Name: Crocodile Dundee
Director: Peter Faiman
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1986
Cast: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard

Cast & crew

Directed byPeter Faiman ScreenplayPaul Hogan, John Cornell, Ken Shadie Produced byJohn Cornell CinematographyRussell Boyd MusicPeter Best Prod. DesignGraham "Grace" Walker StarringPaul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard, John Meillon StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 26-28 1 $8.0M — 879 $9,145 $8.0M

2 Oct 3-5 1 $8.2M +2.1% 971 $8,452 $19.5M

3 Oct 10-12 1 $10.6M +28.7% 1,378 $7,663 $32.8M

4 Oct 17-19 1 $7.4M −29.6% 1,378 $5,394 $42.7M

5 Oct 24-26 1 $6.7M −9.3% 1,495 $4,511 $51.8M

6 Oct 31-Nov 2 1 $5.7M −15.3% 1,495 $3,823 $59.7M

7 Nov 7-9 1 $6.4M +11.8% 1,485 $4,304 $68.2M

8 Nov 14-16 1 $5.5M −13.6% 1,485 $3,718 $76.0M

9 Nov 21-23 1 $5.5M +0.3% 1,495 $3,704 $83.1M

10 Nov 28-30 3 $7.3M +31.2% 1,495 $4,860 $94.3M

11 Dec 5-7 4 $3.8M −47.7% 1,487 $2,557 $99.5M

12 Dec 12-14 6 $2.3M −40.2% 1,435 $1,584 $102.9M

13 Dec 19-21 7 $2.3M +0.4% 1,256 $1,817 $106.0M

14 Dec 26-28 3 $5.9M +156.7% 1,423 $4,118 $114.3M

15 Jan 2-4 3 $4.7M −20.2% 1,375 $3,401 $122.9M

16 Jan 9-11 3 $3.3M −30.3% 1,359 $2,397 $127.5M

17 Jan 16-18 5 $3.6M +9.9% 1,315 $2,722 $132.3M

18 Jan 23-25 4 $2.6M −28.3% 1,347 $1,905 $136.0M

19 Jan 30-Feb 1 3 $2.8M +9.6% 1,297 $2,168 $139.8M

20 Feb 6-8 6 $2.6M −7.9% 1,256 $2,061 $143.2M

21 Feb 13-15 6 $2.7M +3.9% 1,200 $2,241 $146.6M

22 Feb 20-22 6 $2.1M −21.3% 1,186 $1,783 $149.4M

23 Feb 27-Mar 1 9 $1.7M −17.4% 1,050 $1,664 $151.8M

24 Mar 6-8 10 $1.5M −16.8% 1,012 $1,437 $153.7M

25 Mar 13-15 12 $1.3M −12.9% 876 $1,445 $155.5M

26 Mar 20-22 12 $1.2M −2.1% 857 $1,445 $157.3M

27 Mar 27-29 11 $1.2M −7.1% 830 $1,387 $158.9M

28 Apr 3-5 12 $1.1M −0.7% 773 $1,479 $160.5M

30 Apr 17-19 10 $1.1M — 820 $1,304 $163.1M

35 May 22-24 10 $1.1M — 671 $1,638 $168.1M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.3M

$8.0M

$8.2M

$10.6M

$7.4M

$6.7M

$5.7M

$6.4M

$5.5M

$7.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +31.2%

+2.1%

W1→2

+28.7%

W2→3

−29.6%

W3→4

−9.3%

W4→5

−15.3%

W5→6

+11.8%

W6→7

−13.6%

W7→8

+0.3%

W8→9

+31.2%

W9→10

Steepest −29.6%Biggest gain +31.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records

#5 Most weekends in the top 10All-time 26 weekends #8 Most weeks at #1All-time 9 weeks #14 Biggest 10th weekendsAll-time $7.3M

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