#1 of 3 1992 · Mystery, Thriller
$352.9M worldwide · 99% of the chart's total
Basic Instinct (1992) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 12 of 1992 (Mar 15–21), with $352.9M worldwide, ahead of Noises Off... (1992) at $2.3M and Turtle Beach (1992) at $778.5K. 3 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $356M in all, 34% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 3.2 times the total of Week 11, 1992, whose releases took $110M.
#1 of 3 1992 · Mystery, Thriller
$352.9M worldwide · 99% of the chart's total
Basic Instinct (1992) leads with $352.9M, 99% of the total. The top 3 together took $356M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 3 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 12 of 1992 (Mar 15–21).
Mar 20, 1992 US and Canada: $117.7M Rest of the world: $235.2M Worldwide: $352.9M
Mar 20, 1992 US and Canada: $2.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.3M
Mar 19, 1992 US and Canada: $778.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $778.5K Of the top 3, Noises Off... (1992) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Basic Instinct (1992) made 67% of its gross abroad. Across all 3 films, $120.8M (34%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 12 releases took $356M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 12 (Mar 15–21) with $356M, led by Basic Instinct (1992).
Of these 10 years, Week 12, 1990 earned the most: $470.3M from 4 films, led by Pretty Woman (1990). Week 12, 1992 took $356M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 12, 1983 Mar 13–19 2 films | 2 | $28.5M | – | High Road to China (1983) $28.4M |
| Week 12, 1984 Mar 18–24 2 films · +207% | 2 | $87.2M | +207% | Police Academy (1984) $81.2M |
| Week 12, 1985 Mar 17–23 5 films · +5% | 5 | $91.6M | +5% | The Last Dragon (1985) $25.8M |
| Week 12, 1986 Mar 16–22 5 films · −35% | 5 | $59.9M | −35% | Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) $43.6M |
| Week 12, 1987 Mar 15–21 4 films · −61% | 4 | $23.5M | −61% | Burglar (1987) $16.3M |
| Week 12, 1988 Mar 13–19 6 films · +119% | 6 | $51.4M | +119% | Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988) $19.5M |
| Week 12, 1989 Mar 19–25 2 films · −68% | 2 | $16.6M | −68% | Troop Beverly Hills (1989) $8.5M |
| Week 12, 1990 Mar 18–24 4 films · +2728% | 4 | $470.3M | +2728% | Pretty Woman (1990) $463.4M |
| Week 12, 1991 Mar 17–23 4 films · −83% | 4 | $81.1M | −83% | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) $78.7M |
| Week 12, 1992 Mar 15–21 3 films · +339% | 3 | $356M | +339% | Basic Instinct (1992) $352.9M |
53 weeks of 1992 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 48 (Nov 22–28) with $474.3M, led by The Bodyguard (1992).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 3 films as the chart.
Basic Instinct (1992) leads with $352.9M worldwide, $117.7M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Noises Off... (1992) at $2.3M and Turtle Beach (1992) at $778.5K.
3 English-language films released in week 12 of 1992 (Mar 15–21) report a worldwide gross, $356M in all, or $118.7M per film on average. Week 11, 1992 releases took $110M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Basic Instinct (1992) with $352.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 12 of 1992 (Mar 15–21). 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.