#1 of 4 1988 · Drama, Crime
$25.8M worldwide · 57% of the chart's total
Betrayed (1988) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 35 of 1988 (Aug 21–27), with $25.8M worldwide, ahead of Stealing Home (1988) at $7.5M and Hot to Trot (1988) at $6.4M. 4 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $45M in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 52% on Week 34, 1988, whose releases took $93.1M.
#1 of 4 1988 · Drama, Crime
$25.8M worldwide · 57% of the chart's total
Betrayed (1988) leads with $25.8M, 57% of the total. The top 4 together took $45M, 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.
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Number 4 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 35 of 1988 (Aug 21–27).
Aug 23, 1988 US and Canada: $25.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.8M
Aug 26, 1988 US and Canada: $7.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.5M
Aug 26, 1988 US and Canada: $6.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.4M
Aug 26, 1988 US and Canada: $5.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.3M Of the top 4, Betrayed (1988) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Hero and the Terror (1988) made 0% of its gross abroad. Across all 4 films, $45M (100%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 35 releases took $45M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 29 (Jul 10–16) with $181.9M, led by Die Hard (1988).
Of these 10 years, Week 35, 1987 earned the most: $253M from 9 films, led by Dirty Dancing (1987). Week 35, 1988 took $45M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 35, 1979 Aug 26–Sep 1 2 films | 2 | $665.2K | – | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1979) $576K |
| Week 35, 1980 Aug 24–30 1 film · +633% | 1 | $4.9M | +633% | He Knows You’re Alone (1980) $4.9M |
| Week 35, 1981 Aug 23–29 2 films · +511% | 2 | $29.8M | +511% | Body Heat (1981) $24.1M |
| Week 35, 1982 Aug 22–28 2 films · −87% | 2 | $3.8M | −87% | Homework (1982) $2.9M |
| Week 35, 1983 Aug 21–27 3 films · +167% | 3 | $10M | +167% | Strange Brew (1983) $8.6M |
| Week 35, 1984 Aug 26–Sep 1 2 films · +35% | 2 | $13.6M | +35% | Bolero (1984) $8.9M |
| Week 35, 1985 Aug 25–31 3 films · +70% | 3 | $23M | +70% | Compromising Positions (1985) $12.5M |
| Week 35, 1986 Aug 24–30 4 films · −48% | 4 | $12M | −48% | Born American (1986) $3.4M |
| Week 35, 1987 Aug 23–29 9 films · +2013% | 9 | $253M | +2013% | Dirty Dancing (1987) $214.6M |
| Week 35, 1988 Aug 21–27 4 films · −82% | 4 | $45M | −82% | Betrayed (1988) $25.8M |
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 4 films as the chart.
Betrayed (1988) leads with $25.8M worldwide, $25.8M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Stealing Home (1988) at $7.5M and Hot to Trot (1988) at $6.4M.
4 English-language films released in week 35 of 1988 (Aug 21–27) report a worldwide gross, $45M in all, or $11.3M per film on average. Week 34, 1988 releases took $93.1M.
None. The biggest, Betrayed (1988), earned $25.8M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 35 of 1988 (Aug 21–27). 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.