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My Cousin VinnyFollow

1992 • R • 1h 59m • Comedy, Crime • 20th Century Fox

There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.

🍅 85% 87% MC 68 LB 3.92 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$52.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$64.10M
$11.20M international
Domestic legs7.1x
1992 rank#31
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Cast & crew

Joe Pesci Joe Pesci Starring Marisa Tomei Marisa Tomei Starring Ralph Macchio Ralph Macchio Starring Fred Gwynne Fred Gwynne Starring Austin Pendleton Austin Pendleton Starring
ScreenplayDale Launer Produced byDale Launer, Paul Schiff CinematographyPeter Deming Music byRandy Edelman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 13-15 2 $7.4M — 1,227 $6,044 $7.4M
2 Mar 20-22 3 $7.2M −2.8% 1,500 $4,806 $17.4M
3 Mar 27-29 4 $5.3M −26.3% 1,506 $3,529 $25.2M
4 Apr 3-5 7 $3.9M −25.9% 1,482 $2,659 $30.7M
5 Apr 10-12 10 $3.0M −23.6% 1,329 $2,265 $34.9M
6 Apr 17-19 11 $2.2M −25.6% 1,084 $2,067 $38.3M
7 Apr 24-26 11 $1.8M −20.9% 1,021 $1,736 $41.1M
8 May 1-3 14 $1.2M −34.8% 855 $1,352 $42.7M
9 May 8-10 8 $1.4M +17.1% 930 $1,456 $44.5M
10 May 15-17 7 $1.1M −22.3% 888 $1,185 $46.0M
11 May 22-25 Memorial Day 11 $1.1M — 717 $1,579 $47.4M
12 May 29-31 11 $747.9K — 742 $1,007 $48.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M
$7.4M
$7.2M
$5.3M
$3.9M
$3.0M
$2.2M
$1.8M
$1.2M
$1.4M
$1.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.3%
−2.8%
W1→2
−26.3%
W2→3
−25.9%
W3→4
−23.6%
W4→5
−25.6%
W5→6
−20.9%
W6→7
−34.8%
W7→8
+17.1%
W8→9
−22.3%
W9→10
Steepest −34.8%Biggest gain +17.1%

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