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Movies with the top opening weekend box office grosses in history: 1--”Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984) $33,936,113
2--”Beverly Hills Cop II” (1987) $33,014,153
3--”Return of the Jedi” (1983) $30,490,619
4--”Rambo: First Blood Part II” (1985) $25,520,843
5--”Rocky IV” (1985) $19,991,537
Of the movies with the 80 highest opening weekend box office grosses, the number that: Were comedies 9
Were science-fiction/fantasy movies 14
Starred (or were directed by) Sylvester Stallone 6
Were directed by Steven Spielberg 2
Were distributed by Paramount Pictures 21
Were distributed by Tri-Star Pictures 3
Source: Variety
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