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Harry and the HendersonsFollow

1987 • PG • 1h 50m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

When You Can't Believe Your Eyes, Trust Your Heart.

🍅 50% 54% MC 42 LB 3.04 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$29.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$32.60M
$2.80M international
Domestic legs7.2x
1987 rank#39
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Cast & crew

John Lithgow John Lithgow Starring Melinda Dillon Melinda Dillon Starring Don Ameche Don Ameche Starring David Suchet David Suchet Starring M. Emmet Walsh M. Emmet Walsh Starring
ScreenplayWilliam Dear, Bill Martin, Ezra D. Rappaport Produced byWilliam Dear, Richard Vane CinematographyAllen Daviau MusicBruce Broughton Prod. DesignJames D. Bissell StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 5-7 3 $4.2M — 1,418 $2,930 $4.2M
2 Jun 12-14 6 $4.2M +0.9% 1,419 $2,955 $10.4M
3 Jun 19-21 6 $3.5M −16.0% 1,424 $2,475 $16.1M
4 Jun 26-28 9 $2.3M −34.9% 1,369 $1,675 $20.4M
Weekend grossWk 4 · $2.3M
$4.2M
$4.2M
$3.5M
$2.3M
W1W2W3W4
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −34.9%
+0.9%
W1→2
−16.0%
W2→3
−34.9%
W3→4
Steepest −34.9%Biggest gain +0.9%

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