Super 8

During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.

Grosses

Domestic (48.8%)
$127,004,179
Summary Details
DistributorParamount Pictures
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Opening$35,451,168
3,379 theaters
Budget$50,000,000
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 52 min
GenresAction Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller
In Release205 days/29 weeks
Widest Release3,424 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jun 10-121$35,451,168-3,379-$10,491$36,451,1681
Jun 17-192$21,472,020-39.4%3,408+29$6,300$73,002,8092
Jun 24-264$12,028,092-44%3,424+16$3,512$95,114,3243
Jul 1-35$7,922,218-34.1%3,088-336$2,565$108,465,2454
Jul 1-4
July 4th long wknd
5$9,527,129-3,088-$3,085$110,070,156-
Jul 8-107$4,838,205-38.9%2,292-796$2,110$118,069,5465
Jul 15-179$1,970,377-59.3%1,459-833$1,350$122,287,3596
Jul 22-2414$760,042-61.4%658-801$1,155$124,235,1027
Jul 29-3122$303,794-60%325-333$934$124,973,8318
Aug 5-733$170,049-44%174-151$977$125,316,7999
Aug 12-1437$108,276-36.3%108-66$1,002$125,520,06110
Aug 19-2140$101,857-5.9%86-22$1,184$125,691,63011
Aug 26-2823$305,078+199.5%242+156$1,260$126,049,18712
Sep 2-435$275,581-9.7%240-2$1,148$126,451,88713
Sep 2-5
Labor Day wknd
34$353,203-240-$1,471$126,529,509-
Sep 9-1139$141,685-48.6%203-37$697$126,728,70914
Sep 16-1840$92,421-34.8%159-44$581$126,869,83315
Sep 23-2544$73,350-20.6%117-42$626$126,975,16916