List of films with the most weekends at number one in North America explained

The following is a list of films with the most weekends as number one at the box office in the United States and Canada.

Films with at least four weekends at number one are listed. They must have been released in 1982 or later to qualify. This limit is in the Box Office Mojo source.^[1] On Golden Pond is included with a wide release in 1982 after a limited release in December 1981.

Ties are broken by total domestic box office without adjusting for inflation. E.T. sits atop with 16 weeks at number one (31% of a year). The largest number of films in a year is six in 1986 and 1992.

Six franchises have multiple films on the list:

• Marvel Cinematic Universe: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Black Panther (2018), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), (2021), (2022), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
• Avatar: Avatar (2009) and (2022)
• Middle-earth: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Return of the King (2003)
• Police Academy: Police Academy (1984) and (1985)
• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) and The Force Awakens (2015)
• The Hunger Games: The Hunger Games (2012) and (2015)

Rank	Film	Weekends at number one	Year
1	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	16	1982
2	Titanic	15	1997
3	Beverly Hills Cop	14	1984
4	Tootsie		1982
5	Home Alone	12	1990
6	Back to the Future	11	1985
7	Ghostbusters	10	1984
8	Crocodile Dundee	9	1986
9	Good Morning, Vietnam		1987
10	Fatal Attraction	8	1987
11	Porky's		1982
12	Avatar	7	2009
13			2022	[2]
14	On Golden Pond		1981
15		6	2021	[3]
16	Return of the Jedi		1983
17	The Fugitive		1993
18	Rain Man		1988
19	Rocky IV		1985
20	Terms of Endearment		1983
21	Black Panther	5	2018	[4]
22	Deadpool & Wolverine		2024	[5]
23			2022	[6]
24	Forrest Gump		1994
25	The Sixth Sense		1999
26	Mrs. Doubtfire		1993
27			1991
28	Three Men and a Baby		1987
29	Look Who's Talking		1989
30	The Silence of the Lambs		1991
31	Wayne's World		1992
32	Basic Instinct		1992
33	Police Academy		1984
34	The Golden Child		1986
35	Mr. Mom		1983
36	The Secret of My Success		1987
37	Stakeout		1987
38			2020	[7]
39	Tenet		2020	[8]
40		4	2015
41	The Dark Knight		2008
42			2003
43	Barbie		2023	[9]
44	The Super Mario Bros. Movie		2023	[10]
45	The Passion of the Christ		2004
46	Guardians of the Galaxy		2014
47			2001
48	Aladdin		1992
49	Ghost		1990
50	The Hunger Games		2012
51	How the Grinch Stole Christmas		2000
52	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings		2021	[11]
53	Saving Private Ryan		1998
54			2017
55	Toy Story		1995
56			1985
57	Pretty Woman		1990
58	Furious 7		2015
59	Apollo 13		1995
60	Platoon		1986
61	A Few Good Men		1992
62			2015
63	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles		1990
64	The Karate Kid Part II		1986
65	Meet the Parents		2000
66	Dumb and Dumber		1994
67	Hook		1991
68	The Birdcage		1996
69	Twins		1988
70	The Martian		2015
71	Indecent Proposal		1993
72	Driving Miss Daisy		1989
73	Seven		1995
74	Aliens		1986
75	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle		1992
76	Under Siege		1992
77	Beetlejuice		1988
78	Never Say Never Again		1983
79			1994
80	Uncle Buck		1989
81	Down and Out in Beverly Hills		1986
82	Hot Shots!		1991
83			1985
84	Legends of the Fall		1994
85	Tightrope		1984

See also

• Lists of box office number-one films
• List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada

Notes and References

1. Web site: Best ranking movies by Weekend Rank, 1982-Present. . . https://web.archive.org/web/20191022122046/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/bestranked.htm?page=WKNDSAT1&p=.htm. April 13, 2021. 2019-10-22.
2. Web site: Avatar: The Way of Water.
3. Web site: Spider-Man: No Way Home.
4. Web site: Black Panther . Box Office Mojo . 16 January 2023.
5. Web site: Deadpool & Wolverine. 2024-09-07 . Box Office Mojo.
6. Web site: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
7. Web site: The Croods: A New Age.
8. Web site: Tenet.
9. Web site: Domestic 2023 Weekend 32 . 2023-08-27 . Box Office Mojo.
10. Web site: Domestic 2023 Weekend 17 . 2023-04-30 . Box Office Mojo.
11. Web site: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.