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1984 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Action, Drama, Thriller • MGM/UA Classics

In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.

🍅 48% 65% MC 53 LB 2.99 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$38.90M
Final
Domestic legs4.7x
1984 rank#19
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Cast & crew

Full Milius filmography
John Milius John Milius Director Patrick Swayze Patrick Swayze Starring Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen Starring C. Thomas Howell C. Thomas Howell Starring Lea Thompson Lea Thompson Starring Jennifer Grey Jennifer Grey Starring
ScreenplayJohn Milius, Kevin Reynolds Produced byBuzz Feitshans, Barry Beckerman CinematographyRic Waite MusicBasil Poledouris StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 10-12 1 $8.2M — 1,822 $4,522 $8.2M
2 Aug 17-19 2 $5.6M −32.2% 1,792 $3,116 $18.6M
3 Aug 24-26 3 $3.4M −39.9% 1,369 $2,453 $24.9M
4 Aug 31-Sep 3 8 $3.3M −3.0% 1,095 $2,975 $29.7M
5 Sep 7-9 7 $1.9M −42.4% 1,066 $1,759 $32.2M
6 Sep 14-16 8 $1.5M −19.8% 960 $1,566 $34.3M
7 Sep 21-23 12 $882.2K −41.3% 749 $1,178 $35.6M
8 Sep 28-30 18 $471.9K −46.5% 504 $936 $36.3M
9 Oct 5-7 20 $340.2K −27.9% 388 $877 $36.8M
10 Oct 12-14 24 $232.4K −31.7% 355 $655 $37.2M
11 Oct 19-21 24 $216.0K −7.0% 313 $690 $37.5M
12 Oct 26-28 27 $84.0K −61.1% 298 $282 $37.7M
13 Nov 2-4 29 $80.2K −4.4% 145 $553 $37.8M
14 Nov 9-11 32 $49.8K −37.9% 124 $402 $37.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $232.4K
$8.2M
$5.6M
$3.4M
$3.3M
$1.9M
$1.5M
$882.2K
$471.9K
$340.2K
$232.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.7%
−32.2%
W1→2
−39.9%
W2→3
−3.0%
W3→4
−42.4%
W4→5
−19.8%
W5→6
−41.3%
W6→7
−46.5%
W7→8
−27.9%
W8→9
−31.7%
W9→10
Steepest −46.5%Best hold −3.0%

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