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1990 • PG • 1h 21m • Comedy, Family • Universal Pictures

Attila the Hun. Ivan the Terrible. Al Capone. They were all seven once.

🍅 3% 43% MC 27 LB 2.77 IMDb 5.5
CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$53.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$72.30M
$18.80M international
Domestic legs5.3x
1990 rank#21
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Cast & crew

John Ritter John Ritter Starring Jack Warden Jack Warden Starring Amy Yasbeck Amy Yasbeck Starring
ScreenplayScott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski Produced byRobert Simonds CinematographyPeter Lyons Collister Music byMiles Goodman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 27-29 3 $10.0M — 1,714 $5,850 $10.0M
2 Aug 3-5 4 $6.8M −31.8% 1,768 $3,870 $22.1M
3 Aug 10-12 5 $4.8M −29.2% 1,769 $2,740 $31.2M
4 Aug 17-19 8 $3.3M −31.7% 1,640 $2,020 $37.2M
8 Sep 14-16 10 $1.1M — 899 $1,215 $45.9M
10 Sep 28-30 14 $731.1K — 693 $1,055 $47.9M
11 Oct 5-7 17 $593.1K −18.9% 573 $1,035 $48.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $731.1K
$10.0M
$6.8M
$4.8M
$3.3M
$1.1M
$731.1K
W1W2W3W4W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.7%
−31.8%
W1→2
−29.2%
W2→3
−31.7%
W3→4
Steepest −31.8%Best hold −29.2%

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