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.
DistributorUniversal Pictures
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Opening$3,563,535
353 theaters
353 theaters
Release DateJun 30, 1989
Running Time2 hr
GenresComedy
Drama
In Release185 days/26 weeks
Widest Release534 theaters
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| Date | Rank | Weekly | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30-Jul 6 | 8 | $5,931,085 | - | 353 | - | $16,801 | $5,931,085 | 1 |
| Jul 7-13 | 9 | $4,498,141 | -24.2% | 361 | +8 | $12,460 | $10,429,226 | 2 |
| Jul 14-20 | 11 | $4,385,705 | -2.5% | 498 | +137 | $8,806 | $14,814,931 | 3 |
| Jul 21-27 | 14 | $3,089,110 | -29.6% | 534 | +36 | $5,784 | $17,904,041 | 4 |
| Jul 28-Aug 3 | 14 | $2,235,200 | -27.6% | 471 | -63 | $4,745 | $20,139,241 | 5 |
| Aug 4-10 | 15 | $1,545,160 | -30.9% | 398 | -73 | $3,882 | $21,684,401 | 6 |
