Do the Right Thing

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$27,545,445
Summary Details
DistributorUniversal Pictures
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Opening$3,563,535
353 theaters
Release DateJun 30, 1989
Running Time2 hr
GenresComedy Drama
In Release185 days/26 weeks
Widest Release534 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Jun 30-Jul 68$5,931,085-353-$16,801$5,931,0851
Jul 7-139$4,498,141-24.2%361+8$12,460$10,429,2262
Jul 14-2011$4,385,705-2.5%498+137$8,806$14,814,9313
Jul 21-2714$3,089,110-29.6%534+36$5,784$17,904,0414
Jul 28-Aug 314$2,235,200-27.6%471-63$4,745$20,139,2415
Aug 4-1015$1,545,160-30.9%398-73$3,882$21,684,4016