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BeethovenFollow

1992 • PG • 1h 27m • Comedy, Drama, Family • Universal Pictures

The head of the family is the one with the tail.

🍅 31% 36% LB 2.92 IMDb 5.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$57.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$147.10M
$90.10M international
Domestic legs7.5x
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Cast & crew

Charles Grodin Charles Grodin Starring Bonnie Hunt Bonnie Hunt Starring Oliver Platt Oliver Platt Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes, Amy Holden Jones Produced byJoe Medjuck, Michael C. Gross CinematographyVictor J. Kemper MusicRandy Edelman Prod. DesignAlex Tavoularis StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 3-5 3 $7.6M — 1,688 $4,495 $7.6M
2 Apr 10-12 4 $6.1M −19.6% 1,702 $3,585 $15.5M
3 Apr 17-19 3 $5.9M −2.8% 1,925 $3,080 $23.7M
4 Apr 24-26 2 $5.0M −15.2% 1,938 $2,595 $32.0M
5 May 1-3 3 $2.6M −48.7% 1,920 $1,345 $35.3M
6 May 8-10 3 $2.4M −5.5% 1,892 $1,290 $38.2M
7 May 15-17 3 $2.3M −5.4% 1,825 $1,265 $41.1M
8 May 22-25 6 $2.3M +1.7% 1,581 $1,485 $43.9M
9 May 29-31 7 $1.4M −42.2% 1,420 $955 $45.6M
10 Jun 5-7 9 $1.0M −25.6% 1,140 $885 $47.0M
14 Jul 3-5 11 $1.0M — 986 $1,020 $50.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M
$7.6M
$6.1M
$5.9M
$5.0M
$2.6M
$2.4M
$2.3M
$2.3M
$1.4M
$1.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.6%
−19.6%
W1→2
−2.8%
W2→3
−15.2%
W3→4
−48.7%
W4→5
−5.5%
W5→6
−5.4%
W6→7
+1.7%
W7→8
−42.2%
W8→9
−25.6%
W9→10
Steepest −48.7%Biggest gain +1.7%

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