Midnight RunFollow

Name: Midnight Run
Director: Martin Brest
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1988
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina

1988 • R • 2h 6m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Universal Pictures

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🍅 95% 87%

3.88

7.5

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$38.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$81.60M

$43.20M international

Domestic legs7.0x

Budget$30M

1988 rank#28

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Cast & crew

Robert De Niro Starring

Charles Grodin Starring

Yaphet Kotto Starring

Dennis Farina Starring

Joe Pantoliano Starring

ScreenplayGeorge Gallo Produced byMartin Brest CinematographyDonald E. Thorin Music byDanny Elfman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 22-24 5 $5.5M — 1,158 $4,755 $7.1M

2 Jul 29-31 5 $4.6M −15.6% 1,161 $4,005 $14.7M

3 Aug 5-7 6 $3.8M −19.0% 1,146 $3,285 $20.9M

4 Aug 12-14 8 $2.8M −26.1% 1,133 $2,455 $25.6M

5 Aug 19-21 10 $2.1M −24.2% 1,006 $2,095 $29.1M

Weekend grossWk 5 · $2.1M

$5.5M

$4.6M

$3.8M

$2.8M

$2.1M

W1W2W3W4W5

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −24.2%

−15.6%

W1→2

−19.0%

W2→3

−26.1%

W3→4

−24.2%

W4→5

Steepest −26.1%Best hold −15.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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