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1. Let's start with an easy one. Up until January 1, 2000, which film held the record for biggest weekend opening?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Jurassic Park
The Lost World
Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace
 
2. Which release earned more in its first day in theaters ($72.7 million) than The Lost World's (did you get it right?) pre-2000 opening weekend record of $72.1 million?
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
New Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
 
3. The next several questions are going to be straightforward. Which of these films had the biggest opening weekend/final domestic box office of 2000?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Cast Away
How the Grinch Stole Christmas/How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Mission: Impossible 2/Cast Away
Mission: Impossible 2/How the Grinch Stole Christmas
 
4. Which of these films had the biggest opening weekend/final domestic box office of 2001?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Shrek
Planet of the Apes/Shrek
 
5. Which of these films had the biggest opening weekend/final domestic box office of 2002?
Spider-Man/The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Spider-Man/Spider-Man
Spider-Man/Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones/Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
 
6. Which of these films had the biggest opening weekend/final domestic box office of 2003?
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Matrix Reloaded/Finding Nemo
The Matrix Reloaded/The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
X2: X-Men United/The Matrix Reloaded
 
7. Which of these films had the biggest opening weekend/final domestic box office of 2004?
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/Spider-Man 2
Shrek 2/Shrek 2
Spider-Man 2/Shrek 2
Spider-Man 2/Spider-Man 2
 
8. Which of these films had the biggest opening weekend/final domestic box office of 2005?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/War of the Worlds
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith/Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds/Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
 
9. Which of these films had the biggest opening weekend/final domestic box office of 2006?
Night at the Museum/Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest/Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
X-Men: The Last Stand/Night at the Museum
X-Men: The Last Stand/Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
10. Which of these films had the biggest opening weekend/final domestic box office of 2007?
Shrek the Third/Transformers
Shrek the Third/Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3/Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3/Shrek the Third
 
11. Other than The Dark Knight (you didn't expect a gimme here, did you?), which of these films had the biggest final domestic take?
Hancock
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Twilight
 
12. Let's examine the progression in mega-openers this decade. Prior to 2000, only nine films had earned $50+ million in a single weekend. How many films accomplished this feat from 2000 until now?
52
77
83
108
 
13. Prior to 2000, only two (!) films had opened to $60+ million in a single weekend. How many films accomplished this feat from 2000 until now?
58
74
86
98
 
14. Prior to 2000, as hard as this is to believe, only one film had opened to $70+ million in a single weekend. How many films accomplished this feat from 2000 until now?
27
36
51
93
 
15. We previously established that prior to 2000, only one film opened over $70 million in its debut weekend. Which of the following films made more than $70 million in its *second* weekend?
The Dark Knight
Shrek 2
Spider-Man
All of the above
 
16. How many films this decade have opened over the magical $100 million mark?
9
11
14
19
 
17. $60 million was the line of demarcation for a mega-blockbuster in the 1990s. How many films in the 2000s have opened at double that level, $120+ million?
2
3
5
7
 
18. Titanic is still the all-time record holder in terms of worldwide revenue. Which film has the best worldwide performance in the 2000s?
The Dark Knight
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
19. Only one film prior to 2000 had earned a billion dollars in worldwide box office. Three films accomplished this all but impossible feat in the 2000s. Which of these films did not quite make it?
The Dark Knight
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
20. Excluding the films that finished in first place for their year of release, which of these titles was the overall best performance in terms of final domestic take?
Finding Nemo
Iron Man
The Passion of the Christ
Spider-Man 2
 
21. Titanic was in the weekend box office top twenty for 35 consecutive weeks. How many times in a row did My Big Fat Greek Wedding make the top twenty?
29
34
36
43
 
22. In which weekend My Big Fat Greek Wedding finally make the top five?
#7
#13
#19
It never did.
 
23. Which film became the first to break $100 million in two days?
The Dark Knight
New Moon
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Spider-Man 3
 
24. The Dark Knight made a famous run at Titanic's final box office tally. How close did it get to the record?
$34 million
$45 million
$56 million
$67 million
 
25. Which of these franchises' first two films earned the most in combined domestic box office?
Batman Begins/The Dark Knight
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl/Dead Man's Chest
Shrek/Shrek 2
Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2
 
26. Out of the current list of top 25 domestic performers of all-time (not adjusting for inflation), how many were released in the 2000s?
12
18
21
24
 
27. Out of the nine $400+ million domestic performers in box office history, how many were released in the 2000s?
2
3
5
All but Titanic and Star Wars
 
28. If The Lost World had been released in 2009, where would its $72.1 million opening fall in the top 10 biggest debuts of the year?
#2
#4
#6
#8
 
29. How many of the twelve months of the year saw a monthly record-setting opening weekend occur in the 2000s?
7
9
11
All of them
 
30. How many of the 50 biggest single days of box office occurred in the 2000s?
42
46
49
All of them
 




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