Howard the DuckFollow

Name: Howard the Duck
Director: Willard Huyck
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1986
Cast: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, Chip Zien

1986 • PG • 1h 50m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Universal Pictures

More adventure than humanly possible.

🍅 14% 38%

2.22

4.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$16.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$38.00M

$21.70M international

Domestic legs3.2x

Budget$30M

1986 rank#51

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Cast & crew

Lea Thompson Starring

Jeffrey Jones Starring

Tim Robbins Starring

ScreenplayWillard Huyck, Gloria Katz Produced byGloria Katz CinematographyRichard H. Kline MusicJohn Barry Prod. DesignPeter Jamison StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 1-3 3 $5.1M — 1,554 $3,263 $5.1M

2 Aug 8-10 8 $2.7M −46.4% 1,563 $1,740 $10.8M

3 Aug 15-17 17 $1.0M −62.2% 914 $1,124 $13.4M

4 Aug 22-24 23 $350.7K −65.9% 349 $1,005 $14.4M

Weekend grossWk 4 · $350.7K

$5.1M

$2.7M

$1.0M

$350.7K

W1W2W3W4

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −65.9%

−46.4%

W1→2

−62.2%

W2→3

−65.9%

W3→4

Steepest −65.9%Best hold −46.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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