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Down PeriscopeFollow

1996 • PG-13 • 1h 33m • Comedy • 20th Century Fox

A rusty sub. A rebel commander. A renegade crew. When destiny called, they should have hung up.

🍅 11% 63% MC 39 LB 2.84 IMDb 6.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$25.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$37.50M
$11.80M international
Domestic legs3.6x
1996 rank#62
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Cast & crew

Full Ward filmography
David S. Ward David S. Ward Director Kelsey Grammer Kelsey Grammer Starring Lauren Holly Lauren Holly Starring Rob Schneider Rob Schneider Starring Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton Starring Bruce Dern Bruce Dern Starring
ScreenplayHugh Wilson, Andrew Kurtzman, Eliot Wald Produced byRobert Lawrence CinematographyVictor Hammer MusicRandy Edelman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 1-3 2 $7.2M — 2,022 $3,576 $7.2M
2 Mar 8-10 4 $5.0M −30.4% 2,026 $2,485 $14.1M
3 Mar 15-17 5 $2.9M −43.2% 1,936 $1,478 $18.3M
4 Mar 22-24 9 $1.9M −32.7% 1,588 $1,212 $21.1M
5 Mar 29-31 16 $810.2K −57.9% 967 $838 $22.5M
6 Apr 5-7 20 $569.7K −29.7% 728 $783 $23.3M
7 Apr 12-14 22 $468.1K −17.8% 770 $608 $24.1M
8 Apr 19-21 22 $394.5K −15.7% 658 $600 $24.6M
10 May 3-5 36 $148.7K — 396 $376 $25.1M
11 May 10-12 40 $86.2K −42.1% 339 $254 $25.4M
12 May 17-19 45 $70.7K −18.0% 204 $346 $25.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $148.7K
$7.2M
$5.0M
$2.9M
$1.9M
$810.2K
$569.7K
$468.1K
$394.5K
$148.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.7%
−30.4%
W1→2
−43.2%
W2→3
−32.7%
W3→4
−57.9%
W4→5
−29.7%
W5→6
−17.8%
W6→7
−15.7%
W7→8
Steepest −57.9%Best hold −15.7%

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