#1 of 7 1995 · Comedy, Drama
$81.5M worldwide · 41% of the chart's total
Waiting to Exhale (1995) is the highest-grossing movie released in week 51 of 1995 (Dec 17–23), with $81.5M worldwide, ahead of Grumpier Old Men (1995) at $71.5M and Nixon (1995) at $13.7M. 7 films released that week report a worldwide gross, $200.9M in all, 93% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 69% on Week 50, 1995, whose releases took $641M. By genre, Comedy leads with $173.8M across 4 releases.
#1 of 7 1995 · Comedy, Drama
$81.5M worldwide · 41% of the chart's total
Waiting to Exhale (1995) leads with $81.5M, 41% of the total. The top 5 together took $188.8M, 94% of what all 7 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 51 of 1995 (Dec 17–23).
Dec 22, 1995 US and Canada: $67.1M Rest of the world: $14.4M Worldwide: $81.5M
Dec 22, 1995 US and Canada: $71.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $71.5M
Dec 20, 1995 US and Canada: $13.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13.7M
Dec 22, 1995 US and Canada: $11.3M Rest of the world: $766 Worldwide: $11.3M
Dec 22, 1995 US and Canada: $10.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.8M
Dec 22, 1995 US and Canada: $10M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10M
Dec 22, 1995 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.1M Of the top 7, Grumpier Old Men (1995) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Waiting to Exhale (1995) made 18% of its gross abroad. Across all 7 films, $186.5M (93%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 51 releases took $200.9M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 50 (Dec 10–16) with $641M, led by Jumanji (1995).
Of these 10 years, Week 51, 1993 earned the most: $649.1M from 6 films, led by Schindler's List (1993). Week 51, 1995 took $200.9M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 51, 1986 Dec 14–20 5 films | 5 | $198.4M | – | Platoon (1986) $138.5M |
| Week 51, 1987 Dec 13–19 11 films · +73% | 11 | $342.5M | +73% | Moonstruck (1987) $80.6M |
| Week 51, 1988 Dec 11–17 6 films · +33% | 6 | $456.1M | +33% | Rain Man (1988) $354.8M |
| Week 51, 1989 Dec 17–23 5 films · −31% | 5 | $312.5M | −31% | Born on the Fourth of July (1989) $161M |
| Week 51, 1990 Dec 16–22 6 films · −3% | 6 | $304.6M | −3% | Kindergarten Cop (1990) $202M |
| Week 51, 1991 Dec 15–21 4 films · +13% | 4 | $345.6M | +13% | JFK (1991) $205.4M |
| Week 51, 1992 Dec 13–19 5 films · −76% | 5 | $81.8M | −76% | Leap of Faith (1992) $23.4M |
| Week 51, 1993 Dec 12–18 6 films · +693% | 6 | $649.1M | +693% | Schindler's List (1993) $322.2M |
| Week 51, 1994 Dec 11–17 5 films · −57% | 5 | $278.8M | −57% | Dumb and Dumber (1994) $247.3M |
| Week 51, 1995 Dec 17–23 7 films · −28% | 7 | $200.9M | −28% | Waiting to Exhale (1995) $81.5M |
53 weeks of 1995 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 50 (Dec 10–16) with $641M, led by Jumanji (1995).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 7 films as the chart.
Waiting to Exhale (1995) leads with $81.5M worldwide, $67.1M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Grumpier Old Men (1995) at $71.5M and Nixon (1995) at $13.7M.
7 films released in week 51 of 1995 (Dec 17–23) report a worldwide gross, $200.9M in all, or $28.7M per film on average. Week 50, 1995 releases took $641M.
None. The biggest, Waiting to Exhale (1995), earned $81.5M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 51 of 1995 (Dec 17–23). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.