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1988 • PG • 1h 50m • Comedy, Crime • Orion Pictures

Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners.

🍅 89% 84% MC 68 LB 3.74 IMDb 7.4
CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$42.00M
Final
Domestic legs10.9x
1988 rank#24
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Cast & crew

Full Oz filmography
Frank Oz Frank Oz Director Steve Martin Steve Martin Starring Michael Caine Michael Caine Starring Glenne Headly Glenne Headly Starring Ian McDiarmid Ian McDiarmid Starring Dana Ivey Dana Ivey Starring
ScreenplayDale Launer, Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning Produced byBernard Williams CinematographyMichael Ballhaus Music byMiles Goodman StudioOrion Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 16-18 5 $3.8M — 1,466 $2,620 $4.8M
2 Dec 23-25 5 $4.5M +17.9% 1,510 $2,998 $11.8M
3 Dec 30-Jan 1 6 $6.5M +42.6% 1,511 $4,273 $22.3M
4 Jan 6-8 6 $3.5M −45.6% 1,513 $2,324 $27.0M
5 Jan 13-15 9 $3.0M −14.3% 1,490 $2,022 $31.1M
6 Jan 20-22 8 $2.1M −30.0% 1,515 $1,392 $34.1M
7 Jan 27-29 10 $1.6M −22.3% 1,313 $1,247 $36.4M
Weekend grossWk 7 · $1.6M
$3.8M
$4.5M
$6.5M
$3.5M
$3.0M
$2.1M
$1.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −22.3%
+17.9%
W1→2
+42.6%
W2→3
−45.6%
W3→4
−14.3%
W4→5
−30.0%
W5→6
−22.3%
W6→7
Steepest −45.6%Biggest gain +42.6%

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