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1989 • PG-13 • 2h 4m • Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

A comedy about life, love and the gentle art of raising children.

🍅 92% 76% MC 82 LB 3.45 IMDb 7.1
CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$100.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$126.30M
$26.30M international
Domestic legs9.5x
1989 rank#10
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Cast & crew

Full Howard filmography
Ron Howard Ron Howard Director Steve Martin Steve Martin Starring Mary Steenburgen Mary Steenburgen Starring Dianne Wiest Dianne Wiest Starring Jason Robards Jason Robards Starring Rick Moranis Rick Moranis Starring
ScreenplayLowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel Produced byBrian Grazer CinematographyDonald McAlpine Music byRandy Newman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 4-6 1 $10.5M — 1,262 $8,325 $14.1M
2 Aug 11-13 1 $9.7M −7.9% 1,300 $7,440 $30.3M
3 Aug 18-20 2 $7.6M −21.4% 1,316 $5,780 $43.3M
4 Aug 25-27 2 $6.4M −16.1% 1,384 $4,610 $53.7M
5 Sep 1-3 2 $7.5M +17.5% 1,390 $5,395 $64.1M
6 Sep 8-10 2 $4.4M −41.2% 1,388 $3,175 $69.6M
7 Sep 15-17 3 $3.7M −15.3% 1,392 $2,680 $74.5M
8 Sep 22-24 4 $3.0M −19.4% 1,399 $2,150 $78.4M
9 Sep 29-Oct 1 4 $2.6M −12.6% 1,384 $1,900 $81.7M
10 Oct 6-8 4 $3.0M +15.1% 1,370 $2,210 $85.3M
11 Oct 13-15 7 $1.7M −44.2% 1,314 $1,285 $87.5M
12 Oct 20-22 9 $1.5M −10.7% 1,183 $1,275 $89.4M
21 Dec 22-24 23 $143.6K — 293 $490 $95.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.0M
$10.5M
$9.7M
$7.6M
$6.4M
$7.5M
$4.4M
$3.7M
$3.0M
$2.6M
$3.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +15.1%
−7.9%
W1→2
−21.4%
W2→3
−16.1%
W3→4
+17.5%
W4→5
−41.2%
W5→6
−15.3%
W6→7
−19.4%
W7→8
−12.6%
W8→9
+15.1%
W9→10
Steepest −41.2%Biggest gain +17.5%

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