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1986 • PG-13 • 1h 43m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

Leisure rules.

🍅 85% 92% MC 61 LB 3.95 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$70.10M
Final
Domestic legs11.2x
1986 rank#9
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Cast & crew

Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick Starring Alan Ruck Alan Ruck Starring Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Jones Starring Jennifer Grey Jennifer Grey Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byTom Jacobson, John Hughes Music byIra Newborn StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 13-15 2 $6.3M — 1,330 $4,719 $8.5M
2 Jun 20-22 5 $5.7M −8.8% 1,330 $4,302 $18.6M
3 Jun 27-29 7 $4.3M −24.6% 1,330 $3,242 $26.7M
4 Jul 4-6 7 $3.4M −22.1% 1,330 $2,526 $33.1M
5 Jul 11-13 8 $3.6M +6.2% 1,202 $2,968 $39.1M
6 Jul 18-20 7 $2.7M −23.7% 1,216 $2,238 $43.9M
7 Jul 25-27 10 $2.4M −11.4% 1,114 $2,165 $48.1M
8 Aug 1-3 11 $1.8M −24.2% 955 $1,915 $51.6M
9 Aug 8-10 15 $1.6M −14.8% 856 $1,821 $54.5M
10 Aug 15-17 15 $1.2M −21.1% 778 $1,580 $56.8M
11 Aug 22-24 15 $1.1M −9.0% 685 $1,633 $58.8M
12 Aug 29-31 12 $1.3M +18.4% 598 $2,214 $60.8M
13 Sep 5-7 11 $1.1M −17.9% 777 $1,400 $62.1M
14 Sep 12-14 9 $1.2M +8.4% 950 $1,241 $63.6M
15 Sep 19-21 10 $1.1M −8.8% 710 $1,514 $65.0M
16 Sep 26-28 11 $900.3K −16.2% 779 $1,156 $66.3M
17 Oct 3-5 11 $750.9K −16.6% 702 $1,070 $67.3M
18 Oct 10-12 11 $561.5K −25.2% 542 $1,036 $68.1M
19 Oct 17-19 13 $387.3K −31.0% 499 $776 $68.6M
20 Oct 24-26 14 $282.9K −26.9% 387 $731 $69.0M
21 Oct 31-Nov 2 18 $173.3K −38.7% 268 $647 $69.2M
22 Nov 7-9 17 $208.3K +20.2% 201 $1,036 $69.5M
23 Nov 14-16 22 $120.3K −42.2% 144 $835 $69.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M
$6.3M
$5.7M
$4.3M
$3.4M
$3.6M
$2.7M
$2.4M
$1.8M
$1.6M
$1.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.1%
−8.8%
W1→2
−24.6%
W2→3
−22.1%
W3→4
+6.2%
W4→5
−23.7%
W5→6
−11.4%
W6→7
−24.2%
W7→8
−14.8%
W8→9
−21.1%
W9→10
Steepest −24.6%Biggest gain +6.2%

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