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Name: Back to the Future Part III
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Released: 1990
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson

1990 • PG • 1h 58m • Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

They've saved the best trip for last... But this time they may have gone too far.

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3.61

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$88.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$244.10M

$156.00M international

Domestic legs3.7x

Budget$40M

1990 rank#10

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Cast & crew

Full Zemeckis filmography

Robert Zemeckis Director

Michael J. Fox Starring

Christopher Lloyd Starring

Mary Steenburgen Starring

Thomas F. Wilson Starring

Lea Thompson Starring

ScreenplayBob Gale Story byRobert Zemeckis, Bob Gale Produced byBob Gale, Neil Canton CinematographyDean Cundey Music byAlan Silvestri StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesBack to the Future

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 25-27 1 $23.7M — 2,019 $11,740 $23.7M

2 Jun 1-3 2 $10.3M −56.4% 2,025 $5,105 $38.1M

3 Jun 8-10 3 $7.7M −26.0% 2,054 $3,725 $49.5M

4 Jun 15-17 5 $4.9M −36.6% 2,070 $2,345 $57.6M

5 Jun 22-24 7 $3.8M −20.7% 1,738 $2,215 $64.1M

6 Jun 29-Jul 1 10 $2.9M −24.1% 1,546 $1,890 $68.9M

Weekend grossWk 6 · $2.9M

$23.7M

$10.3M

$7.7M

$4.9M

$3.8M

$2.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −24.1%

−56.4%

W1→2

−26.0%

W2→3

−36.6%

W3→4

−20.7%

W4→5

−24.1%

W5→6

Steepest −56.4%Best hold −20.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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