Major Tom
Yes, Tom Cruise is weird. But when your movies have grossed $2.5 billion and averaged more than $100 million each, it buys you a lot of weird. Here’s a look at his top five films (first figure is total domestic gross, second is opening weekend, in millions):
1
War of the Worlds
$234.3
$64.9, 2005
2
Mission: Impossible II
$215.4
$57.8, 2000
3
Mission: Impossible
$181
$45.4, 1996
4
Top Gun
$176.8
$8.2, 1986
5
Rain Man
$172.8
$7, 1988
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Here are last week’s gross revenues in millions of dollars at North American theaters for the top 15 films, followed by total amount grossed and number of weeks in release in parentheses.
1
RV
$16.4 (one week)
2
United 93
$11.5 (one week)
3
Stick It
$10.8 (one week)
4
Silent Hill
$9.3
$34.3 (two weeks)
5
Scary Movie 4
$7.8
$78.2 (three weeks)
6
The Sentinel
$7.8
$25.8 (two weeks)
7
Ice Age: The Meltdown
$7.2
$177.9 (five weeks)
8
Akeelah and the Bee
$6 (one week)
9
The Wild
$4.8
$28.5 (three weeks)
10
The Benchwarmers
$4.4
$52.8 (four weeks)
11
Inside Man
$2.1
$84.5 (six weeks)
12
Friends With Money
$2.1
$8.1 (four weeks)
13
Take the Lead
$1.9
$32.5 (four weeks)
14
Thank You For Smoking
$1.8
$18.4 (seven weeks)
15
American Dreamz
$1.6
$6.2 (two weeks)
