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Name: RoboCop
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Crime
Released: 1987
Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith

1987 • R • 1h 42m • Action, Sci-Fi, Crime • Orion Pictures

Part man, part machine, all cop.

🍅 84% 84%

3.91

7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$53.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$54.10M

$700K international

Domestic legs6.7x

Budget$13M

1987 rank#15

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Cast & crew

Full Verhoeven filmography

Paul Verhoeven Director

Ronny Cox Starring

Kurtwood Smith Starring

Miguel Ferrer Starring

Written byEdward Neumeier, Michael Miner Produced byArne Schmidt CinematographyJost Vacano Music byBasil Poledouris StudioOrion Pictures SeriesRoboCop

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 17-19 1 $8.0M — 1,580 $5,069 $8.0M

2 Jul 24-26 1 $6.3M −20.9% 1,585 $3,995 $18.7M

3 Jul 31-Aug 2 4 $4.7M −25.0% 1,601 $2,967 $26.9M

4 Aug 7-9 6 $3.9M −17.3% 1,547 $2,541 $33.6M

5 Aug 14-16 8 $2.7M −31.3% 1,246 $2,168 $38.4M

6 Aug 21-23 9 $2.1M −20.8% 1,148 $1,863 $42.0M

7 Aug 28-30 11 $1.4M −32.9% 896 $1,601 $44.6M

8 Sep 4-6 12 $1.9M +33.0% 826 $2,311 $47.2M

9 Sep 11-13 11 $1.1M −43.6% 791 $1,360 $48.6M

10 Sep 18-20 11 $696.9K −35.2% 598 $1,165 $49.7M

11 Sep 25-27 13 $640.5K −8.1% 576 $1,112 $50.6M

12 Oct 2-4 15 $456.3K −28.8% 471 $969 $51.3M

13 Oct 9-11 12 $391.5K −14.2% 390 $1,004 $51.9M

14 Oct 16-18 16 $354.8K −9.4% 417 $851 $52.4M

15 Oct 23-25 12 $227.4K −35.9% 298 $763 $52.8M

16 Oct 30-Nov 1 11 $141.9K −37.6% 237 $599 $53.0M

17 Nov 6-8 26 $126.6K −10.8% 165 $767 $53.2M

18 Nov 13-15 13 $104.6K −17.4% 143 $732 $53.4M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $696.9K

$8.0M

$6.3M

$4.7M

$3.9M

$2.7M

$2.1M

$1.4M

$1.9M

$1.1M

$696.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.2%

−20.9%

W1→2

−25.0%

W2→3

−17.3%

W3→4

−31.3%

W4→5

−20.8%

W5→6

−32.9%

W6→7

+33.0%

W7→8

−43.6%

W8→9

−35.2%

W9→10

Steepest −43.6%Biggest gain +33.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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