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CommandoFollow

1985 • R • 1h 30m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

Somewhere, somehow, someone's going to pay.

🍅 70% 68% MC 51 LB 3.40 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$35.10M
Final
Domestic legs4.6x
Budget$10M
1985 rank#24
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Cast & crew

Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring Rae Dawn Chong Rae Dawn Chong Starring Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya Starring
ScreenplaySteven E. de Souza Produced byJoel Silver CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti Music byJames Horner Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 4-6 1 $7.7M — 1,495 $5,151 $7.7M
2 Oct 11-13 1 $6.5M −15.1% 1,503 $4,351 $16.9M
3 Oct 18-20 1 $4.2M −36.2% 1,504 $2,773 $22.4M
4 Oct 25-27 3 $2.8M −33.9% 1,481 $1,861 $26.4M
5 Nov 1-3 6 $1.9M −29.6% 1,237 $1,569 $29.2M
6 Nov 8-10 10 $1.3M −32.9% 975 $1,336 $31.2M
7 Nov 15-17 12 $972.0K −25.4% 824 $1,180 $32.6M
8 Nov 22-24 14 $867.3K −10.8% 924 $939 $33.8M
9 Nov 29-Dec 1 15 $668.3K −22.9% 546 $1,224 $34.9M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $668.3K
$7.7M
$6.5M
$4.2M
$2.8M
$1.9M
$1.3M
$972.0K
$867.3K
$668.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −22.9%
−15.1%
W1→2
−36.2%
W2→3
−33.9%
W3→4
−29.6%
W4→5
−32.9%
W5→6
−25.4%
W6→7
−10.8%
W7→8
−22.9%
W8→9
Steepest −36.2%Best hold −10.8%

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