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GremlinsFollow

1984 • PG • 1h 51m • Comedy, Fantasy, Horror • Warner Bros.

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous.

🍅 86% 78% MC 70 LB 3.64 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$12.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$151.90M
Incl. 1985 reissue
Worldwide total
$164.00M
$12.10M international
Budget$11M
1984 rank#3
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Cast & crew

Full Dante filmography
Joe Dante Joe Dante Director Phoebe Cates Phoebe Cates Starring Corey Feldman Corey Feldman Starring Judge Reinhold Judge Reinhold Starring
ScreenplayChris Columbus Produced byMichael Finnell CinematographyJohn Hora Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 8-10 2 $12.5M — 1,511 $8,280 $12.5M
2 Jun 15-17 2 $13.9M +11.5% 1,511 $9,232 $34.8M
3 Jun 22-24 2 $11.4M −18.1% 1,511 $7,559 $54.8M
4 Jun 29-Jul 1 2 $9.0M −21.0% 1,511 $5,972 $70.4M
5 Jul 6-8 2 $8.6M −4.5% 1,511 $5,704 $85.3M
6 Jul 13-15 2 $6.2M −28.4% 1,537 $4,016 $96.0M
7 Jul 20-22 3 $5.5M −10.6% 950 $5,808 $105.5M
8 Jul 27-29 4 $4.6M −16.7% 1,411 $3,257 $113.3M
9 Aug 3-5 3 $4.1M −9.8% 1,431 $2,899 $120.0M
10 Aug 10-12 6 $3.2M −24.0% 1,322 $2,384 $125.5M
11 Aug 17-19 10 $2.2M −31.1% 1,013 $2,143 $129.5M
12 Aug 24-26 9 $1.8M −14.9% 982 $1,882 $132.6M
13 Aug 31-Sep 2 9 $3.0M +62.4% 1,071 $2,802 $136.7M
14 Sep 7-9 9 $1.6M −46.3% 1,050 $1,536 $138.8M
15 Sep 14-16 9 $1.4M −10.6% 1,016 $1,419 $140.7M
16 Sep 21-23 10 $1.1M −22.4% 792 $1,413 $142.2M
17 Sep 28-30 14 $752.0K −32.8% 621 $1,211 $143.2M
18 Oct 5-7 11 $946.3K +25.8% 628 $1,507 $144.4M
19 Oct 12-14 14 $683.6K −27.8% 538 $1,271 $145.2M
20 Oct 19-21 16 $665.3K −2.7% 523 $1,272 $146.1M
21 Oct 26-28 19 $416.5K −37.4% 454 $917 $146.7M
22 Nov 2-4 20 $333.6K −19.9% 285 $1,170 $147.2M
23 Nov 9-11 24 $254.9K −23.6% 246 $1,036 $147.5M
24 Nov 16-18 28 $174.3K −31.6% 192 $908 $147.8M
25 Nov 23-25 22 $223.6K +28.3% 257 $870 $148.1M
65 Aug 30-Sep 1 8 $2.4M — 1,174 $2,039 $150.3M
66 Sep 6-8 12 $979.3K −59.1% 862 $1,136 $151.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.2M
$12.5M
$13.9M
$11.4M
$9.0M
$8.6M
$6.2M
$5.5M
$4.6M
$4.1M
$3.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.0%
+11.5%
W1→2
−18.1%
W2→3
−21.0%
W3→4
−4.5%
W4→5
−28.4%
W5→6
−10.6%
W6→7
−16.7%
W7→8
−9.8%
W8→9
−24.0%
W9→10
Steepest −28.4%Biggest gain +11.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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