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Big Trouble in Little ChinaFollow

1986 • PG-13 • 1h 39m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • 20th Century Fox

Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.

🍅 65% 82% MC 53 LB 3.71 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$11.10M
Final
Domestic legs4.1x
Budget$25M
1986 rank#68
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Cast & crew

Full Carpenter filmography
John Carpenter John Carpenter Director Kurt Russell Kurt Russell Starring Kim Cattrall Kim Cattrall Starring James Hong James Hong Starring
ScreenplayGary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein Produced byLarry Franco CinematographyDean Cundey MusicJohn Carpenter Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 4-6 12 $2.7M — 1,053 $2,586 $2.7M
2 Jul 11-13 11 $2.1M −24.3% 1,092 $1,887 $7.4M
3 Jul 18-20 13 $792.9K −61.5% 667 $1,189 $9.2M
4 Jul 25-27 13 $415.4K −47.6% 438 $948 $10.1M
5 Aug 1-3 16 $253.7K −38.9% 269 $943 $10.6M
6 Aug 8-10 26 $203.3K −19.8% 255 $797 $10.9M
Weekend grossWk 6 · $203.3K
$2.7M
$2.1M
$792.9K
$415.4K
$253.7K
$203.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −19.8%
−24.3%
W1→2
−61.5%
W2→3
−47.6%
W3→4
−38.9%
W4→5
−19.8%
W5→6
Steepest −61.5%Best hold −19.8%

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