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1985 • PG-13 • 1h 57m • Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction • 20th Century Fox

It is everything you've dreamed of. It is nothing you expect.

🍅 82% 60% MC 65 LB 3.32 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$76.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$85.50M
$9.20M international
Domestic legs9.6x
1985 rank#6
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Cast & crew

Full Howard filmography
Ron Howard Ron Howard Director Don Ameche Don Ameche Starring Wilford Brimley Wilford Brimley Starring Hume Cronyn Hume Cronyn Starring Brian Dennehy Brian Dennehy Starring Steve Guttenberg Steve Guttenberg Starring
ScreenplayTom Benedek Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Lili Fini Zanuck CinematographyDonald Peterman Music byJames Horner Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 21-23 1 $7.9M — 1,140 $6,962 $7.9M
2 Jun 28-30 2 $7.3M −7.4% 1,152 $6,378 $20.5M
3 Jul 5-7 4 $6.3M −13.8% 1,163 $5,446 $31.6M
4 Jul 12-14 3 $5.0M −21.3% 1,102 $4,525 $39.7M
5 Jul 19-21 3 $4.1M −17.1% 1,105 $3,742 $46.6M
6 Jul 26-28 6 $3.2M −23.6% 980 $3,223 $52.0M
7 Aug 2-4 6 $2.6M −18.9% 948 $2,702 $56.5M
8 Aug 9-11 8 $2.1M −18.2% 873 $2,400 $60.2M
9 Aug 16-18 10 $1.8M −15.4% 789 $2,246 $63.2M
10 Aug 23-25 9 $1.7M −4.3% 774 $2,191 $66.1M
11 Aug 30-Sep 1 12 $1.8M +4.9% 882 $2,016 $69.2M
12 Sep 6-8 8 $1.3M −25.1% 788 $1,691 $71.0M
13 Sep 13-15 6 $1.1M −20.9% 779 $1,353 $72.5M
14 Sep 20-22 6 $1.1M −0.2% 830 $1,268 $74.0M
15 Sep 27-29 8 $702.3K −33.3% 708 $992 $75.0M
16 Oct 4-6 12 $616.7K −12.2% 614 $1,004 $75.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M
$7.9M
$7.3M
$6.3M
$5.0M
$4.1M
$3.2M
$2.6M
$2.1M
$1.8M
$1.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −4.3%
−7.4%
W1→2
−13.8%
W2→3
−21.3%
W3→4
−17.1%
W4→5
−23.6%
W5→6
−18.9%
W6→7
−18.2%
W7→8
−15.4%
W8→9
−4.3%
W9→10
Steepest −23.6%Best hold −4.3%

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