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Pee-wee's Big AdventureFollow

1985 • PG • 1h 31m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Warner Bros.

The story of a rebel and his bike.

🍅 78% 79% MC 47 LB 3.48 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$99.2K
Limited · 21 theaters
Domestic total
$40.90M
Final
Domestic legs9.0x from $4.5M first wide weekend
Budget$7M
1985 rank#20
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Cast & crew

Directed byTim Burton ScreenplayPhil Hartman, Paul Reubens, Michael Varhol Produced byRobert Shapiro, Richard Gilbert Abramson CinematographyVictor J. Kemper Music byDanny Elfman StarringPaul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, Irving Hellman StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 26-28 21 $99.2K — 21 $4,723 $99.2K
2 Aug 2-4 24 $78.8K −20.6% 18 $4,375 $499.2K
3 Aug 9-11 3 $4.5M +5671.9% 829 $5,484 $5.1M
4 Aug 16-18 3 $4.4M −3.1% 840 $5,243 $12.9M
5 Aug 23-25 3 $4.0M −9.1% 892 $4,490 $19.8M
6 Aug 30-Sep 1 3 $4.0M +0.9% 894 $4,519 $25.8M
7 Sep 6-8 3 $2.2M −45.8% 888 $2,467 $28.6M
8 Sep 13-15 3 $1.8M −19.5% 877 $2,010 $30.9M
9 Sep 20-22 4 $1.7M −6.2% 882 $1,875 $33.0M
10 Sep 27-29 5 $1.3M −19.5% 881 $1,512 $34.8M
11 Oct 4-6 6 $1.2M −9.5% 842 $1,431 $36.3M
12 Oct 11-13 12 $1.0M −13.9% 859 $1,208 $37.7M
13 Oct 18-20 11 $791.6K −23.7% 771 $1,027 $38.7M
14 Oct 25-27 14 $605.5K −23.5% 677 $894 $39.5M
15 Nov 1-3 16 $575.3K −5.0% 581 $990 $40.2M
16 Nov 8-10 17 $531.7K −7.6% 557 $955 $40.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M
$99.2K
$78.8K
$4.5M
$4.4M
$4.0M
$4.0M
$2.2M
$1.8M
$1.7M
$1.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.5%
−20.6%
W1→2
+5671.9%
W2→3
−3.1%
W3→4
−9.1%
W4→5
+0.9%
W5→6
−45.8%
W6→7
−19.5%
W7→8
−6.2%
W8→9
−19.5%
W9→10
Steepest −45.8%Biggest gain +5671.9%

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