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1989 • R • 1h 43m • Fantasy, Horror, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Sometimes, dead is better.

🍅 55% 60% MC 38 LB 3.26 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$12.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$57.50M
Final
Domestic legs4.8x
Budget$11.5M
1989 rank#23
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Cast & crew

Directed byMary Lambert ScreenplayStephen King Produced byRichard P. Rubinstein CinematographyPeter Stein StarringDale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Michael Lombard, Miko Hughes StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 21-23 1 $12.0M — 1,585 $7,600 $12.0M
2 Apr 28-30 1 $8.4M −30.4% 1,585 $5,287 $24.4M
3 May 5-7 2 $6.3M −24.4% 1,585 $3,999 $33.2M
4 May 12-14 4 $4.0M −37.4% 1,585 $2,504 $38.9M
5 May 19-21 5 $2.6M −34.5% 1,585 $1,642 $42.7M
6 May 26-29 7 $2.6M −1.9% 1,439 $1,774 $46.1M
7 Jun 2-4 9 $1.7M −33.0% 1,248 $1,371 $48.4M
8 Jun 9-11 9 $1.5M −9.6% 1,097 $1,410 $50.8M
9 Jun 16-18 9 $1.3M −18.5% 923 $1,365 $52.8M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $1.3M
$12.0M
$8.4M
$6.3M
$4.0M
$2.6M
$2.6M
$1.7M
$1.5M
$1.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −18.5%
−30.4%
W1→2
−24.4%
W2→3
−37.4%
W3→4
−34.5%
W4→5
−1.9%
W5→6
−33.0%
W6→7
−9.6%
W7→8
−18.5%
W8→9
Steepest −37.4%Best hold −1.9%

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