Skip to content
What's After the Movie?

Jump to
What's After the Movie?
English box office · Week 35 · Aug 26–Sep 1, 1979

English Box Office, Week 35 of 1979: English Releases of Aug 26–Sep 1

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1979) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 35 of 1979 (Aug 26–Sep 1), with $576K worldwide, ahead of Home Movies (1979) at $89.1K. 2 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $665.2K in all, 38% of it from the US & Canada.

week 35 releases with a gross
2
combined worldwide
$665.2K
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1979), the #1
$576K
earned in the US & Canada
38%
The chart

Every English Release of Week 35 of 1979, 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 week 35 of 1979 (Aug 26–Sep 1).

  1. 1 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1979) movie poster
    Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1979) Aug 31, 1979 · Music $576K worldwide
    Aug 31, 1979 US and Canada: $162.5K Rest of the world: $413.5K Worldwide: $576K
  2. 2 Home Movies (1979) movie poster
    Home Movies (1979) Aug 28, 1979 · Comedy $89.1K worldwide
    Aug 28, 1979 US and Canada: $89.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $89.1K
Archive

English Box Office in 1979, Week by Week

37 weeks of 1979 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 51 (Dec 16–22) with $286.1M, led by Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).

FAQ

English Box Office Week 35 of 1979: 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 2 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing English-language movie in week 35 of 1979 (Aug 26–Sep 1)?

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1979) leads with $576K worldwide, $162.5K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Home Movies (1979) at $89.1K.

How much did English-language movies released in week 35 of 1979 (Aug 26–Sep 1) earn?

2 English-language films released in week 35 of 1979 (Aug 26–Sep 1) report a worldwide gross, $665.2K in all, or $332.6K per film on average.

How many English-language movies released in week 35 of 1979 (Aug 26–Sep 1) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1979), earned $576K.

How much of the Week 35, 1979 English box office came from the US and Canada?

$251.7K of the $665.2K total, or 38%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 2 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 35, 1979 English 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 week 35 of 1979 (Aug 26–Sep 1). 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, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.

How often is the week 35, 1979 English 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.