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Ang Lee’s unconventional Western, “Brokeback Mountain,” opens today. While it may be a tough sell to the public, some of the top earners have been contemporary takes on the West. Here are the top five films (first figure is total domestic gross, second is opening weekend, in millions, unless otherwise indicated):
1
Dances With Wolves
$184.2
$598,257, 1990
2
Maverick
$101.6
$17.2, 1994
3
Unforgiven
$101.2
$15, 1992
4
Back to the Future Part III
$87.7
$19.1, 1990
5
Open Range
$58.3
$14, 2003
– Boxofficemojo.com
