Summer Box Office
Summer is the first Friday in May through Labor Day weekend.
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
Data as of May 28, 20:54 PDT
| Year | Cumulative Gross | %± LY | Releases | Average | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,104,651 | - | 25 | $164,186 | HIT: The 3rd Case | $955,000 | 23.3% |
| 2024 | $38,100,349 | +63.4% | 119 | $320,171 | I Saw the TV Glow | $5,017,817 | 13.2% |
| 2023 | $23,313,462 | -31.5% | 100 | $233,134 | Theater Camp | $4,009,945 | 17.2% |
| 2022 | $34,026,635 | +79% | 113 | $301,120 | Orphan: First Kill | $5,413,227 | 15.9% |
| 2021 | $19,010,376 | -16.1% | 106 | $179,343 | Pig | $3,186,668 | 16.8% |
| 2020 | $22,658,273 | -76.1% | 61 | $371,447 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | $4,810,790 | 21.2% |
| 2019 | $94,892,539 | -26.6% | 197 | $481,688 | Brittany Runs a Marathon | $7,189,808 | 7.6% |
| 2018 | $129,290,587 | +55.1% | 202 | $640,052 | RBG | $14,017,361 | 10.8% |
| 2017 | $83,356,451 | -20.6% | 194 | $429,672 | Lowriders | $6,303,560 | 7.6% |
| 2016 | $104,934,099 | -1.9% | 195 | $538,123 | No Manches Frida | $11,528,613 | 11% |
| 2015 | $106,956,408 | +41.5% | 198 | $540,183 | Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure | $9,080,818 | 8.5% |
| 2014 | $75,613,495 | -38.1% | 177 | $427,194 | Belle | $10,726,630 | 14.2% |
| 2013 | $122,128,790 | +39.3% | 175 | $697,878 | Instructions Not Included | $44,467,206 | 36.4% |
| 2012 | $87,670,919 | -2.9% | 173 | $506,768 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $12,795,746 | 14.6% |
| 2011 | $90,297,170 | +0.8% | 157 | $575,141 | The Tree of Life | $13,303,319 | 14.7% |
| 2010 | $89,603,432 | -4.2% | 136 | $658,848 | Get Low | $9,176,933 | 10.2% |
| 2009 | $93,483,420 | +33.5% | 134 | $697,637 | The Hurt Locker | $17,017,811 | 18.2% |
| 2008 | $70,015,243 | -34.5% | 149 | $469,900 | Brideshead Revisited | $6,432,256 | 9.2% |
| 2007 | $106,973,449 | +5.6% | 164 | $652,277 | La Vie En Rose | $10,301,706 | 9.6% |
| 2006 | $101,263,019 | +35.2% | 138 | $733,789 | An Inconvenient Truth | $24,146,161 | 23.8% |
| 2005 | $74,912,734 | -33.9% | 123 | $609,046 | Broken Flowers | $13,744,960 | 18.3% |
| 2004 | $113,389,987 | -3.9% | 143 | $792,936 | De-Lovely | $13,456,633 | 11.9% |
| 2003 | $118,024,076 | +32.1% | 118 | $1,000,204 | Whale Rider | $20,779,666 | 17.6% |
| 2002 | $89,316,236 | +1.7% | 101 | $884,319 | One Hour Photo | $31,597,131 | 35.4% |
| 2001 | $87,817,791 | +17.5% | 65 | $1,351,042 | The Deep End | $8,823,109 | 10% |
| 2000 | $74,724,001 | +7% | 67 | $1,115,283 | Michael Jordan to the Max | $18,650,521 | 25% |
| 1999 | $69,811,367 | +7.7% | 67 | $1,041,960 | Tea with Mussolini | $14,401,563 | 20.6% |
| 1998 | $64,811,491 | -22.4% | 49 | $1,322,683 | Gone with the Wind 1998 Re-release | $6,750,112 | 10.4% |
| 1997 | $83,554,808 | +0.9% | 39 | $2,142,430 | The Full Monty | $45,950,122 | 55% |
| 1996 | $82,805,633 | -21% | 32 | $2,587,676 | Trainspotting | $16,491,080 | 19.9% |
| 1995 | $104,869,370 | +72.8% | 35 | $2,996,267 | The Usual Suspects | $23,341,568 | 22.3% |
| 1994 | $60,684,273 | -35.4% | 25 | $2,427,370 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | $11,220,670 | 18.5% |
| 1993 | $94,011,241 | +110.6% | 25 | $3,760,449 | Menace II Society | $27,912,072 | 29.7% |
| 1992 | $44,638,396 | -21.9% | 31 | $1,439,948 | Enchanted April | $13,200,170 | 29.6% |
| 1991 | $57,173,430 | +13.3% | 27 | $2,117,534 | The Commitments | $14,919,570 | 26.1% |
| 1990 | $50,452,430 | -48.9% | 21 | $2,402,496 | Mo' Better Blues | $16,153,593 | 32% |
| 1989 | $98,829,046 | +129% | 26 | $3,801,117 | Do the Right Thing | $27,545,445 | 27.9% |
| 1988 | $43,151,690 | -14.1% | 20 | $2,157,584 | Crossing Delancey | $16,262,415 | 37.7% |
| 1987 | $50,229,548 | +73.6% | 24 | $2,092,897 | Disorderlies | $10,348,437 | 20.6% |
| 1986 | $28,932,343 | -44.8% | 7 | $4,133,191 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $7,177,431 | 24.8% |
| 1985 | $52,375,650 | +83.1% | 9 | $5,819,516 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $17,005,229 | 32.5% |
| 1984 | $28,604,286 | -31.8% | 5 | $5,720,857 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $8,103,330 | 28.3% |
| 1983 | $41,916,326 | -44.8% | 11 | $3,810,575 | Deathstalker | $11,919,250 | 28.4% |
| 1982 | $75,930,339 | -53.3% | 9 | $8,436,704 | The World According to Garp | $29,712,172 | 39.1% |
| 1981 | $162,447,362 | -36.8% | 7 | $23,206,766 | History of the World: Part I | $31,672,907 | 19.5% |
| 1980 | $257,057,612 | +28.6% | 14 | $18,361,258 | The Blues Brothers | $57,229,890 | 22.3% |
| 1979 | $199,888,161 | -12.4% | 9 | $22,209,795 | Apocalypse Now | $78,784,010 | 39.4% |
| 1978 | $228,249,756 | +387.3% | 3 | $76,083,252 | National Lampoon's Animal House | $120,091,123 | 52.6% |
| 1977 | $46,838,673 | -23.1% | 1 | $46,838,673 | The Spy Who Loved Me | $46,838,673 | 100% |
| 1976 | $60,922,980 | - | 1 | $60,922,980 | The Omen | $60,922,980 | 100% |
