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Revenge of the NerdsFollow

1984 • R • 1h 30m • Comedy • 20th Century Fox

They've been laughed at, picked on and put down. But now it's time for the odd to get even!

🍅 70% 73% MC 44 LB 2.9 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$1.50M
Limited · 364 theaters
Domestic total
$40.90M
Final
Domestic legs9.3x from $4.4M first wide weekend
1984 rank#18
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Cast & crew

Directed byJeff Kanew ScreenplaySteve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai Produced byTed Field, Peter Samuelson CinematographyKing Baggot MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignJames L. Schoppe StarringRobert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Andrew Cassese Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 20-22 11 $1.5M — 364 $4,157 $1.5M
2 Jul 27-29 13 $1.7M +10.6% 423 $3,958 $4.2M
3 Aug 3-5 12 $1.6M −4.9% 439 $3,628 $6.7M
4 Aug 10-12 4 $4.4M +175.7% 958 $4,584 $12.2M
5 Aug 17-19 5 $3.7M −16.5% 971 $3,776 $18.5M
6 Aug 24-26 5 $3.0M −18.2% 989 $3,031 $23.6M
7 Aug 31-Sep 3 6 $3.7M +22.9% 974 $3,783 $28.8M
8 Sep 7-9 6 $2.2M −40.6% 945 $2,316 $31.6M
9 Sep 14-16 6 $2.0M −9.3% 908 $2,186 $34.3M
10 Sep 21-23 9 $1.4M −28.1% 877 $1,626 $36.2M
11 Sep 28-30 13 $887.2K −37.8% 670 $1,324 $37.5M
12 Oct 5-7 16 $697.9K −21.3% 544 $1,283 $38.5M
13 Oct 12-14 19 $474.2K −32.1% 483 $982 $39.1M
14 Oct 19-21 21 $322.5K −32.0% 369 $874 $39.6M
15 Oct 26-28 22 $240.5K −25.4% 298 $807 $40.0M
16 Nov 2-4 21 $232.5K −3.3% 369 $630 $40.3M
17 Nov 9-11 28 $183.0K −21.3% 236 $776 $40.5M
18 Nov 16-18 31 $110.9K −39.4% 169 $656 $40.7M
19 Nov 23-25 29 $88.4K −20.3% 125 $707 $40.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.4M
$1.5M
$1.7M
$1.6M
$4.4M
$3.7M
$3.0M
$3.7M
$2.2M
$2.0M
$1.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.1%
+10.6%
W1→2
−4.9%
W2→3
+175.7%
W3→4
−16.5%
W4→5
−18.2%
W5→6
+22.9%
W6→7
−40.6%
W7→8
−9.3%
W8→9
−28.1%
W9→10
Steepest −40.6%Biggest gain +175.7%

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