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Drama box office · May 1968

Drama Box Office, May 1968: Top-Grossing Releases

Journey to Shiloh (1968) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in May 1968, with $407.5K worldwide, ahead of The Swimmer (1968) at $775 and Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) at $769. 4 drama films released in May 1968 report a worldwide gross, $409.5K in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada.

May 1968 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$409.5K
Journey to Shiloh (1968), the #1
$407.5K
earned in the US & Canada
100%
Journey to Shiloh (1968) movie poster #1 of 4
#1 drama movie of May 1968

Journey to Shiloh (1968)

1968 · Western, Drama

$407.5K worldwide · 100% of the chart's total

$407.5K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Drama Hits of May 1968?

Journey to Shiloh (1968) leads with $407.5K, 100% of the total. The top 4 together took $409.5K, almost all of what the 4 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Journey to Shiloh (1968) movie poster Number 1
    $407.5K Journey to Shiloh (1968)
    $407.5K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. The Swimmer (1968) movie poster Number 2
    $775 The Swimmer (1968)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) movie poster Number 3
    $769 Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Boom! (1968) movie poster Number 4
    $413 Boom! (1968)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Drama Release of May 1968, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in May 1968.

  1. 1 Journey to Shiloh (1968) movie poster
    Journey to Shiloh (1968) May 10, 1968 · English · Western, Drama, War $407.5K worldwide
    May 10, 1968 US and Canada: $407.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $407.5K
  2. 2 The Swimmer (1968) movie poster
    The Swimmer (1968) May 15, 1968 · English · Drama $775 worldwide
    May 15, 1968 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $775
  3. 3 Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) movie poster
    Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) May 25, 1968 · Japanese · Romance, Drama $769 worldwide
    May 25, 1968 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $769
  4. 4 Boom! (1968) movie poster
    Boom! (1968) May 26, 1968 · English · Horror, Thriller, Drama $413 worldwide
    May 26, 1968 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $413
Earlier years

How Does May 1968 Compare With May in Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, May 1967 earned the most: $4.2M from 1 film, led by Belle de Jour (1967). May 1968 took $409.5K.

Month Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
May 1959 2 films 2 $429.6K – The 400 Blows (1959) $289.7K
May 1960 2 films · −90% 2 $42.2K −90% L’Avventura (1960) $39.2K
May 1961 2 films · +467% 2 $239.4K +467% Last Year at Marienbad (1961) $223.1K
May 1962 4 films · −77% 4 $54.9K −77% Le Combat dans l’île (1962) $50K
May 1963 No films 0 – – –
May 1964 1 film 1 $12.2K – Before the Revolution (1964) $12.2K
May 1965 2 films · +574% 2 $82.2K +574% Alphaville (1965) $66.7K
May 1966 2 films · +106% 2 $169.1K +106% A Man and a Woman (1966) $136.5K
May 1967 1 film · +2361% 1 $4.2M +2361% Belle de Jour (1967) $4.2M
May 1968 4 films · −90% 4 $409.5K −90% Journey to Shiloh (1968) $407.5K
FAQ

Drama Box Office May 1968: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 4 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing drama movie in May 1968?

Journey to Shiloh (1968) leads with $407.5K worldwide, $407.5K of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Swimmer (1968) at $775 and Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) at $769.

How much did drama movies released in May 1968 earn?

4 drama films released in May 1968 report a worldwide gross, $409.5K in all, or $102.4K per film on average.

How many drama movies released in May 1968 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Journey to Shiloh (1968), earned $407.5K.

How much of the May 1968 Drama box office came from the US and Canada?

$407.5K of the $409.5K total, or 100%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 3 films of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the May 1968 drama box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in May 1968. 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.

How often is the May 1968 drama box office chart updated?

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.