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This list charts films the 50 biggest worldwide openings. Since many films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the movie's release. Figures prior to the year 2002 are not available.
Infinity War also produced the second and third highest April single-day grosses the following two days. [23] Highest "pure Friday" gross (i.e. excluding Thursday previews) $66.9 million [24] Jurassic World – $63.4 million [24] Avengers: Endgame – $96.7 million [25] On April 27, 2018. For Jurassic World, it was June 12, 2015.
Highest-grossing films by opening day. Rank Title Worldwide gross Year Ref. 1 Leo ₹140–148.50 crore 2023 [u] 2 The Greatest of All Time ₹100.5 crore 2024
Record Figure Previous record holder Surpassed by Notes Highest-grossing film: $2.797 billion [1]: Avatar – $2.789 billion [1]: Avatar – $2.922 billion [19]: Endgame became the highest-grossing movie in history on July 21, 2019, after 89 days of release, [20] [21] and had become the second-highest-grossing movie worldwide 12 days after its initial release. [22]
Highest-grossing films by opening day. Rank Title Worldwide gross Year Ref. 1 Pushpa 2: The Rule ₹257–280 crore 2024 [60] [61] 2 RRR ₹223 crore 2022 [62] 3
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
Garry Kasparov was the world's highest-rated player on FIDE's rating list for a record 255 months, a number that is well ahead of all other world number ones since the inception of the list. [109] Before the list, Emanuel Lasker was the world's highest-rated player for 292 months between June 1890 and December 1926 according to Chessmetrics. [110]
O'Sullivan made two century breaks in the opening session, including a 141 break in the eighth frame, the highest in a world championship final to date. [74] The previous record was 139 made by O'Sullivan in the 2001 final. [75] The pair were tied at 3–3, but O'Sullivan won the final two frames of the session to lead 5–3. [74]