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Raising ArizonaFollow

1987 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Comedy, Crime • 20th Century Fox

Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...

🍅 91% 85% MC 69 LB 3.88 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$36.2K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic total
$22.80M
Final
Domestic legs9.3x from $2.5M first wide weekend
1987 rank#48
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Cast & crew

Full Coen filmography
Joel Coen Joel Coen Director Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Starring Holly Hunter Holly Hunter Starring John Goodman John Goodman Starring Frances McDormand Frances McDormand Starring
ScreenplayJoel Coen, Ethan Coen Produced byEthan Coen CinematographyBarry Sonnenfeld Music byCarter Burwell Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 13-15 23 $36.2K — 1 $36,240 $36.2K
3 Mar 27-29 13 $1.1M — 149 $7,351 $1.7M
4 Apr 3-5 13 $953.6K −12.9% 150 $6,358 $3.0M
5 Apr 10-12 7 $2.2M +131.7% 452 $4,888 $5.4M
6 Apr 17-19 8 $2.5M +11.0% 696 $3,523 $8.8M
7 Apr 24-26 9 $1.8M −25.7% 697 $2,614 $11.5M
8 May 1-3 8 $1.5M −19.7% 666 $2,196 $13.5M
9 May 8-10 10 $1.1M −22.9% 688 $1,639 $15.1M
10 May 15-17 10 $1.0M −11.2% 686 $1,460 $16.6M
11 May 22-24 11 $961.4K −4.0% 659 $1,459 $17.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M
$36.2K
$1.1M
$953.6K
$2.2M
$2.5M
$1.8M
$1.5M
$1.1M
$1.0M
W1W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.2%
−12.9%
W3→4
+131.7%
W4→5
+11.0%
W5→6
−25.7%
W6→7
−19.7%
W7→8
−22.9%
W8→9
−11.2%
W9→10
Steepest −25.7%Biggest gain +131.7%

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