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1982 • R • 1h 45m • Comedy • Warner Bros.

Ever since two enterprising young men turned the City Morgue into a swinging business, people have been dying to get in.

🍅 93% 63% MC 63 LB 3.23 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$21.00M
Final
Domestic legs8.3x
1982 rank#32
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Cast & crew

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Ron Howard Ron Howard Director Henry Winkler Henry Winkler Starring Michael Keaton Michael Keaton Starring Shelley Long Shelley Long Starring
ScreenplayLowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel Produced byBrian Grazer CinematographyJames Crabe Music byBurt Bacharach StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 30-Aug 1 5 $2.5M — 683 $3,718 $2.5M
2 Aug 6-8 7 $2.3M −10.2% 667 $3,420 $6.4M
3 Aug 13-15 9 $1.8M −23.0% 610 $2,879 $9.5M
4 Aug 20-22 13 $1.3M −25.1% 512 $2,568 $11.8M
5 Aug 27-29 15 $1.0M −21.3% 494 $2,096 $13.6M
6 Sep 3-5 16 $1.2M +12.7% 440 $2,651 $15.3M
7 Sep 10-12 10 $883.2K −24.3% 543 $1,627 $16.5M
8 Sep 17-19 12 $755.2K −14.5% 510 $1,481 $17.5M
9 Sep 24-26 14 $677.6K −10.3% 489 $1,386 $18.5M
10 Oct 1-3 15 $506.0K −25.3% 418 $1,211 $19.2M
11 Oct 8-10 16 $423.5K −16.3% 360 $1,176 $19.9M
12 Oct 15-17 11 $442.6K +4.5% 408 $1,085 $20.4M
13 Oct 22-24 17 $233.9K −47.1% 301 $777 $20.8M
14 Oct 29-31 18 $137.0K −41.4% 225 $609 $21.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $506.0K
$2.5M
$2.3M
$1.8M
$1.3M
$1.0M
$1.2M
$883.2K
$755.2K
$677.6K
$506.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.3%
−10.2%
W1→2
−23.0%
W2→3
−25.1%
W3→4
−21.3%
W4→5
+12.7%
W5→6
−24.3%
W6→7
−14.5%
W7→8
−10.3%
W8→9
−25.3%
W9→10
Steepest −25.3%Biggest gain +12.7%

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