25 Biggest Summer Openings

25. 'Finding Nemo' - $70,251,710
Release Date: 05/30/03
Total Box Office: $339,714,978
Pixar's undersea adventure about a clown fish searching for his son was the biggest animated opening ever. Soon after, audiences with short-term memory loss scooped up the DVD in droves.

DISNEY

24. 'Transformers' - $70,502,384
Release Date: 07/03/07
Total Box Office: $319,246,193
The slogan for the original cartoon was "more than meets the eye." With this kind of box-office cash, Michael Bay can buy new eyeballs -- awesome ones! -- that won't miss a thing.

PARAMOUNT

23. 'Mission: Impossible 2' - $70,816,215
Release Date: 05/24/00
Total Box Office: $215,409,889
John Woo's nonstop action flick mixed with Tom Cruise's long-haired motorcycle acrobatics drew massive audiences; Cruise's couch acrobatics six years later were not quite so successful.

PARAMOUNT

22. 'Austin Powers in Goldmember' - $73,071,188
Release Date: 07/26/02
Total Box Office: $213,117,789
The groovy 'Powers' sequel marks Mike Myers' only appearance on this list as a human -- well, three humans, if you count Fat Bastard and Goldmember.

NEW LINE

21. 'The Simpsons Movie' - $74,036,787
Release Date: 07/27/07
Total Box Office: $186,135,014
Look out, Spider-Man ... here comes Spider-Pig. Homer can finally afford to quit his job at Burns' nuclear plant after this long-awaited movie raked in some serious D'OH!

FOX

20. 'Pearl Harbor' - $75,177,654
Release Date: 05/25/01
Total Box Office: $198,542,554
America was never the same after Michael Bay's take on the fateful attack. Audiences left theaters wondering why Oscar winners Ben Affleck and Cuba Gooding Jr. took those roles.

DISNEY

19. 'War of the Worlds' - $77,061,953
Release Date: 06/29/05
Total Box Office: $234,280,354
Infamous couch-jumping escapades aside, the combo of Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg and freaky humanity-hating aliens was just too much to pass up.

PARAMOUNT

18. 'The Da Vinci Code' - $77,073,388
Release Date: 05/19/06
Total Box Office: $217,536,138
International best-seller plus Tom Hanks plus Ron Howard plus religious controversy equals guaranteed box office gold. (Negative points for Tom Hanks' hair.)

SONY

17. 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' - $77,108,414
Release Date: 07/11/07
Total Box Office: $292,004,738
There is an exception to every rule. This latest 'Potter' film -- perhaps the most somber of the lot -- didn't surpass its series predecessors; but being in the top 25 openings of all time is nothing to scoff at.

WARNER BROS.

16. 'Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones' - $80,027,814
Release Date: 05/16/02
Total Box Office: $310,676,740
Hayden Christensen's debut as Anakin Skywalker opened even bigger than 'Episode I,' perhaps because he was no longer yelling, "Wheeee!"

FOX