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Honey, I Shrunk the KidsFollow

1989 • PG • 1h 33m • Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi • Walt Disney Pictures

The most astonishing, innovative, backyard adventure of all time!

🍅 76% 54% MC 63 LB 3.21 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$14.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$130.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$222.70M
$92.00M international
Domestic legs9.2x
1989 rank#4
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Cast & crew

Directed byJoe Johnston ScreenplayEd Naha, Tom Schulman Produced byPenney Finkelman Cox CinematographyHiro Narita Music byJames Horner StarringRick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Amy O'Neill, Robert Oliveri, Matt Frewer, Kristine Sutherland StudioWalt Disney Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 23-25 2 $14.3M — 1,371 $10,403 $14.3M
2 Jun 30-Jul 2 2 $13.1M −8.1% 1,431 $9,156 $38.0M
3 Jul 7-9 3 $9.4M −28.0% 1,443 $6,537 $59.2M
4 Jul 14-16 3 $8.8M −6.7% 1,460 $6,031 $74.8M
5 Jul 21-23 4 $6.4M −27.0% 1,498 $4,294 $87.0M
6 Jul 28-30 6 $4.6M −28.8% 1,481 $3,091 $95.4M
7 Aug 4-6 7 $4.0M −12.4% 1,436 $2,794 $102.5M
8 Aug 11-13 9 $3.3M −17.1% 1,451 $2,293 $108.2M
10 Aug 25-27 10 $1.7M — 1,189 $1,460 $115.4M
11 Sep 1-3 10 $2.7M +57.8% 1,257 $2,179 $119.1M
27 Dec 22-24 29 $87.5K — 163 $537 $129.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M
$14.3M
$13.1M
$9.4M
$8.8M
$6.4M
$4.6M
$4.0M
$3.3M
$1.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −17.1%
−8.1%
W1→2
−28.0%
W2→3
−6.7%
W3→4
−27.0%
W4→5
−28.8%
W5→6
−12.4%
W6→7
−17.1%
W7→8
Steepest −28.8%Best hold −6.7%

Similar movies

Jumanji 1995 · Johnston $100.5M Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 1992 · Kleiser $58.7M The Rocketeer 1991 · Johnston $46.6M Spaceballs 1987 · Brooks $38.1M Super Mario Bros. 1993 · Jankel $20.8M Flubber 1997 · Mayfield $93M

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