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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream MasterFollow

1988 • R • 1h 33m • Horror • New Line Cinema

Terror beyond your wildest dreams.

🍅 56% 43% MC 56 LB 2.75 IMDb 5.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$12.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$49.40M
Final
Domestic legs3.8x
Budget$13M
1988 rank#19
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Cast & crew

Directed byRenny Harlin ScreenplayJim Wheat, Brian Helgeland, Ken Wheat Produced byRachel Talalay, Robert Shaye CinematographySteven Fierberg StarringRobert Englund, Rodney Eastman, Danny Hassel, Andras Jones, Tuesday Knight, Ken Sagoes StudioNew Line Cinema SeriesA Nightmare on Elm Street

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 19-21 1 $12.8M — 1,765 $7,271 $12.8M
2 Aug 26-28 1 $7.0M −45.5% 1,767 $3,955 $25.1M
3 Sep 2-5 1 $6.4M −7.9% 1,758 $3,661 $34.3M
4 Sep 9-11 2 $3.2M −50.3% 1,675 $1,911 $38.4M
5 Sep 16-18 4 $2.2M −30.6% 1,465 $1,516 $41.3M
6 Sep 23-25 6 $1.6M −27.2% 1,207 $1,339 $43.6M
Weekend grossWk 6 · $1.6M
$12.8M
$7.0M
$6.4M
$3.2M
$2.2M
$1.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −27.2%
−45.5%
W1→2
−7.9%
W2→3
−50.3%
W3→4
−30.6%
W4→5
−27.2%
W5→6
Steepest −50.3%Best hold −7.9%

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