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1989 • R • 1h 47m • Comedy, Sport • Paramount Pictures

A comedy with bats and balls.

🍅 83% 84% MC 62 LB 3.53 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$49.80M
Final
Domestic legs5.6x
Budget$11M
1989 rank#27
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Cast & crew

Full Ward filmography
David S. Ward David S. Ward Director Tom Berenger Tom Berenger Starring Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen Starring Corbin Bernsen Corbin Bernsen Starring Rene Russo Rene Russo Starring Wesley Snipes Wesley Snipes Starring
ScreenplayDavid S. Ward Produced byIrby Smith, Chris Chesser CinematographyReynaldo Villalobos MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignJeffrey Howard StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 7-9 1 $8.8M — 1,541 $5,734 $8.8M
2 Apr 14-16 1 $7.1M −20.0% 1,615 $4,378 $18.5M
3 Apr 21-23 2 $5.2M −26.0% 1,615 $3,240 $25.7M
4 Apr 28-30 3 $4.1M −21.1% 1,615 $2,555 $31.2M
5 May 5-7 4 $3.6M −12.9% 1,557 $2,308 $36.0M
6 May 12-14 5 $2.3M −35.7% 1,557 $1,484 $39.2M
7 May 19-21 6 $1.8M −22.0% 1,443 $1,249 $41.8M
8 May 26-29 8 $1.4M −20.3% 1,175 $1,222 $43.8M
9 Jun 2-4 10 $963.6K −32.9% 906 $1,064 $45.0M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $963.6K
$8.8M
$7.1M
$5.2M
$4.1M
$3.6M
$2.3M
$1.8M
$1.4M
$963.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −32.9%
−20.0%
W1→2
−26.0%
W2→3
−21.1%
W3→4
−12.9%
W4→5
−35.7%
W5→6
−22.0%
W6→7
−20.3%
W7→8
−32.9%
W8→9
Steepest −35.7%Best hold −12.9%

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