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1987 • PG • 1h 46m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

Five ordinary people needed a miracle. Then one night, Faye Riley left the window open.

🍅 57% 64% MC 54 LB 3.3 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$32.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$65.10M
$32.10M international
Domestic legs9.9x
1987 rank#36
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Cast & crew

Hume Cronyn Hume Cronyn Starring Jessica Tandy Jessica Tandy Starring Elizabeth Peña Elizabeth Peña Starring
ScreenplayBrad Bird, Matthew Robbins, S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock Produced byRonald L. Schwary CinematographyJohn McPherson MusicJames Horner StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 18-20 4 $3.3M — 1,328 $2,505 $3.3M
2 Dec 25-27 6 $4.1M +22.8% 1,357 $3,010 $10.0M
3 Jan 1-3 5 $4.8M +18.5% 1,367 $3,540 $19.5M
4 Jan 8-10 5 $2.8M −41.5% 1,346 $2,105 $23.1M
6 Jan 22-24 13 $1.2M — 1,073 $1,135 $27.6M
Weekend grossWk 6 · $1.2M
$3.3M
$4.1M
$4.8M
$2.8M
$1.2M
W1W2W3W4W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −41.5%
+22.8%
W1→2
+18.5%
W2→3
−41.5%
W3→4
Steepest −41.5%Biggest gain +22.8%

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