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National Lampoon's European Vacation movie poster

National Lampoon's European VacationFollow

1985 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Adventure, Comedy • Warner Bros.

For over two thousand years, Europe has survived many great disasters. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase & his family are coming from America!

🍅 37% 49% MC 47 LB 2.89 IMDb 6.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$12.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$49.40M
Final
Domestic legs4.0x
1985 rank#14
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Cast & crew

Full Heckerling filmography
Amy Heckerling Amy Heckerling Director Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Starring Beverly D'Angelo Beverly D'Angelo Starring Eric Idle Eric Idle Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes, Robert Klane Produced byMatty Simmons CinematographyRobert Paynter MusicCharles Fox Prod. DesignRobert Cartwright StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 26-28 1 $12.3M — 1,546 $7,975 $12.3M
2 Aug 2-4 2 $7.4M −40.3% 1,546 $4,764 $27.4M
3 Aug 9-11 4 $4.3M −41.5% 1,547 $2,785 $35.7M
4 Aug 16-18 7 $2.7M −36.6% 1,350 $2,024 $40.7M
5 Aug 23-25 8 $1.7M −36.4% 1,082 $1,606 $43.9M
6 Aug 30-Sep 2 11 $1.8M +2.3% 994 $1,789 $46.5M
7 Sep 6-8 13 $947.3K −46.7% 855 $1,108 $47.7M
8 Sep 13-15 14 $648.2K −31.6% 747 $868 $48.6M
9 Sep 20-22 15 $511.1K −21.2% 599 $853 $49.4M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $511.1K
$12.3M
$7.4M
$4.3M
$2.7M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$947.3K
$648.2K
$511.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −21.2%
−40.3%
W1→2
−41.5%
W2→3
−36.6%
W3→4
−36.4%
W4→5
+2.3%
W5→6
−46.7%
W6→7
−31.6%
W7→8
−21.2%
W8→9
Steepest −46.7%Biggest gain +2.3%

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