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Little Shop of HorrorsFollow

1986 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Comedy, Horror, Musical • Warner Bros.

A singing plant. A daring hero. A sweet girl. A demented dentist. It's the most outrageous musical comedy in years.

🍅 91% 79% MC 81 LB 3.9 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$38.90M
Final
Domestic legs10.6x
Budget$30M
1986 rank#25
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Cast & crew

Full Oz filmography
Frank Oz Frank Oz Director Rick Moranis Rick Moranis Starring Vincent Gardenia Vincent Gardenia Starring Steve Martin Steve Martin Starring
ScreenplayHoward Ashman Produced byDavid Geffen CinematographyRobert Paynter MusicAlan Menken, Miles Goodman StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 19-21 4 $3.7M — 866 $4,226 $3.7M
2 Dec 26-28 7 $5.0M +37.8% 866 $5,823 $11.4M
3 Jan 2-4 5 $4.0M −20.6% 866 $4,625 $19.5M
4 Jan 9-11 4 $3.1M −23.7% 838 $3,649 $23.7M
5 Jan 16-19 6 $3.2M +5.4% 1,183 $2,724 $27.1M
6 Jan 23-25 7 $2.1M −35.0% 1,178 $1,777 $30.8M
7 Jan 30-Feb 1 9 $1.7M −17.9% 1,050 $1,637 $33.1M
8 Feb 6-8 12 $1.1M −35.3% 871 $1,277 $34.7M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $1.1M
$3.7M
$5.0M
$4.0M
$3.1M
$3.2M
$2.1M
$1.7M
$1.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −35.3%
+37.8%
W1→2
−20.6%
W2→3
−23.7%
W3→4
+5.4%
W4→5
−35.0%
W5→6
−17.9%
W6→7
−35.3%
W7→8
Steepest −35.3%Biggest gain +37.8%

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