Cool RunningsFollow

Name: Cool Runnings
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 1993
Cast: Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba, John Candy

1993 • PG • 1h 38m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

One dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty below zero.

🍅 75% 81%

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$68.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$155.00M

$86.20M international

Domestic legs9.8x

Budget$14M

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Cast & crew

Full Turteltaub filmography

Jon Turteltaub Director

Malik Yoba Starring

John Candy Starring

Raymond J. Barry Starring

ScreenplayLynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow Produced byDawn Steel CinematographyPhedon Papamichael MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignStephen Marsh StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 1-3 3 $7.0M — 1,387 $5,080 $7.0M

2 Oct 8-10 2 $8.5M +20.9% 1,803 $4,724 $17.2M

3 Oct 15-17 3 $7.0M −17.7% 1,819 $3,853 $26.6M

4 Oct 22-24 4 $5.4M −23.4% 1,828 $2,936 $33.3M

5 Oct 29-31 4 $3.7M −31.2% 1,832 $2,016 $38.2M

6 Nov 5-7 4 $4.2M +14.7% 1,741 $2,433 $43.6M

7 Nov 12-14 5 $3.4M −20.0% 1,647 $2,057 $48.3M

8 Nov 19-21 8 $2.5M −27.4% 1,525 $1,612 $51.5M

12 Dec 17-19 11 $853.2K — 886 $963 $57.7M

15 Jan 7-9 15 $810.2K — 708 $1,144 $63.0M

16 Jan 14-16 18 $710.8K −12.3% 639 $1,112 $63.9M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 8 · $2.5M

$7.0M

$8.5M

$7.0M

$5.4M

$3.7M

$4.2M

$3.4M

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −27.4%

+20.9%

W1→2

−17.7%

W2→3

−23.4%

W3→4

−31.2%

W4→5

+14.7%

W5→6

−20.0%

W6→7

−27.4%

W7→8

Steepest −31.2%Biggest gain +20.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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