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#8,252 All-time worldwide
#93 1988 releases

Movie profile

U2: Rattle and Hum

1988 · 98 min · Paramount Pictures

Music Documentary
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$963,292

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where U2: Rattle and Hum ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #8,252 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #93 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #322 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #290 Music of 561 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did U2: Rattle and Hum (1988) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

U2: Rattle and Hum (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $8.6M. In this database it currently ranks #8,252 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #93 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,600,823
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

A concert movie on an unprecedented scale, Rattle And Hum captures U2 - on and off the stage - during their triumphant Joshua Tree tour. From the giant technicolour stadium celebrations to the black-and-white intensity of the indoor shows, this is U2 at their best. Follow the group across America, exploring new influences, playing with the legendary B.B. King from Dublin to Graceland.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 3, 1988
Production
Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartMusic Genre chartDocumentary

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, U2: Rattle and Hum is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Documentary title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,252 all-time in the current chart set and #93 among 1988 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.