33 years of films that held on at #1 for 3 consecutive weeks

I’ve cherry-picked the dramas. Many of these films held the #1 spot at the box-office for more than 3 weeks. (For obvious reasons, this list sifts out most all the sci-fi, fantasy, raunchy comedies, animated and franchise films that held at #1 for multiple consecutive weeks).

It’s a fact that only 4 or 5 films per year pull off box-office champ 3-peats. It almost never happens for a drama. I think those dramas that manage to achieve the feat comprise an interesting list. You might disagree. You’re invited to make lists of your own that prove 3 weeks at #1 for a serious drama means nothing.

The Butler
The Help
The Dark Knight
Inception
Avatar
The Passion of the Christ
Black Hawk Down
Erin Brockovich
The Sixth Sense
Saving Private Ryan
Titanic

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Toy Story
Seven
Apollo 13
Legends of the Fall
The Fugitive
The Firm
A Few Good Men
Unforgiven
The Silence of the Lambs
Pretty Woman
Born on the Fourth of July
Rain Man
Fatal Attraction
Platoon
Aliens
Terms of Endearment
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Tootsie
On Golden Pond
Star Wars

Mojo is the source of this larger list. 131 movies over the past 33 years have held onto #1 for 3 or more weeks.