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Romancing the StoneFollow

1984 • PG • 1h 46m • Adventure, Action, Comedy, Romance • 20th Century Fox

She's a girl from the big city. He's a reckless soldier of fortune. For a fabulous treasure, they share an adventure no one could imagine... or survive.

🍅 86% 70% MC 63 LB 3.39 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$75.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$115.10M
$40.00M international
Domestic legs14.7x
1984 rank#9
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Cast & crew

Full Zemeckis filmography
Robert Zemeckis Robert Zemeckis Director Michael Douglas Michael Douglas Starring Kathleen Turner Kathleen Turner Starring Danny DeVito Danny DeVito Starring Holland Taylor Holland Taylor Starring
ScreenplayDiane Thomas Produced byMichael Douglas CinematographyDean Cundey Music byAlan Silvestri Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 30-Apr 1 4 $5.1M — 823 $6,204 $5.1M
2 Apr 6-8 3 $5.6M +9.1% 836 $6,664 $12.5M
3 Apr 13-15 3 $5.6M −0.3% 967 $5,743 $19.6M
4 Apr 20-22 3 $5.7M +2.4% 1,072 $5,304 $27.9M
5 Apr 27-29 2 $4.7M −17.8% 1,086 $4,304 $34.7M
6 May 4-6 3 $4.0M −14.2% 1,044 $3,843 $40.2M
7 May 11-13 5 $3.0M −24.4% 1,024 $2,963 $44.3M
8 May 18-20 3 $3.5M +16.4% 1,101 $3,208 $49.0M
9 May 25-27 4 $4.1M +14.7% 1,100 $3,683 $54.2M
10 Jun 1-3 7 $2.3M −44.2% 1,056 $2,143 $57.3M
11 Jun 8-10 7 $1.6M −30.7% 885 $1,771 $59.9M
12 Jun 15-17 7 $1.7M +7.7% 910 $1,855 $62.3M
13 Jun 22-24 11 $1.4M −20.0% 842 $1,605 $64.5M
14 Jun 29-Jul 1 13 $929.9K −31.2% 627 $1,483 $66.2M
15 Jul 6-8 12 $1.1M +19.8% 627 $1,776 $67.9M
16 Jul 13-15 14 $1.0M −9.9% 594 $1,690 $69.6M
17 Jul 20-22 15 $961.2K −4.3% 614 $1,565 $71.2M
18 Jul 27-29 19 $612.4K −36.3% 461 $1,329 $72.4M
19 Aug 3-5 20 $550.0K −10.2% 397 $1,385 $73.3M
20 Aug 10-12 19 $479.7K −12.8% 359 $1,336 $74.1M
21 Aug 17-19 20 $327.6K −31.7% 252 $1,300 $74.7M
22 Aug 24-26 21 $140.3K −57.2% 111 $1,264 $75.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.3M
$5.1M
$5.6M
$5.6M
$5.7M
$4.7M
$4.0M
$3.0M
$3.5M
$4.1M
$2.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.2%
+9.1%
W1→2
−0.3%
W2→3
+2.4%
W3→4
−17.8%
W4→5
−14.2%
W5→6
−24.4%
W6→7
+16.4%
W7→8
+14.7%
W8→9
−44.2%
W9→10
Steepest −44.2%Biggest gain +16.4%

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