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Name: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Director: Amy Heckerling
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1982
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer

1982 • R • 1h 30m • Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

At Ridgemont High, only the rules get busted!

🍅 78% 80%

3.47

7.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$2.50M

Limited · 498 theaters

Domestic total

$27.10M

Final

Domestic legs8.3x from $3.3M first wide weekend

Budget$4.5M

1982 rank#25

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Full Heckerling filmography

Amy Heckerling Director

Sean Penn Starring

Jennifer Jason Leigh Starring

Judge Reinhold Starring

Phoebe Cates Starring

Ray Walston Starring

ScreenplayCameron Crowe Produced byArt Linson, Irving Azoff CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 13-15 7 $2.5M — 498 $5,112 $2.5M

2 Aug 20-22 7 $2.5M −1.3% 589 $4,264 $6.7M

3 Aug 27-29 6 $2.0M −20.2% 596 $3,362 $10.3M

4 Sep 3-5 3 $3.3M +62.3% 713 $4,561 $14.5M

5 Sep 10-12 4 $1.8M −43.5% 706 $2,600 $17.1M

6 Sep 17-19 5 $1.5M −18.4% 600 $2,498 $19.3M

7 Sep 24-26 5 $1.3M −12.1% 643 $2,049 $21.5M

8 Oct 1-3 4 $1.5M +16.7% 697 $2,207 $23.6M

9 Oct 8-10 6 $1.5M −0.6% 646 $2,367 $25.6M

10 Oct 15-17 4 $1.2M −24.0% 651 $1,785 $27.1M

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$2.5M

$2.0M

$3.3M

$1.8M

$1.5M

$1.3M

$1.5M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.0%

−1.3%

W1→2

−20.2%

W2→3

+62.3%

W3→4

−43.5%

W4→5

−18.4%

W5→6

−12.1%

W6→7

+16.7%

W7→8

−0.6%

W8→9

−24.0%

W9→10

Steepest −43.5%Biggest gain +62.3%

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