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1985 • PG-13 • 2h 0m • Biography, Drama • Universal Pictures

They told 16 year old Rocky Dennis he could never be like everyone else. So he was determined to be better.

🍅 93% 83% MC 73 LB 3.60 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$135.5K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$42.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$44.60M
$2.10M international
Domestic legs6.9x from $6.1M first wide weekend
1985 rank#17
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Cast & crew

Full Bogdanovich filmography
Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich Director Cher Cher Starring Sam Elliott Sam Elliott Starring Eric Stoltz Eric Stoltz Starring Estelle Getty Estelle Getty Starring Richard Dysart Richard Dysart Starring
ScreenplayAnna Hamilton Phelan Produced byMartin Starger CinematographyLászló Kovács Music byDennis Ricotta StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 8-10 28 $135.5K — 4 $33,875 $135.5K
2 Mar 15-17 22 $157.5K +16.3% 5 $31,509 $361.5K
3 Mar 22-24 3 $6.1M +3785.3% 800 $7,651 $6.6M
4 Mar 29-31 2 $4.8M −21.5% 839 $5,730 $13.4M
5 Apr 5-7 2 $4.5M −7.0% 1,023 $4,372 $20.1M
6 Apr 12-14 2 $3.7M −16.9% 1,024 $3,631 $25.8M
7 Apr 19-21 4 $2.8M −25.3% 1,002 $2,774 $29.8M
8 Apr 26-28 5 $2.1M −23.7% 947 $2,240 $32.9M
9 May 3-5 5 $1.7M −18.6% 879 $1,965 $35.4M
10 May 10-12 8 $1.4M −20.9% 794 $1,721 $37.3M
11 May 17-19 6 $1.6M +16.1% 841 $1,886 $39.4M
12 May 24-26 7 $1.3M −16.7% 718 $1,841 $41.3M
13 May 31-Jun 2 7 $864.0K −34.6% 720 $1,200 $42.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.4M
$135.5K
$157.5K
$6.1M
$4.8M
$4.5M
$3.7M
$2.8M
$2.1M
$1.7M
$1.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.9%
+16.3%
W1→2
+3785.3%
W2→3
−21.5%
W3→4
−7.0%
W4→5
−16.9%
W5→6
−25.3%
W6→7
−23.7%
W7→8
−18.6%
W8→9
−20.9%
W9→10
Steepest −25.3%Biggest gain +3785.3%

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