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Better Off DeadFollow

1985 • PG • 1h 37m • Comedy, Romance • Warner Bros.

Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.

🍅 75% 87% MC 51 LB 3.52 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$56K
Limited · 13 theaters
Domestic total
$10.30M
Final
Domestic legs4.0x from $2.6M first wide weekend
1985 rank#78
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Cast & crew

John Cusack John Cusack Starring Curtis Armstrong Curtis Armstrong Starring David Ogden Stiers David Ogden Stiers Starring
ScreenplaySavage Steve Holland Produced byMichael Jaffe CinematographyIsidore Mankofsky StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 23-25 31 $56.4K — 13 $4,336 $56.4K
2 Aug 30-Sep 2 35 $62.9K +11.5% 13 $4,837 $139.1K
3 Sep 6-8 34 $28.6K −54.5% 11 $2,599 $174.8K
4 Sep 13-15 32 $20.6K −27.9% 9 $2,291 $200.5K
5 Sep 20-22 33 $14.7K −28.7% 8 $1,837 $219.4K
6 Sep 27-29 32 $9.2K −37.6% 7 $1,310 $231.7K
7 Oct 4-6 32 $9.8K +6.4% 4 $2,441 $244.3K
8 Oct 11-13 7 $2.6M +26257.6% 650 $3,959 $2.8M
9 Oct 18-20 7 $1.8M −29.4% 638 $2,849 $5.0M
10 Oct 25-27 8 $1.2M −32.4% 616 $1,994 $6.6M
11 Nov 1-3 10 $1.1M −7.4% 622 $1,828 $8.0M
12 Nov 8-10 14 $749.3K −34.1% 511 $1,466 $9.1M
13 Nov 15-17 15 $554.1K −26.1% 495 $1,119 $9.8M
14 Nov 22-24 22 $317.9K −42.6% 372 $855 $10.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M
$56.4K
$62.9K
$28.6K
$20.6K
$14.7K
$9.2K
$9.8K
$2.6M
$1.8M
$1.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.4%
+11.5%
W1→2
−54.5%
W2→3
−27.9%
W3→4
−28.7%
W4→5
−37.6%
W5→6
+6.4%
W6→7
+26257.6%
W7→8
−29.4%
W8→9
−32.4%
W9→10
Steepest −54.5%Biggest gain +26257.6%

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