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Domestic box office · 1978

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This Weekend at the box office

Domestic Friday–Sunday weekend chart · July 24-26, 2026.

#TitleWeekend gross%± LWTheatersTotal grossWk
1The OdysseyUniversal Pictures$87.0M-29.6%3,942$286.4M2
2MoanaWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$10.5M-41.5%4,015$102.5M3
3Toy Story 5Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$10.0M-27.3%3,375$448.6M6
4Hadestown: The MusicalBleecker Street Media$9.7M1,949$9.7M1
5Minions & MonstersUniversal Pictures$9.6M-29.4%3,386$155.4M4
6The InviteA24$2.6M-25.4%2,032$19.8M5
7Evil Dead BurnWarner Bros.$2.6M-44.9%2,385$29.2M3
8Young WashingtonAngel$2.0M-44.3%2,029$45.0M4
9Motor CityIFC Films$1.6M1,600$1.6M1
10ObsessionFocus Features$1.5M-37.4%1,203$261.4M11
11Jana NayaganPrime Media Pictures$1.4M415$1.4M1
12Disclosure DayUniversal Pictures$650K-51.7%922$116.0M7
13SupergirlWarner Bros.$630K-57.3%902$71.5M5
14Her Private HellNeon$530K675$530K1
15BackroomsA24$326K-52.6%552$196.8M9
16Pinocchio: UnstrungViva Pictures$296K505$296K1
17Scary MovieParamount Pictures$126K-49.1%141$108.2M8
18Jackass: Best and LastParamount Pictures$87K-62.3%144$18.2M5
19Star Wars: The Mandalorian and GroguWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$73K-36.7%60$177.7M10
20Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the WorldKino Lorber$54K+8.7%39$280K4
21Reading Lolita in TehranGreenwich Entertainment$48K+863.1%113$73K3
22Sheep in the BoxNeon$33K3$33K1
23American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis ValdezInsignia Films$32K+330%13$41K2
24Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC ProductionsEvan Saxon$28K1$28K8
25Gail Daughtry and the CelebritySony Pictures Classics Sex Pass$15K-86.6%25$1.4M3
26The Death of Robin HoodA24$14K-14.5%16$5.3M6
27The Hole 2026 Re-releaseBig World Pictures$11K+258%3$30K3
28The Piano 2026 4K Re-releaseSony Pictures Classics$9K2$9K1
29A Sad and Beautiful WorldMPI Media Group$9K1$9K1
30The FloatersBrainstorm Media$7K-25.3%9$37K3
31The Kidnapping of ArabellaOscilloscope$5K-49.5%3$17K2

Friday–Sunday weekend grosses (the 3-day chart). Domestic, per Box Office Mojo. Figures are as reported (not inflation-adjusted).

WorldwideDomesticInternational

Showing each gross as originally reported.

#TitleDomestic
1Grease$160.0M
2Superman$134.2M
3National Lampoon's Animal House$120.1M
4Every Which Way But Loose$85.2M
5Heaven Can Wait$81.6M
6Hooper$78.0M
7Jaws 2$77.7M
8Revenge of the Pink Panther$49.6M
9The Deer Hunter$49.0M
10Halloween$47.0M
11Foul Play$45.0M
12The End$44.9M
13Up in Smoke$44.4M
14Midnight Express$35.0M
15Coming Home$32.7M
16The Lord of the Rings$30.5M
17House Calls$28.5M
18Damien: Omen II$26.5M
19Invasion of the Body Snatchers$24.9M
20Convoy$22.8M
21The Wiz$21.0M
22F.I.S.T.$20.4M
23Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band$20.4M
24Eyes of Laura Mars$20.0M
25The One and Only$16.9M
26Return from Witch Mountain$16.4M
27Corvette Summer$15.5M
28The Greek Tycoon$14.7M
29Death on the Nile$14.6M
30The Buddy Holly Story$14.4M
31The Big Fix$13.1M
32The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II$11.6M
33Moment by Moment$11.0M
34Interiors$10.4M
35Straight Time$9.9M
36Comes a Horseman$9.6M
37American Hot Wax$7.9M
38The Brink's Job$7.9M
39Goin' South$7.4M
40King of the Gypsies$7.3M
41Force 10 from Navarone$7.2M
42Paradise Alley$7.2M
43The Bad News Bears Go to Japan$7.1M
44International Velvet$7.0M
45Blue Collar$6.5M
46Pretty Baby$5.8M
47Gray Lady Down$5.4M
48Brass Target$5.0M
49Caravans$3.9M
50Days of Heaven$3.4M
51Our Winning Season$2.0M
52I Wanna Hold Your Hand$1.9M
53Skateboard$1.3M
54Uncle Joe Shannon$495K
55Nunzio$52K
56The Last Waltz

“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.

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