Passage: On July 21, 1978 while still in current release in 38 theatres in the U.S., the film expanded into a 1,744 theatre national saturation windup of release and set a new U.S. weekend record of $10,202,726. The gross prior to the expansion was $221,280,994. The expansion added a further $43,774,911 to take its gross to $265,055,905. Reissues in 1979 ($22,455,262), 1981 ($17,247,363), and 1982 ($17,981,612) brought its cumulative gross in the U.S and Canada to $323 million, and extended its global earnings to $530 million. The film remained the List of highest-grossing films until E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial broke that record in 1983.
How many more dollars did the film make in the 1979 reissue compared to the 1982 reissue? How many more dollars was the cumulative gross in the U.S. and Canada after the expansion and reissues? How many more theatres did the film expand to on July 21, 1989? How many times was the film reissued? How many years after the film was expanded into a 1,744 theatre national saturation windup of release did E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial break the record for highest-grossing films? What three years was the movie reissued? Which year did the reissue of the movie gross more money, 1981 or 1982?