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1987 • R • 2h 13m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

It's the story of their lives.

🍅 98% 79% MC 84 LB 4.04 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$197.5K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$51.20M
Final
Worldwide total
$67.30M
$16.10M international
Domestic legs259.4x
1987 rank#18
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Cast & crew

Full Brooks filmography
James L. Brooks James L. Brooks Director William Hurt William Hurt Starring Albert Brooks Albert Brooks Starring Holly Hunter Holly Hunter Starring Robert Prosky Robert Prosky Starring Lois Chiles Lois Chiles Starring
ScreenplayJames L. Brooks Produced byJames L. Brooks CinematographyMichael Ballhaus Music byBill Conti Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
2 Dec 25-27 4 $5.4M — 677 $8,050 $5.9M
3 Jan 1-3 4 $5.9M +8.4% 681 $8,674 $16.2M
4 Jan 8-10 2 $4.3M −27.2% 681 $6,317 $22.4M
5 Jan 15-17 6 $3.5M −18.5% 748 $4,689 $27.4M
6 Jan 22-24 5 $2.6M −25.8% 773 $3,366 $31.2M
7 Jan 29-31 5 $2.2M −16.9% 813 $2,659 $34.1M
8 Feb 5-7 6 $1.8M −15.4% 848 $2,157 $36.6M
10 Feb 19-21 9 $1.6M — 798 $2,065 $40.7M
11 Feb 26-28 8 $1.3M −18.1% 826 $1,634 $42.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.6M
$5.4M
$5.9M
$4.3M
$3.5M
$2.6M
$2.2M
$1.8M
$1.6M
W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.4%
+8.4%
W2→3
−27.2%
W3→4
−18.5%
W4→5
−25.8%
W5→6
−16.9%
W6→7
−15.4%
W7→8
Steepest −27.2%Biggest gain +8.4%

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