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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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 Re: Actors with the most number 1 openings?
Johnny Depp:
Sleepy Hollow: 30 million (November 1999) From Hell: 11 million (October 2001) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: 46 million (three-day) [July 2003] Once Upon a Time in Mexico: 23 million (September 2003) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 56 million (July 2005) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 135 million (July 2006) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: 114 million (three-day) [May 2007] Alice in Wonderland: 116 million (March 2010) Rango: 38 million (March 2011) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: 90 million (May 2011)
10 since 1999.
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the lesser evil
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:13 am Posts: 1476 Location: The Netherlands
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This is way too sausage fest-y. Time for a female actor!
Julia Roberts
Pretty Woman - 11.3 million (March 1990) Flatliners - 10 million (August 1990) Sleeping With The Enemy - 13.7 million (February 1991) Hook - 13.5 million (December 1991) The Pelican Brief - 16.8 million (December 1992) Conspiracy Theory - 19.3 million (August 1997) Runaway Bride - 35 million (July 1999) Erin Brockovich - 28 million (March 2000) The Mexican - 20.1 million (March 2001) Ocean's Eleven - 38.1 million (December 2001) Ocean's Twelve - 39.1 million (December 2004) Valentine's Day - 56.2 million (February 2010)
12 since 1990.
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_axiom
The Wall
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:50 am Posts: 16163 Location: Croatia
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Eddie Murphy probably has more than 10, anyone care to make a list?
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21889 Location: Walking around somewhere
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 Re: Actors with the most number 1 openings?
_axiom wrote: Eddie Murphy probably has more than 10, anyone care to make a list? I'll get right on it. Oh wait
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21889 Location: Walking around somewhere
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 Re: Actors with the most number 1 openings?
matatonio wrote: Ill help, if theres no problem  Ben Affleck Armageddon- $36.1M (1998) Forces of Nature- $13.5M (1999) Pearl Harbor- $59.1M [$75.2M 4DAY Wknd] (2001) Changing Lanes- $17.1M (2002) The Sum of All Fears- $31.2M (2002) Daredevil- $40.3M (2003) He's Just Not That Into You- $27.8M (2009) The Town- $23.8M (2010) TOTAL: 9 (1998-2010) Highest Opening: Pearl Harbor- $59.1M [$75.2M 4DAY Wknd] Dont know why but I expected more from Ben  That's only 8???
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_axiom
The Wall
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:50 am Posts: 16163 Location: Croatia
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 Re: Actors with the most number 1 openings?
LOL. I forgot there was a list already.
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21889 Location: Walking around somewhere
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 Re: Actors with the most number 1 openings?
Harrison Ford
Star Wars- 1.5 million (77) Actually opened in first in limited, and again in wide Heroes- 1.1 million (77) The Empire Strikes Back- 4.9 million (80) Raiders of the Lost Ark- 8.3 million (81) Return of the Jedi- 23 million (83) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- 25.3 million (84) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- 29.4 million (89) Presumed Innocent- 11.7 million (90) Patriot Games- 18.5 million (92) The Fugitive- 23.4 million (93) Clear and Present Danger- 20.3 million (94) Air Force One- 37.1 million (97) What Lies Beneath- 29.7 million (00) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull-100 million (08) Cowboys & Aliens- 36.4 million (11) 42- 27.5 million (13) Ender's Game- 27 million (13)
Total- 17 from 1977-2013 Highest- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull- 100.1 million Top 3 Adjusted- IJ (113 million) Air Force One (65 million) IJ TOD (60 million) Note- Obviously Return of the Jedi is the most impressive opening of all time. Not sure if American Graffiti opened to #1
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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 Re: Actors with the most number 1 openings?
Thegun wrote: That's only 8???
 .. Yes.
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Mesjarch
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 5:41 am Posts: 2388 Location: Poland
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 Re: Actors with the most number 1 openings?
MGKC wrote: Samuel L. Jackson has definitely got this. Yes. I counted 21 movies.
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:35 pm |
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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 Re: Actors with the most number 1 openings?
Robbie Coltrane has 15 or 16. BOW DOWN TO THE COLTRANE.
_________________   1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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TServo2049
The Incredible Hulk
Joined: Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:17 pm Posts: 572
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 Re: Actors with the most number 1 openings?
Is it really fair to include actors who only played supporting roles in #1 openers? Even if we don't just count films in which the actor/actress starred (in which case Stallone would only have 15 - he was only a supporting role in Antz and Spy Kids 3, and an uncredited cameo in Staying Alive), we should at least stick to legitimate "stars."
Anyway, time for another female:
Sandra Bullock
Demolition Man - $14.3M (1993) Speed - $14.5M (1994) While You Were Sleeping - $9.3M (1995) A Time to Kill - $14.8M (1996) Speed 2 - $16.2M (1997) Practical Magic - $13.1M (1998) Forces of Nature - $13.5M (1999) The Proposal - $33.6M (2009) Gravity - $55.8M (2013)
Total - 9 from 1993-2013 Highest - Gravity - $55.8M Top 3 Adjusted* - Gravity (55.8), The Proposal (36.3), Speed 2 (28.3) *#1 openers only - Bullock's overall top 5 adjusted openings are Gravity, The Heat (non-#1), The Proposal, The Blind Side (non-#1) and Speed 2
Gravity is the biggest, both unadjusted and adjusted. Interesting to see that Bullock went 10 years without a #1 opener, while her three biggest hits from that decade (Miss Congeniality, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Two Weeks Notice) had much better overall runs than her three previous #1 openers (which have the lowest adjusted totals of any of her #1 starts).
In fact, out of Bullock's current adjusted top 10, 4 of them (5 if you include The Prince of Egypt) opened at #2 or lower - including her top film, The Blind Side. And before The Proposal, 5 of her adjusted top 10 (6 if you count Prince of Egypt again) weren't #1 openers. Before 2009, Bullock wasn't in a single film whose opening adjusts to $30m or more. So Bullock's films have always been more about legs than openings. (Miss Congeniality had a 10.6x multiplier - it only opened at #5!)
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21889 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Tom Hanks
Splash- 6.2 million (84) Dragnet- 10.5 million (87) The Burbs- 11.1 million (89) Turner and Hooch- 12.2 million (89) Philadelphia- 13.8 million (93) Forrest Gump- 24.4 million (94) Apollo 13- 25.4 million (95) Toy Story- 29 million (95) Saving Private Ryan- 30.6 million (98) You've Got Mail- 18.4 million (98) Toy Story 2- 57.4 million (99) Cast Away- 28.9 million (00) The Da Vinci Code- 77 million (06) Angels and Demons- 46.2 million (09) Toy Story 3- 110.3 million (10)
Total- 15 from 1984-2010 Highest- Toy Story 3- 110.3 million Top 3 Adjusted- Toy Story 3 (112) Da Vinci Code (94) Toy Story 2 (91)
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:57 pm |
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Jeff Bridges:
King Kong: 7 million (December 1976) The Fisher King: 7 million (expansion in September 1991) K-PAX: 17 million (October 2001) Iron Man: 98 million (May 2008) Tron: Legacy: 44 million (December 2010)
5 since 1976. True Grit did not open at number one, but reached the top later in its run.
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21889 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Tom Cruise:
Legend- 4.3 million (86) Top Gun- 8.2 million (86) Cocktail- 11.8 million (88) Born on the Fourth of July- 11 million (89) Days of Thunder- 15.5 million (90) A few Good Men- 15.5 million (92) The Firm- 25.4 million (93) Interview with The Vampire- 36.4 million (94) Mission Impossible- 45.4 million (96) Jerry Maguire- 17 million (96) Eyes Wide Shut- 21.7 million (99) Mission Impossible II- 57.8 million (00) Vanilla Sky- 25 million (01) Minority Report- 35.7 million (02) The Last Samurai- 24.3 million (03) Collateral- 24.7 million (04) War of the Worlds- 64.9 million (05) Mission Impossible III- 47.7 million (06) Tropic Thunder- 25.8 million (08) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol- 29.6 million (11) Oblivion- 37 million (13)
Total: 21 from 1986-2013 Highest opening: War of the Worlds- 64.9 million Top 3 Adjusted: MI2 (86) Mission Impossible (82) War of the Worlds (81.5) [b]Note: I put MI4 in there because, it did open to #1 4 days after it's limited release, and it obviously would have went #1 no matter what/b]
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21889 Location: Walking around somewhere
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David wrote: Jeff Bridges:
King Kong: 7 million (December 1976) The Fisher King: 7 million (expansion in September 1991) K-PAX: 17 million (October 2001) Iron Man: 98 million (May 2008) Tron: Legacy: 44 million (December 2010)
5 since 1976. True Grit did not open at number one, but reached the top later in its run. I'm sure a few more of his from the 70s hit number 1 too. I'm sure Thunderbolt and Lightfoot did. Eastwood would probably win this, but, he's without so much info.
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:16 pm |
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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I am sure Redford's count would be much higher, too, if there was information from the 1970s.
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TServo2049
The Incredible Hulk
Joined: Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:17 pm Posts: 572
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Another one for the ladies:
Nicole Kidman
Days of Thunder - $15.5M (1990) Malice - $9.2M (1993) Batman Forever - $52.8M (1995) The Peacemaker - $12.3M (1997) Practical Magic - $13.1M (1998) Eyes Wide Shut - $21.7M (1999) The Interpreter - $22.8M (2005) Happy Feet - $41.5M (2006) [Should this count? She wasn't in a starring role] The Golden Compass - $25.8M (2007) Just Go With It - $30.5M (2011)
Total - 10 from 1990-2011 (9 if you don't count Happy Feet) Highest - Batman Forever - $52.8M Top 3 Adjusted - Batman Forever (97.7), Happy Feet (51.0), Just Go With It (31.3) [and if not counting Happy Feet: The Golden Compass (30.2)]
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TServo2049
The Incredible Hulk
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Another actress:
Cameron Diaz
The Mask - $23.1M (1994) Any Given Sunday - $13.6M (1999) Charlie's Angels - $40.1M (2000) Shrek - $42.3M (2001) Vanilla Sky - $25.0M (2001) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - $37.6M (2003) Shrek 2 - $108.0M (2004) Shrek the Third - $121.6M (2007) Shrek Forever After - $70.8M (2010) The Green Hornet - $33.5M (2011)
Total - 10 from 1994-2011 Highest - Shrek the Third - $121.6M Top 3 Adjusted - Shrek the Third (142.3), Shrek 2 (140.0), Shrek Forever After (72.4)
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supaprince
Angels & Demons
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:47 pm Posts: 216
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Will Smith has 12 #1 openings
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:53 pm |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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John Travolta
Staying Alive- $12.1M (1983) Look Who's Talking- $12.1M (1989) Pulp Fiction- $9.3M (1994) Get Shorty- $12.7M (1995) Broken Arrow- $15.6M (1996) Michael- $14.4M (1996) Face/Off- $23.4M (1997) Swordfish- $18.1M (2001) Wild Hogs- $39.7M (2007) TOTAL: 9 (1983- 2007) Top Opening: Wild Hogs- $39.7M Top 3 Adjusted: Wild Hogs- $46.5M, Face/Off- $41M, Michael- $31.8M
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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Sigourney Weaver
Alien- $3.5M (1979) Deal of the Century- $3.5M (1983) Ghostbusters- $13.6M (1984) Aliens- $10.1M (1986) Ghostbusters II- $29.5M (1989) Heartbreakers- $11.8M (2001) The Village- $50.7M (2004) Vantage Point- $22.9M (2008) Baby Mama- $17.4M (2008) WALL-E- $63.1M (2008) Avatar- $77M (2009)
TOTAL: 11 (1979-2009) Top Opening: Avatar- $77M (2009) Top 3 Adjusted: Avatar- $81.5M, WALL-E- $70.7M, The Village- $65.8M
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TServo2049
The Incredible Hulk
Joined: Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:17 pm Posts: 572
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Travolta should be 11, not 9. Both Saturday Night Fever and Grease opened at #1.
Do we or don't we count cameos/supporting roles? If WALL-E counts for Sigourney Weaver, maybe Stallone should be bumped back up to 17?
There definitely seems to be a "glass ceiling" for actresses consistently in #1 openers. None above Julia Roberts' 12.
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mark66
Extraordinary
Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:41 pm Posts: 13055 Location: Augsburg (2,040 years young)
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Thegun wrote: Harrison Ford
Star Wars- 1.5 million (77) Actually opened in first in limited, and again in wide Actually SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT was No. 1 when STAR WARS opened Memorial Day weekend...
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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Owen Wilson
The Cable Guy- $19.8M (1996) [CAMEO] Anaconda- $16.6M (1997) Armageddon- $36.1M (1998) [CAMEO] The Haunting- $33.4M (1999) Meet the Parents- $28.6M (2000) [CAMEO] Meet the Fockers- $46.1M (2004) [CAMEO] Cars- $60.1M (2006) Night at the Museum- $30.4M (2006) Marley and Me- $36.4M (2008) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian- $54.2M (2009) Little Fockers- $30.8M (2010) Cars 2- $66.1M (2011) Hall Pass- $13.5M (2011)
TOTAL: 13 TOTAL W/O Cameos: 9 Top Opening: Cars 2- $66.1M Top 3 Adjusted: Cars- $73.9M, Cars 2- $66.1M, Armageddon- $61.9M
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MGKC
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:42 pm Posts: 11808 Location: Kansas City, Kansas
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MGKC wrote: Samuel L. Jackson has definitely got this. Samuel L. JacksonLoaded Weapon 1 - $9.2M (1993) Pulp Fiction - $9.3M (1994) Die Hard: With a Vengeance - $22.2M (1995) A Time to Kill - $14.8M (1996) Rules of Engagement - $15.0M (2000) Shaft - $21.7M (2000) Changing Lanes - $17.1M (2002) XXX - $44.5M (2002) S.W.A.T. - $37.1 (2003) The Incredibles - $70.5M (2004) Coach Carter - $24.2M (2005) Snakes on a Plane - $13.8M (2006) 1408 - $20.6M (2007) Jumper - $27.3M (2008) Lakeview Terrace - $15.0M (2008) Bit Parts: Jurassic Park - $47.0M (1993) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - $64.8M (1999) Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - $80.0M (2002) Kill Bill Vol. 2 - $25.1M (2004) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - $108.4M (2005) Iron Man - $98.6M (2008) Iron Man 2 - $128.1M (2010) The Other Guys - $35.5M (2010) Marvel's The Avengers - $207.4M (2012) TOTAL: 15 (1993-2008) Total Including Cameos: 24 Top Opening: The Incredibles - $70.5M (2004) Top 3 Adjusted: The Incredibles - $91.3M (2004), XXX - $61.7M (2002), S.W.A.T. - $49.5M (2003)
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