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Brewster's MillionsFollow

1985 • PG • 1h 42m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

You don't have to be crazy to blow 30 million dollars in 30 days. But it helps.

🍅 39% 56% MC 37 LB 3.21 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$9.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$40.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$45.80M
$5.00M international
Domestic legs4.1x
1985 rank#21
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Cast & crew

Full Hill filmography
Walter Hill Walter Hill Director Richard Pryor Richard Pryor Starring John Candy John Candy Starring Jerry Orbach Jerry Orbach Starring Pat Hingle Pat Hingle Starring
ScreenplayTimothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod Produced byJoel Silver, Lawrence Gordon CinematographyRic Waite MusicRy Cooder Prod. DesignJohn Vallone StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 24-27 3 $9.9M — 1,521 $6,482 $11.5M
2 May 31-Jun 2 4 $5.5M −44.7% 1,520 $3,587 $18.5M
3 Jun 7-9 5 $3.8M −30.8% 1,404 $2,686 $24.4M
4 Jun 14-16 6 $2.8M −24.9% 1,287 $2,202 $28.8M
5 Jun 21-23 9 $1.7M −39.7% 965 $1,770 $31.8M
6 Jun 28-30 11 $1.3M −21.1% 931 $1,447 $34.2M
7 Jul 5-7 13 $1.0M −24.5% 740 $1,375 $36.1M
Weekend grossWk 7 · $1.0M
$9.9M
$5.5M
$3.8M
$2.8M
$1.7M
$1.3M
$1.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −24.5%
−44.7%
W1→2
−30.8%
W2→3
−24.9%
W3→4
−39.7%
W4→5
−21.1%
W5→6
−24.5%
W6→7
Steepest −44.7%Best hold −21.1%

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