#1 of 5 1988 · Action, Thriller
$45.7M worldwide · 51% of the chart's total
Young Guns (1988) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 33 of 1988 (Aug 7–13), with $45.7M worldwide, ahead of Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) at $19.7M and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) at $8.9M. 5 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $89.3M in all, 99% of it from the US & Canada. That is 5.4 times the total of Week 32, 1988, whose releases took $16.6M. By genre, Action leads with $45.7M across 1 English release.
#1 of 5 1988 · Action, Thriller
$45.7M worldwide · 51% of the chart's total
Young Guns (1988) leads with $45.7M, 51% of the total. The top 5 together took $89.3M, almost all of what the 5 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 33 of 1988 (Aug 7–13).
Aug 12, 1988 US and Canada: $45.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $45.7M
Aug 12, 1988 US and Canada: $19.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.7M
Aug 12, 1988 US and Canada: $8.4M Rest of the world: $492.8K Worldwide: $8.9M
Aug 10, 1988 US and Canada: $8.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.7M
Aug 12, 1988 US and Canada: $6.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.4M Of the top 5, Young Guns (1988) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) made 6% of its gross abroad. Across all 5 films, $88.8M (99%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 33 releases took $89.3M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 27 (Jun 26–Jul 2) with $289.4M, led by Coming to America (1988).
Of these 10 years, Week 33, 1979 earned the most: $168.1M from 6 films, led by Apocalypse Now (1979). Week 33, 1988 took $89.3M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| Week 33, 1979 Aug 12–18 6 films | 6 | $168.1M | – | Apocalypse Now (1979) $105.1M |
| Week 33, 1980 Aug 10–16 4 films · −48% | 4 | $87.1M | −48% | Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) $66.1M |
| Week 33, 1981 Aug 9–15 2 films · −90% | 2 | $8.3M | −90% | Deadly Blessing (1981) $8.3M |
| Week 33, 1982 Aug 8–14 3 films · +731% | 3 | $68.8M | +731% | Friday the 13th Part III (1982) $36.7M |
| Week 33, 1983 Aug 7–13 5 films · −34% | 5 | $45.4M | −34% | Cujo (1983) $21.2M |
| Week 33, 1984 Aug 12–18 5 films · +104% | 5 | $92.5M | +104% | Tightrope (1984) $48.1M |
| Week 33, 1985 Aug 11–17 6 films · −37% | 6 | $57.8M | −37% | Volunteers (1985) $19.9M |
| Week 33, 1986 Aug 10–16 4 films · +34% | 4 | $77.7M | +34% | The Fly (1986) $60.6M |
| Week 33, 1987 Aug 9–15 6 films · −4% | 6 | $74.9M | −4% | No Way Out (1987) $35.5M |
| Week 33, 1988 Aug 7–13 5 films · +19% | 5 | $89.3M | +19% | Young Guns (1988) $45.7M |
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 5 films as the chart.
Young Guns (1988) leads with $45.7M worldwide, $45.7M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) at $19.7M and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) at $8.9M.
5 English-language films released in week 33 of 1988 (Aug 7–13) report a worldwide gross, $89.3M in all, or $17.9M per film on average. Week 32, 1988 releases took $16.6M.
None. The biggest, Young Guns (1988), earned $45.7M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 33 of 1988 (Aug 7–13). 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.