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Adventures in BabysittingFollow

1987 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Adventure, Comedy, Crime • Touchstone Pictures

She thought babysitting was easy money - until she started hanging out with the Andersons.

🍅 73% 70% MC 45 LB 3.48 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$33.80M
Final
Domestic legs11.6x
1987 rank#34
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Cast & crew

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Chris Columbus Chris Columbus Director Elisabeth Shue Elisabeth Shue Starring Keith Coogan Keith Coogan Starring Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent D'Onofrio Starring Penelope Ann Miller Penelope Ann Miller Starring
ScreenplayDavid Simkins Produced byDebra Hill, Lynda Obst CinematographyRic Waite Music byMichael Kamen StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 3-5 9 $2.9M — 1,126 $2,577 $4.2M
2 Jul 10-12 5 $4.2M +44.9% 1,148 $3,662 $11.4M
3 Jul 17-19 7 $3.3M −20.7% 1,126 $2,961 $17.4M
4 Jul 24-26 10 $2.6M −22.6% 1,016 $2,539 $22.1M
5 Jul 31-Aug 2 10 $1.9M −27.8% 909 $2,050 $25.7M
10 Sep 4-6 24 $627.8K — 532 $1,180 $32.2M
13 Sep 25-27 26 $239.7K — 426 $563 $33.4M
14 Oct 2-4 26 $201.2K −16.1% 348 $578 $33.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $627.8K
$2.9M
$4.2M
$3.3M
$2.6M
$1.9M
$627.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.8%
+44.9%
W1→2
−20.7%
W2→3
−22.6%
W3→4
−27.8%
W4→5
Steepest −27.8%Biggest gain +44.9%

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