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1990 • R • 1h 53m • Drama, Horror, Mystery • Sony Pictures Releasing

The most frightening thing about Jacob Singer's nightmare is that he isn't dreaming.

🍅 71% 84%

62

3.88

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$26.00M

Final

Domestic legs3.5x

1990 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins Starring

Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña Starring

Danny Aiello

Danny Aiello Starring

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Pruitt Taylor Vince Starring

Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander Starring

ScreenplayBruce Joel Rubin Produced byBruce Joel Rubin, Alan Marshall CinematographyJeffrey L. Kimball MusicMaurice Jarre StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 2-4 1 $7.5M — 1,052 $7,130 $7.5M

2 Nov 9-11 2 $5.1M −32.2% 1,262 $4,030 $14.9M

3 Nov 16-18 6 $2.8M −44.5% 1,264 $2,235 $19.3M

4 Nov 23-25 9 $1.9M −32.6% 1,083 $1,758 $22.4M

5 Nov 30-Dec 2 10 $826.0K −56.6% 1,094 $755 $23.7M

6 Dec 7-9 11 $429.7K −48.0% 877 $490 $24.4M

7 Dec 14-16 12 $246.5K −42.6% 576 $428 $24.8M

8 Dec 21-23 14 $118.6K −51.9% 200 $593 $25.1M

9 Dec 28-30 14 $223.3K +88.3% 192 $1,163 $25.4M

10 Jan 4-6 12 $155.2K −30.5% 212 $732 $25.6M

11 Jan 11-13 12 $108.9K −29.8% 180 $605 $25.7M

12 Jan 18-21 13 $72.0K −33.9% 105 $686 $25.8M

13 Jan 25-27 12 $43.5K −39.6% 74 $588 $25.9M

14 Feb 1-3 12 $28.7K −34.2% 58 $494 $26.0M

15 Feb 8-10 13 $7.8K −72.9% 19 $408 $26.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 3 — $906 — $26.0M 1 $906 1

Sat Oct 4 — $1.2K +27.2% $26.0M 1 $1,152 2

Sun Oct 5 — $2.9K +152.3% $26.0M 1 $2,907 3

Mon Oct 6 — $942 −67.6% $26.0M 1 $942 4

Tue Oct 7 — $1.1K +12.4% $26.0M 1 $1,059 5

Wed Oct 8 — $978 −7.6% $26.0M 1 $978 6

Thu Oct 9 — $993 +1.5% $26.0M 1 $993 7

Fri Oct 10 — $399 −59.8% −56.0% $26.0M 1 $399 8

Sat Oct 11 — $858 +115.0% −25.5% $26.0M 1 $858 9

Sun Oct 12 — $453 −47.2% −84.4% $26.0M 1 $453 10

Mon Oct 13 — $420 −7.3% −55.4% $26.0M 1 $420 11

Tue Oct 14 — $279 −33.6% −73.7% $26.0M 1 $279 12

Wed Oct 15 — $132 −52.7% −86.5% $26.0M 1 $132 13

Thu Oct 16 — $36 −72.7% −96.4% $26.0M 1 $36 14

Fri Oct 17 — $273 +658.3% −31.6% $26.0M 2 $136 15

Sat Oct 18 — $309 +13.2% −64.0% $26.0M 1 $309 16

Sun Oct 19 — $942 +204.9% +107.9% $26.0M 1 $942 17

Mon Oct 20 — $225 −76.1% −46.4% $26.0M 1 $225 18

Tue Oct 21 — $1.3K +462.7% +353.8% $26.0M 1 $1,266 19

Wed Oct 22 — $60 −95.3% −54.5% $26.0M 1 $60 20

Thu Oct 23 — $566 +843.3% +1472.2% $26.0M 2 $283 21

Fri Oct 24 — $2.1K +271.2% +669.6% $26.0M 3 $700 22

Sat Oct 25 — $585 −72.2% +89.3% $26.0M 2 $292 23

Fri Oct 31 — $249 — −88.1% $26.0M 1 $249 29

Sat Nov 15 — $385 — $26.0M 1 $385 44

Wed Nov 19 — $264 — $26.0M 1 $264 48

Sat Nov 22 — $701 — +82.1% $26.0M 1 $701 51

Mon Nov 24 — $293 — $26.0M 1 $293 53

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$26.0M

Oct 3Oct 10Oct 17Oct 23Nov 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $155.2K

$7.5M

$5.1M

$2.8M

$1.9M

$826.0K

$429.7K

$246.5K

$118.6K

$223.3K

$155.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3 → 1 −66.7%

1 open1 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.5%

−32.2%

W1→2

−44.5%

W2→3

−32.6%

W3→4

−56.6%

W4→5

−48.0%

W5→6

−42.6%

W6→7

−51.9%

W7→8

+88.3%

W8→9

−30.5%

W9→10

Steepest −56.6%Biggest gain +88.3%

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