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Mr. MomFollow

1983 • PG • 1h 31m • Comedy, Drama • 20th Century Fox

When mom goes to work, dad goes berserk!

🍅 77% 57% MC 50 LB 3.17 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$947K
Limited · 126 theaters
Domestic total
$64.80M
Final
Domestic legs15.1x from $4.3M first wide weekend
1983 rank#8
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Cast & crew

Michael Keaton Michael Keaton Starring Teri Garr Teri Garr Starring Martin Mull Martin Mull Starring Christopher Lloyd Christopher Lloyd Starring Jeffrey Tambor Jeffrey Tambor Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byLynn Loring, Lauren Shuler CinematographyVictor J. Kemper Music byLee Holdridge Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 22-24 13 $947.2K — 126 $7,517 $947.2K
2 Jul 29-31 14 $900.6K −4.9% 143 $6,298 $2.5M
3 Aug 5-7 15 $994.2K +10.4% 159 $6,253 $3.9M
4 Aug 12-14 13 $1.3M +34.5% 261 $5,124 $5.9M
5 Aug 19-21 3 $4.3M +220.0% 734 $5,830 $11.2M
6 Aug 26-28 1 $6.4M +50.6% 1,235 $5,219 $20.4M
7 Sep 2-5 1 $8.2M +27.6% 1,362 $6,037 $31.5M
8 Sep 9-11 1 $4.7M −43.0% 1,349 $3,474 $37.5M
9 Sep 16-18 1 $3.9M −17.6% 1,317 $2,931 $42.6M
10 Sep 23-25 1 $3.2M −16.9% 1,341 $2,392 $46.8M
11 Sep 30-Oct 2 2 $2.7M −16.5% 1,306 $2,051 $50.2M
12 Oct 7-10 4 $2.4M −11.7% 1,186 $1,994 $53.2M
13 Oct 14-16 3 $1.8M −24.9% 1,118 $1,589 $55.4M
14 Oct 21-23 5 $1.7M −4.2% 1,045 $1,629 $57.6M
15 Oct 28-30 9 $936.7K −45.0% 842 $1,113 $58.9M
16 Nov 4-6 10 $912.7K −2.6% 678 $1,346 $60.1M
17 Nov 11-13 11 $938.2K +2.8% 648 $1,448 $61.3M
18 Nov 18-20 16 $774.4K −17.5% 619 $1,251 $62.3M
19 Nov 25-27 15 $835.4K +7.9% 658 $1,270 $63.5M
20 Dec 2-4 16 $447.8K −46.4% 551 $813 $64.2M
21 Dec 9-11 15 $245.8K −45.1% 344 $715 $64.6M
22 Dec 16-18 25 $77.1K −68.6% 145 $532 $64.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.2M
$947.2K
$900.6K
$994.2K
$1.3M
$4.3M
$6.4M
$8.2M
$4.7M
$3.9M
$3.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.9%
−4.9%
W1→2
+10.4%
W2→3
+34.5%
W3→4
+220.0%
W4→5
+50.6%
W5→6
+27.6%
W6→7
−43.0%
W7→8
−17.6%
W8→9
−16.9%
W9→10
Steepest −43.0%Biggest gain +220.0%

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