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Can't Buy Me LoveFollow

1987 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Ronald is making an investment in his senior year. He's hiring the prettiest cheerleader in school to be his girlfriend.

🍅 48% 74% MC 36 LB 3.26 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$31.60M
Final
Domestic legs6.7x
1987 rank#37
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Cast & crew

Directed bySteve Rash ScreenplayMichael Swerdlick Produced byThom Mount CinematographyPeter Lyons Collister MusicRobert Folk Prod. DesignDonald Lee Harris StarringPatrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains, Tina Caspary, Seth Green, Sharon Farrell StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 14-16 3 $4.8M — 1,256 $3,786 $4.8M
2 Aug 21-23 3 $4.0M −15.0% 1,283 $3,150 $12.3M
3 Aug 28-30 7 $2.7M −32.9% 1,216 $2,229 $17.4M
4 Sep 4-7 6 $3.7M +34.9% 1,202 $3,043 $22.4M
5 Sep 11-13 6 $2.0M −44.9% 1,143 $1,763 $24.9M
6 Sep 18-20 10 $1.4M −31.6% 961 $1,434 $26.8M
7 Sep 25-27 9 $1.0M −25.1% 901 $1,146 $28.2M
8 Oct 2-4 11 $674.7K −34.6% 744 $907 $29.1M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $674.7K
$4.8M
$4.0M
$2.7M
$3.7M
$2.0M
$1.4M
$1.0M
$674.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −34.6%
−15.0%
W1→2
−32.9%
W2→3
+34.9%
W3→4
−44.9%
W4→5
−31.6%
W5→6
−25.1%
W6→7
−34.6%
W7→8
Steepest −44.9%Biggest gain +34.9%

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