Highest Opening weeks in Germany

Last Updated 31st May 2004

Figures in $US millions

Rank Title Year $U.S.
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1 LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING 2003 30.843
2 LOTR: THE TWO TOWERS 2002 21.701
3 HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS 2002 20.603
4 THE MATRIX RELOADED 2003 18.858
5 HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE 2001 18.520
6 FINDING NEMO 2003 16.293
7 STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES 2002 16.036
8 MIN IN BLACK II 2002 15.130
9 INDEPENDENCE DAY 1996 14.728
10 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL 2003 14.617
11 MEN IN BLACK 1997 13.107
12 STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE 1999 12.728
13 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998 11.192
14 SPIDER-MAN 2002 11.123
15 DIE ANOTHER DAY 2002 11.058
16 GOLDENEYE 1996 10.682
17 ICE AGE 2002 10.604
18 THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS 2003 9.768
19 TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES 2003 9.310
20 ARMAGEDDON 1998 8.980
21 VAN HELSING 2004 8,976
22 PEARL HARBOR 2001 8.924
23 SCARY MOVIE 3 2004 8.696
24 AMERICAN PIE II 2001 8.497
25 THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK 1997 8.356
26 JURASSIC PARK III 2001 8.143
27 X2 2003 7.991
28 NOTTING HILL 1999 7.772
29 TITANIC 1998 7.699
30 MINORITY REPORT 2002 7.676
31 TOMORROW NEVER DIES 1997 7.674
32 8 MILE 2003 7.655
33 THE MUMMY 1999 7.631
34 GODZILLA 1998 7.565
35 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH 1999 7.549
36 BAD BOYS II 2003 7.492
37 CATCH ME IF YOU CAN 2003 7.260
38 DER SCHUH DES MANITU 2001 7.061
39 THE MUMMY RETURNS 2001 7.015
40 BRUCE ALMIGHTY 2003 6.960
41 WHAT WOMEN WANT 2000 6.857
42 BEAN 1997 6.283
43 AMERICAN WEDDING 2003 6.581
44 TWISTER 1996 6.576
45 JOHNNY ENGLISH 2003 6.545
46 HANNIBAL 2001 6.514
47 RUNAWAY BRIDE 1999 6.510
48 THE LAST SAMURAI 2004 6.316
49 THE MATRIX 1999 6.305
50 OCEAN'S ELEVEN 2002 6.273
51 THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN 2003 6.248
52 STAR TREK: INSURRECTION 1999 6.023
53 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 1996 5.998
54 ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS 1996 5.921
55 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS 2003 5.844
56 THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK 1998 5.793
57 RANSOM 1996 5.709
58 JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE 1997 5.670
59 xXx 2002 5.636
60 BROTHER BEAR 2004 5.599
61 THE FIRST WIVES CLUB 1996 5.582
62 RANSOM 1997 5.491
63 SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE 2004 5.427
64 THE JACKAL 1998 5.316
65 AMERICAN PIE 2000 5.300
66 PLANET OF THE APES 2001 5.294
67 DR. DOLITTLE 1998 5.235
68 BLADE II 2002 5.223
69 WERNER III 1999 5.149
70 RED DRAGON 2002 5.007
71 SIGNS 2002 4.965
72 THE FIFTH ELEMENT 1997 4.895
73 THE ROCK 1996 4.884
74 RUSH HOUR 2 2002 4.810
75 TWO WEEKS NOTICE 2003 4.782
76 POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE 2000 4.733
77 DEEP BLUE SEA 1999 4.707
79 RUSH HOUR 1999 4.692
80 TOMB RAIDER 2001 4.680
81 ASTERIX AND OBELIX VS CAESER 1999 4.656
82 STAR WARS 1997 4.623
83 TARZAN 1999 4.504
84 DANGEROUS MINDS 1996 4.400
85 STAR TREK: NEMESIS 2003 4.317
86 ERASER 1996 4.266
87 WILD WILD WEST 1999 4.265
88 CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE 2003 4.181
89 YOU'VE GOT MAIL 1999 4.145
90 THE NUTTY PROFESSOR 1996 4.139
91 END OF DAYS 1999 4.136
92 MONSTERS, INC. 2002 4.131
93 THE X-FILES MOVIE 1998 4.089
94 THE SIXTH SENSE 2000 4.051
95 JUMANJI 1996 4.051
96 DAS WUNDER VON BERN 2003 4.045
97 ENEMY OF THE STSTAE 1998 4.004
98 ALIEN RESURRECTION 1997 3.903
99 AIR FORCE ONE 1997 3.887
100 SPY HARD 1996 3.874
101 ALONG CAME POLLY 2004 3.779
102 ENTRAPMENT 1999 3.755
103 CON AIR 1997 3.747
104 THE HAUNTING 1999 3.744
105 GOODBYE, LENIN! 2003 3.710
106 KILL BILL: VOLUME 2 2004 3.625
107 THE BOURNE IDENTITY 2002 3.614
108 THE SIEGE 1999 3.586
109 A BUG'S LIFE 1999 3.568
110 THE HORSE WHISPERER 1998 3.493
111 LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE 2003 3.477
112 THE SUM OF ALL FEARS 2002 3.476
113 THE TRUMAN SHOW 1998 3.469
114 MEET JOE BLACK 1999 3.371
115 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY 1998 3.364
116 ABOUT A BOY 2002 3.318
117 UNBREAKABLE 2000 3.236
118 DEEP IMPACT 1998 3.241
119 JUNGLE BOOK 2 2003 3.224
120 THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST 2004 3.215
121 PANIC ROOM 2002 3.165
122 S.W.A.T. 2003 3.135
123 MULAN 1998 3.120
124 FLUBBER 1998 3.078
125 50 FIRST DATES 2004 3.051
126 SHALLOW HAL 2002 3.030
127 HONEY 2003 3.023
128 TOY STORY 2 2000 3.009