#1 of 7 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
1988 · Thriller, Horror
$19.2M worldwide · 78% of the chart's total
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 20 of 1988 (May 8–14), with $19.2M worldwide, ahead of A Handful of Dust (1988) at $1.6M and Midnight Crossing (1988) at $1.3M. 7 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $24.6M in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 100% on Week 19, 1988, whose releases took $12.3M. By genre, Thriller leads with $20.5M across 2 English releases.
#1 of 7 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
1988 · Thriller, Horror
$19.2M worldwide · 78% of the chart's total
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) leads with $19.2M, 78% of the total. The top 5 together took $23.9M, 97% of what all 7 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 20 of 1988 (May 8–14).
May 13, 1988 US and Canada: $19.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.2M
May 14, 1988 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.6M
May 13, 1988 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.3M
May 13, 1988 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.2M
May 13, 1988 US and Canada: $671.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $671.4K
May 11, 1988 US and Canada: $422.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $422.7K
May 13, 1988 US and Canada: $259K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $259K Of the top 7, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Illegally Yours (1988) made 0% of its gross abroad. Across all 7 films, $24.6M (100%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 20 releases took $24.6M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 22 (May 22–28) with $428.7M, led by Crocodile Dundee II (1988).
Of these 10 years, Week 20, 1986 earned the most: $357.3M from 2 films, led by Top Gun (1986). Week 20, 1988 took $24.6M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 20, 1979 May 13–19 1 film | 1 | $2.8K | – | Quadrophenia (1979) $2.8K |
| Week 20, 1980 May 11–17 3 films · +1331759% | 3 | $37M | +1331759% | Fame (1980) $21.2M |
| Week 20, 1981 May 10–16 1 film · −92% | 1 | $3.1M | −92% | The Fan (1981) $3.1M |
| Week 20, 1982 May 9–15 3 films · +2272% | 3 | $73.1M | +2272% | Conan the Barbarian (1982) $68.9M |
| Week 20, 1983 May 8–14 2 films · −42% | 2 | $42.3M | −42% | Blue Thunder (1983) $42.3M |
| Week 20, 1984 May 13–19 4 films · −86% | 4 | $6M | −86% | Making the Grade (1984) $4.6M |
| Week 20, 1985 May 12–18 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 20, 1986 May 11–17 2 films | 2 | $357.3M | – | Top Gun (1986) $357.3M |
| Week 20, 1987 May 10–16 3 films · −92% | 3 | $29.1M | −92% | Ishtar (1987) $14.4M |
| Week 20, 1988 May 8–14 7 films · −15% | 7 | $24.6M | −15% | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) $19.2M |
51 weeks of 1988 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 22 (May 22–28) with $428.7M, led by Crocodile Dundee II (1988).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 7 films as the chart.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) leads with $19.2M worldwide, $19.2M of it in the US & Canada. Next come A Handful of Dust (1988) at $1.6M and Midnight Crossing (1988) at $1.3M.
7 English-language films released in week 20 of 1988 (May 8–14) report a worldwide gross, $24.6M in all, or $3.5M per film on average. Week 19, 1988 releases took $12.3M.
None. The biggest, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), earned $19.2M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 20 of 1988 (May 8–14). 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.
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.