#1 of 6 1988 · Action, Adventure
$81.6M worldwide · 73% of the chart's total
Midnight Run (1988) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 30 of 1988 (Jul 17–23), with $81.6M worldwide, ahead of Big Top Pee-wee (1988) at $15.1M and Caddyshack II (1988) at $11.8M. 6 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $111.2M in all, 61% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 39% on Week 29, 1988, whose releases took $181.9M. By genre, Comedy leads with $109.8M across 4 English releases.
#1 of 6 1988 · Action, Adventure
$81.6M worldwide · 73% of the chart's total
Midnight Run (1988) leads with $81.6M, 73% of the total. The top 5 together took $111.2M, almost all of what the 6 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 30 of 1988 (Jul 17–23).
Jul 20, 1988 US and Canada: $38.4M Rest of the world: $43.2M Worldwide: $81.6M
Jul 22, 1988 US and Canada: $15.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $15.1M
Jul 22, 1988 US and Canada: $11.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.8M
Jul 22, 1988 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.5M
Jul 22, 1988 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.2M
Jul 21, 1988 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $157 Of the top 6, Big Top Pee-wee (1988) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Midnight Run (1988) made 53% of its gross abroad. Across all 6 films, $68M (61%) came from the US & Canada. 1 film of the top 6 reports no US & Canada figure.
Week 30 releases took $111.2M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 26 (Jun 19–25) with $329.8M, led by Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
Of these 10 years, Week 30, 1987 earned the most: $123.4M from 4 films, led by La Bamba (1987). Week 30, 1988 took $111.2M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 30, 1979 Jul 22–28 1 film | 1 | $86.4M | – | The Amityville Horror (1979) $86.4M |
| Week 30, 1980 Jul 20–26 2 films · −17% | 2 | $71.8M | −17% | Caddyshack (1980) $39.9M |
| Week 30, 1981 Jul 19–25 5 films · +11% | 5 | $79.6M | +11% | Tarzan the Ape Man (1981) $36.6M |
| Week 30, 1982 Jul 18–24 3 films · +29% | 3 | $102.4M | +29% | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) $69.7M |
| Week 30, 1983 Jul 17–23 3 films · +7% | 3 | $109.7M | +7% | Jaws 3-D (1983) $88M |
| Week 30, 1984 Jul 22–28 4 films · −25% | 4 | $81.9M | −25% | Purple Rain (1984) $70.3M |
| Week 30, 1985 Jul 21–27 4 films · +12% | 4 | $91.5M | +12% | National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) $49.4M |
| Week 30, 1986 Jul 20–26 3 films · −55% | 3 | $40.8M | −55% | Heartburn (1986) $25.3M |
| Week 30, 1987 Jul 19–25 4 films · +203% | 4 | $123.4M | +203% | La Bamba (1987) $54.2M |
| Week 30, 1988 Jul 17–23 6 films · −10% | 6 | $111.2M | −10% | Midnight Run (1988) $81.6M |
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 6 films as the chart.
Midnight Run (1988) leads with $81.6M worldwide, $38.4M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Big Top Pee-wee (1988) at $15.1M and Caddyshack II (1988) at $11.8M.
6 English-language films released in week 30 of 1988 (Jul 17–23) report a worldwide gross, $111.2M in all, or $18.5M per film on average. Week 29, 1988 releases took $181.9M.
None. The biggest, Midnight Run (1988), earned $81.6M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 30 of 1988 (Jul 17–23). 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.