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US box office chart top 15 weekend 17th - 19th August 1979

1
Alien
2
Life of Brian
3
Apocalypse Now
4
No cover art for Rich Kids
 
 
 
Weekend
Gross
Total Gross
Weeks
on chart
% +/-
1.
1↔
Alien

Alien 1979

Directed by
Ridley Scott
Starring
Tom Skerritt
Sigourney Weaver
Veronica Cartwright

76.12%
$53,802,893
13
2.
N
Life of Brian

Life of Brian 1979

Directed by
Terry Jones
Starring
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Terry Gilliam

10.73%
$140,034
New
3.
RE
Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now 1979

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Starring
Marlon Brando
Martin Sheen
Robert Duvall

9.08%
$322,489
New
4.
N
No cover art for Rich Kids

Rich Kids 1979

Directed by
Robert M. Young
Starring
Trini Alvarado
Jeremy Levy
Kathryn Walker

4.07%
$53,064
New
US Weekly Cinema Box Office
17th August 1979 - 19th August 1979
  1. Regretting You
    Weekend Gross: £8,100,000
  2. Black Phone 2
    Weekend Gross: £8,000,000
  3. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
    Weekend Gross: £6,000,000
  4. KPop Demon Hunters
    Weekend Gross: £5,300,000
  5. Bugonia
    Weekend Gross: £4,800,000
  6. Back to the Future
    Weekend Gross: £4,700,000
  7. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
    Weekend Gross: £3,800,000
  8. TRON: Ares
    Weekend Gross: £2,800,000
  9. Stitch Head
    Weekend Gross: £2,100,000
  10. Good Fortune
    Weekend Gross: £1,400,430
  11. One Battle After Another
    Weekend Gross: £1,150,000
  12. Roofman
    Weekend Gross: £1,000,000
  13. Baahubali the Epic
    Weekend Gross: £837,300
  14. Shelby Oaks
    Weekend Gross: £770,000
  15. The Conjuring: Last Rites
    Weekend Gross: £410,000

* We get our box office data from many sources, one of which is Comscore, Inc and we are ever greatful for the service they provide us and other box office data websites.

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