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Worldwide box office · 1978

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This Weekend at the box office

Domestic Friday–Sunday weekend chart · July 17-19, 2026.

#TitleWeekend gross%± LWTheatersTotal grossWk
1The OdysseyUniversal Pictures$124.5M3,919$124.5M1
2MoanaWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$19.0M-56%4,200$82.1M2
3Minions & MonstersUniversal Pictures$14.8M-30%3,510$137.6M3
4Toy Story 5Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$14.8M-22.1%3,400$430.9M5
5Evil Dead BurnWarner Bros.$5.0M-63.5%3,004$24.2M2
6The InviteA24$3.9M-34.1%2,110$15.0M4
7Young WashingtonAngel$3.7M-46.7%2,275$41.0M3
8ObsessionFocus Features$2.5M-35.1%1,524$258.5M10
9SupergirlWarner Bros.$1.5M-59.5%1,572$70.0M4
10Disclosure DayUniversal Pictures$1.4M-56.7%1,299$114.7M6
11BackroomsA24$715K-53%742$196.0M8
12Scary MovieParamount Pictures$255K-38.6%225$108.0M7
13Jackass: Best and LastParamount Pictures$240K-68.7%305$18.0M4
14MichaelLionsgate$150K-42.4%165$372.2M13
15Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex PassSony Pictures Classics$124K-86.2%357$1.3M2
16Star Wars: The Mandalorian and GroguWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$120K-41%90$177.5M9
17Maddie's SecretMagnolia Pictures$81K-52.3%84$1.0M5
18Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the WorldKino Lorber$49K+51.2%30$171K3
19LeviticusNeon$34K-70.9%50$7.2M5
20The Devil Wears Prada 2Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$32K-63.8%40$220.5M12
21The Death of Robin HoodA24$16K-16%20$5.3M5
22I Love BoostersNeon$15K-11.4%15$9.7M9
23Sherman's MarchMusic Box Films$13K+28.4%8$57K3
24The Kidnapping of ArabellaOscilloscope$11K1$11K1
25The FloatersBrainstorm Media$10K+11.4%3$26K2
26RemakeMusic Box Films$8K-1.7%6$23K2
27American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis ValdezInsignia Films$8K1$8K1
28Reading Lolita in TehranGreenwich Entertainment$7K-49.6%2$24K2
29UnderlandOscilloscope$2K+1068.9%4$15K7
30Standout: The Ben Kjar Story$2K1$651K26

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.

#TitleWorldwide
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$3.5M
51Our Winning Season$2.0M
52I Wanna Hold Your Hand$1.9M
53Skateboard$1.3M
54Uncle Joe Shannon$495K
55Nunzio$52K
56The Last Waltz$16K

“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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