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1996 • R • 1h 40m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

Snake is back.

🍅 45% 39% MC 54 LB 3 IMDb 5.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$25.40M
Final
Domestic legs2.9x
Budget$50M
1996 rank#63
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Cast & crew

Full Carpenter filmography
John Carpenter John Carpenter Director Kurt Russell Kurt Russell Starring Stacy Keach Stacy Keach Starring Steve Buscemi Steve Buscemi Starring Cliff Robertson Cliff Robertson Starring Bruce Campbell Bruce Campbell Starring
ScreenplayKurt Russell, John Carpenter, Debra Hill Produced byKurt Russell, Debra Hill CinematographyGary B. Kibbe MusicJohn Carpenter StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 9-11 3 $8.9M — 2,312 $3,855 $8.9M
2 Aug 16-18 6 $4.2M −52.3% 2,312 $1,837 $17.1M
3 Aug 23-25 10 $2.1M −50.3% 2,172 $972 $21.3M
4 Aug 30-Sep 2 16 $1.5M −27.1% 1,472 $1,045 $23.7M
5 Sep 6-8 29 $352.2K −77.1% 708 $498 $24.3M
6 Sep 13-15 27 $313.1K −11.1% 452 $693 $24.7M
7 Sep 20-22 47 $56.2K −82.0% 253 $222 $24.8M
8 Sep 27-29 49 $48.4K −13.8% 189 $256 $24.9M
12 Oct 25-27 25 $188.3K — 355 $530 $25.2M
13 Nov 1-3 38 $81.4K −56.8% 165 $493 $25.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 8 · $48.4K
$8.9M
$4.2M
$2.1M
$1.5M
$352.2K
$313.1K
$56.2K
$48.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −13.8%
−52.3%
W1→2
−50.3%
W2→3
−27.1%
W3→4
−77.1%
W4→5
−11.1%
W5→6
−82.0%
W6→7
−13.8%
W7→8
Steepest −82.0%Best hold −11.1%

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