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Rookie of the YearFollow

1993 • PG • 1h 43m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

The Chicago Cubs needed a miracle... They got Henry Rowengartner.

🍅 43% 53% MC 53 LB 3.06 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$9.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$53.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$56.50M
$2.90M international
Domestic legs5.9x
1993 rank#23
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Cast & crew

Thomas Ian Nicholas Thomas Ian Nicholas Starring Gary Busey Gary Busey Starring Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya Starring
ScreenplaySam Harper Produced byRobert Harper CinematographyJack N. Green MusicBill Conti Prod. DesignSteven J. Jordan Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 9-11 5 $9.1M — 1,460 $6,248 $12.5M
2 Jul 16-18 7 $6.6M −27.3% 1,543 $4,299 $24.8M
3 Jul 23-25 10 $4.5M −31.8% 1,544 $2,930 $33.5M
4 Jul 30-Aug 1 13 $2.6M −43.0% 1,257 $2,053 $38.9M
Weekend grossWk 4 · $2.6M
$9.1M
$6.6M
$4.5M
$2.6M
W1W2W3W4
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −43.0%
−27.3%
W1→2
−31.8%
W2→3
−43.0%
W3→4
Steepest −43.0%Best hold −27.3%

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