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Risky BusinessFollow

1983 • R • 1h 38m • Comedy, Drama • Warner Bros.

There's a time for playing it safe and a time for Risky Business.

🍅 93% 73% MC 75 LB 3.42 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$63.50M
Final
Domestic legs14.9x
Budget$6.2M
1983 rank#10
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Cast & crew

Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Starring Rebecca De Mornay Rebecca De Mornay Starring Joe Pantoliano Joe Pantoliano Starring Curtis Armstrong Curtis Armstrong Starring
ScreenplayPaul Brickman Produced byJon Avnet, Steve Tisch CinematographyBruce Surtees, Reynaldo Villalobos Music byTangerine Dream StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 5-7 3 $4.3M — 670 $6,381 $4.3M
2 Aug 12-14 3 $4.6M +7.1% 693 $6,606 $11.8M
3 Aug 19-21 2 $5.3M +14.7% 891 $5,895 $20.3M
4 Aug 26-28 2 $4.8M −8.2% 1,089 $4,426 $28.1M
5 Sep 2-5 2 $6.3M +31.3% 1,119 $5,654 $36.8M
6 Sep 9-11 2 $3.3M −47.3% 1,120 $2,975 $41.4M
7 Sep 16-18 2 $2.9M −14.0% 1,121 $2,556 $45.3M
8 Sep 23-25 2 $2.4M −15.2% 1,137 $2,138 $48.7M
9 Sep 30-Oct 2 4 $2.2M −11.2% 1,111 $1,943 $51.5M
10 Oct 7-10 5 $1.9M −10.0% 1,070 $1,815 $54.1M
11 Oct 14-16 4 $1.5M −24.9% 1,035 $1,408 $55.9M
12 Oct 21-23 8 $1.3M −10.5% 964 $1,354 $57.7M
13 Oct 28-30 10 $851.6K −34.8% 867 $982 $59.0M
14 Nov 4-6 11 $824.3K −3.2% 748 $1,102 $60.1M
15 Nov 11-13 12 $756.0K −8.3% 738 $1,024 $61.2M
16 Nov 18-20 17 $439.6K −41.9% 535 $822 $61.5M
17 Nov 25-27 19 $463.9K +5.5% 447 $1,038 $62.5M
18 Dec 2-4 15 $460.1K −0.8% 601 $766 $63.1M
19 Dec 9-11 14 $283.8K −38.3% 422 $673 $63.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.9M
$4.3M
$4.6M
$5.3M
$4.8M
$6.3M
$3.3M
$2.9M
$2.4M
$2.2M
$1.9M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −10.0%
+7.1%
W1→2
+14.7%
W2→3
−8.2%
W3→4
+31.3%
W4→5
−47.3%
W5→6
−14.0%
W6→7
−15.2%
W7→8
−11.2%
W8→9
−10.0%
W9→10
Steepest −47.3%Biggest gain +31.3%

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