", which was in its second week. It rose 21% in its second weekend to $42.9 million, remaining in second, and grossed $20.8 million in its third week and finishing third. ""Sing"" holds the record for being the highest-grossing film to never finish first at the North American box office, besting ""My Big Fat"
"to finish first at the box office for the weekend. Opening on the Martin Luther King holiday, the film grossed $5,014,475 on the holiday of Monday, January 21, 2002, for a 4-day weekend total of $33,628,211. Only ""Titanic"" had previously grossed more money over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. ""Black Hawk Down"" finished first at the box office during its first three weeks of wide release. When the film was pulled from theatres on April 14, 2002, after its 15th week, it had grossed $108,638,746 domestically and $64,350,906 overseas for a worldwide total of $172,989,651. The film received many"
"her pure fantasy character, Melanie Carmichael, with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic."" The film grossed over US$35 million in its first weekend. By the end of its run in the United States, ""Sweet Home Alabama"" grossed over US$130 million, and another US$53,399,006 internationally. With a reported budget of US$30 million, it was a box office hit, despite the mixed reviews. The film won the following awards: Sweet Home Alabama (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), the film soundtrack, includes thirteen songs by different artists. Sweet Home Alabama (film) Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by"
"markets for a total worldwide box office of $92,601,050. Abigail Breslin was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film by a Leading Young Actress for her performance as Zoe. No Reservations (film) No Reservations is a 2007 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Scott Hicks. Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart and Abigail Breslin, the screenplay by Carol Fuchs is an adaptation of an original script by Sandra Nettelbeck, which served as the basis for the 2001 German film ""Mostly Martha"", and revolves around a hard-edged chef whose life is turned upside down when she"
"opened in Hong Kong in December 2002, it grossed a massive HK $15,471,348 in its first week. Its final gross of HK $26,648,345 made it one of the top films in Hong Kong that year. On 27 August 2004, after a long delay, ""Hero"" opened in 2,031 North American screens uncut and subtitled. It debuted at #1, grossing US $18,004,319 ($8,864 per screen) in its opening weekend. The total was the second highest opening weekend ever for a foreign language film; only ""The Passion of the Christ"" has opened better. Its US $53,710,019 North American box office gross makes it"
"the highest grossing musical-comedy of all-time and the second greatest musical debut ever (behind ""Beauty and the Beast""'s $174.8 million in 2017). ""Deadline Hollywood"" calculated the net profit of the film to be $139.6 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film. In the United States and Canada, ""Pitch Perfect 2"" grossed $4.6 million from Thursday night showings and $27.8 million on its opening day, increasing the opening weekend projections from $40 million to $64 million. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $69.2 million, finishing first at the box office. The opening weekend gross was more"
"MCU film with the highest first-week gross. It also surpassed $300million in eight days, becoming the fastest MCU film to do so. In its second weekend, the film earned $112million, which was a 45 percent decrease from its opening week, the smallest decline in a second weekend for any MCU film. It was the second-best second weekend ever, and the best second weekend for a Marvel film beating ""The Avengers"" ($103million). ""Black Panther"" also became the highest-grossing film released in February, surpassing ""The Passion of the Christ"" (2004) ($370.3 million). ""Black Panther"" was the first film to hold the number"
"lives. Later, Julianne is surprised by George showing up at the wedding reception. The movie ends with the two of them happily sharing a dance together. The film opened at No. 2 at the North American box office, making $21,678,377 USD in its opening weekend, behind ""Batman & Robin"". It stayed in the top 10 weekly U.S. box-office for six consecutive weeks, and eventually earned $127,120,029. The worldwide gross total stands at $299,288,605 (listed as one of the 10 biggest films of 1997 both domestically and worldwide). The film received generally positive reviews from critics. , the film holds a"
"$223,040,031. The film dropped to the second position in its third weekend, behind """", but still made $45,036,912, dropping only 37%, averaging $12,458 per theater, and bringing the 17-day tally to $285,573,668. Its third weekend haul set the record for highest-grossing third weekend, which was first surpassed by ""Avatar"" (2009). It stayed at the second position in its fourth weekend, grossing $35,814,844 over the four-day Memorial Day frame, dropping only 21% while expanding to 3,876 theaters, averaging $9,240 over four days, and bringing the 25-day gross to $333,641,492. In the box office, ""Spider-Man"" became 2002's highest-grossing film with $403,706,375 in"
"the most commercially successful foreign-language film in U.S. history. Similarly, in 2002, Zhang Yimou's ""Hero"" was another international box office success. Its cast featured famous actors from the Mainland China and Hong Kong who were also known to some extent in the West, including Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. Despite criticisms by some that these two films pander somewhat to Western tastes, ""Hero"" was a phenomenal success in most of Asia and topped the U.S. box office for two weeks, making enough in the U.S. alone to cover the production costs. Other films such as"
"also a relative success in certain countries with large Muslim populations, such as in Egypt, where it ranked 20th overall in its box office numbers for 2004. The film was the highest grossing non-English-language film of all time until 2017, when it was surpassed by ""Wolf Warrior 2"". An edited version titled ""The Passion Recut"" was released on March 11, 2005, with five minutes of the most explicit violence deleted to broaden the audience. Gibson explained his reasoning for the new version of the film: Despite the attempt to tone down the content, the Motion Picture Association of America still"
"office film for a non-sequel, until it was surpassed eight years later by ""Alice in Wonderland"". With the release in the United States and Canada on May 3, 2002 on 7,500 screens at 3,615 theaters, the film earned $39,406,872 on its opening day, averaging $10,901 per theater. This was the highest opening day at the time until it was surpassed by its sequel ""Spider-Man 2""s $40.4 million haul in 2004. ""Spider-Man"" also set an all-time record for the highest earnings in a single day with $43,622,264 on its second day of release, a record later surpassed by ""Shrek 2"" in"
"dumb crassness that works against ""Bridesmaids""' often smart, highly class-conscious deconstruction of female friendship and competition. Comedy of humiliation is one thing; a fat lady shitting in a sink is another."" ""Bridesmaids"" surpassed ""Knocked Up"" to become the top-grossing Judd Apatow production to date, grossing $26,247,410 on its opening weekend and settling for a strong second place behind ""Thor"". ""Bridesmaids"" grossed $169,106,725 at the North American domestic box office and $119,276,798 in international markets, totalling $288,383,523. Universal reported that males made up 33 percent of the movie's audience and that 63 percent of the audience was over the age of"
"Nadakar). It also features Arjun (Bhuwan K.C.) as lover of Suniti. The film depicts the difference between rich and poor people. The Indian comedian Hum Jayega has a short appearance. The Story Revolves Around These Three Characters Until At Climax In Attempt To Save Suniti Or To Impress Her, Arjun Gets Killed By Goons. ""Kusume Rumal"" was a huge box office success becoming the highest-grossing movie of the time until another Tulsi Ghimire film ""Darpan Chaya"" broke its record in 2001. The movie was the first Nepali movie to spend 25 weeks in the box office top ten list and"
"on February 2, 2001, the film opened at #7 in 2,338 theaters and grossed $4,804,595 in the opening weekend at the North American box office. The final domestic grossing was $10.4 million while the foreign market grossed $2.7 million for a worldwide total of $13,127,022. Against its $14 million budget, the film was a flop. Head over Heels (2001 film) Head over Heels is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Mark Waters about a woman, Amanda Pierce (Monica Potter) living in New York City who works at Metropolitan Museum of Art restoring paintings. Early in the film, she"
"consecutive weekends. The only markets where the film did not top the weekend charts were Vietnam (behind """"), Turkey (with two local movies and ""Logan"" ahead) and India (where ""Badrinath Ki Dulhania"" retained No. 1). It topped the box office for four straight weekends in Germany, Korea, Austria, Finland, Poland, Portugal, Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Switzerland and the UK (exclusive of previews). In the Philippines, it emerged as the most successful commercial film of all time—both local and foreign—with over $13.5 million. In just five weeks, the film became one of the top 10 highest-grossing film of all time in the"
"""Hitch""s record $7.5 million for the highest-grossing mid-week Valentine’s Day. It also earned around $9.7 million internationally this weekend. On the weekend lasting from February 24–26, ""The Vow"" became the first film of 2012 in North America to cross the $100 million mark, and the third film to cross the $100 million mark worldwide behind """" and """". The film grossed $125 million in North America and $71.1 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $196.1 million. It is the eighth highest-grossing romantic drama film since 1980. The DVD and Blu-ray Disc were released on May 8, 2012"
"grossing $15,366,047 in box-office revenue. During its final week in release, ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" opened in a distant 50th place with $37,233 in revenue. The film went on to top out domestically at $128,078,872 in total ticket sales through a 31-week theatrical run. Internationally, the film took in an additional $85,446,864 in box-office business for a combined worldwide total of $213,525,736. For 2000 as a whole, the film cumulatively ranked at a worldwide box-office performance position of 19. Gathering widespread critical acclaim at the Toronto and New York film festivals, the film also became a favorite when Academy Awards"
"earned $26.1 million on its debut in 2002. Part of the grosses came from the Trilogy Tuesday event, in which the Extended Editions of the two previous films were played on 16 December before the first midnight screening. It went on to make an opening weekend of $72.6 million ($124.1 million with weekday previews). Its Friday-Sunday opening weekend was a record-high for December (first surpassed by ""I Am Legend""). The film also set single-day records for Christmas Day and New Year's Day (both first surpassed by ""Meet the Fockers""). Outside the US and Canada, it is the 17th highest-grossing film,"
"The movie went on to gross $342,551,365 in North America and $583,495,746 internationally for a worldwide total of $926,047,111 against a budget of $94 million. It was the highest-grossing film of 2002 worldwide. Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 57 million tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run. The film holds a 95% ""Fresh"" rating on the aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 250 reviews, with an average score of 8.5/10. The site's main consensus reads, """"The Two Towers"" balances spectacular action with emotional storytelling, leaving audiences both wholly satisfied and eager for the"
"weekend at the U.S. box office. The film would eventually gross a domestic total of $24,185,781, fairly short of its $31 million budget, but with an international $6,733,634, it would total $30,919,415. The film received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of 49% based on reviews from 136 critics. Roger Ebert gave it 3.5 out of 4 stars. Hearts in Atlantis (film) Hearts in Atlantis is a 2001 American-Australian mystery drama thriller film directed by Scott Hicks and starring Anthony Hopkins and Anton Yelchin. It is loosely adapted from Stephen King's ""Dark Tower"" tie-in ""Low Men in"
"nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Original Score, which was written by John Williams, and Best Original Song for ""Somewhere in My Memory"". After its release, ""Home Alone"" became the highest-grossing live action comedy film of all time in the United States, and also held the record worldwide until it was overtaken by ""The Hangover Part II"" in 2011. It is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time at the North American box office (when adjusted for inflation). Despite the mixed critical reception upon its initial release, ""Home Alone"" has been hailed as a holiday classic among audiences, and"
"$2,683,893 overseas. It had a total worldwide gross of $7,103,973. In 2014, the ""Los Angeles Times"" listed the film as one of the most expensive box office flops of all time. The film performed better on DVD, with US DVD rental gross of $24,983,000, but is yet to be released on Blu-ray. The Adventures of Pluto Nash The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Eddie Murphy (in a dual role), Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzmán, James Rebhorn, Peter Boyle, Pam Grier and"
"earn a total worldwide gross of $101,982,854. A Hindi remake of the film named ""Pyar To Hona Hi Tha"" was released on July 24, 1998. The 2004 Malayalam comedy film ""Vettam"" was also based on ""French Kiss"". A fastidious and wholesome history teacher named Kate (Ryan) is living in Canada with her fiancé, Charlie (Timothy Hutton), a dentist. While waiting for her Canadian citizenship to come through, Kate has been busy planning their wedding and the purchase of their first house, complete with a white picket fence. When Charlie urges her to accompany him to Paris for an upcoming conference,"
"United Kingdom and the Latin America region (except Argentina) for the fourth straight weekend, as well as number one in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. ""Black Panther"" was the top film in South Africa for seven weeks, where it became the highest-grossing film ever. It also became the highest-grossing film of all time in West and East Africa, and the southern Africa region, and the highest-grossing superhero film ever in the Netherlands. , the film's largest markets were China ($104.6 million), the United Kingdom ($67.7million), and South Korea ($42.8million). It became the fifth-highest-grossing MCU film of all time in"
"North America in its opening weekend, averaging $41,481 per theater, and $842,000 from 21 screens in 14 markets. It set new records for the highest gross for any IMAX engagement and surpassed the highest weekly total for any previously released IMAX film. Its three-day worldwide gross surpassed , setting further records at 18 venues worldwide. ""Fantasia 2000"" grossed a worldwide total of in 30 days, and at the end of its IMAX run. Following its release in 1,313 regular theatres in the United States on June 16, 2000, the film grossed an additional in its opening weekend that ranked eleventh"
"$277,322,503 was in Canada and the United States. It was tenth-highest-grossing film of 2009 in the world, the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2009 in the U.S. and the highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever in the United States, surpassing a record previously held by ""Beverly Hills Cop"" for almost 25 years. Out of all R-rated films, it is the sixth-highest-grossing ever in the U.S., behind ""The Passion of the Christ"", ""Deadpool"", ""American Sniper"", ""It"" and ""The Matrix Reloaded"". However, adjusted for inflation ""The Hangover"" earned less than half the total earned by ""Beverly Hills Cop"" and is out grossed by several comedies including"