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National Lampoon's Christmas VacationFollow

1989 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Comedy • Warner Bros.

Yule crack up!

🍅 72% 86% MC 49 LB 3.48 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$11.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$78.90M
All releases
Worldwide total
$78.90M
$19K international
1989 rank#15
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Cast & crew

Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Starring Beverly D'Angelo Beverly D'Angelo Starring Juliette Lewis Juliette Lewis Starring Randy Quaid Randy Quaid Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byJohn Hughes, Tom Jacobson CinematographyThomas Ackerman Music byAngelo Badalamenti StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 1-3 2 $11.8M — 1,744 $6,738 $11.8M
2 Dec 8-10 2 $9.5M −19.2% 1,744 $5,447 $24.3M
3 Dec 15-17 1 $7.2M −23.9% 1,950 $3,709 $33.6M
4 Dec 22-24 1 $7.0M −3.1% 1,950 $3,594 $44.1M
5 Dec 29-31 5 $8.1M +15.5% 1,901 $4,256 $57.8M
6 Jan 5-7 8 $3.3M −58.9% 1,846 $1,802 $62.5M
Weekend grossWk 6 · $3.3M
$11.8M
$9.5M
$7.2M
$7.0M
$8.1M
$3.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −58.9%
−19.2%
W1→2
−23.9%
W2→3
−3.1%
W3→4
+15.5%
W4→5
−58.9%
W5→6
Steepest −58.9%Biggest gain +15.5%

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