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1986 • R • 1h 34m • Comedy, Crime • Touchstone Pictures

Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!

🍅 93% 72% MC 78 LB 3.43 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$71.60M
Final
Domestic legs13.6x
1986 rank#9
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Cast & crew

Full Abrahams filmography
Jim Abrahams Jim Abrahams Director David Zucker David Zucker Director Jerry Zucker Jerry Zucker Director Danny DeVito Danny DeVito Starring Bette Midler Bette Midler Starring Judge Reinhold Judge Reinhold Starring
ScreenplayDale Launer Produced byMichael Peyser CinematographyJan de Bont Music byMichel Colombier StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 27-29 4 $5.3M — 1,111 $4,747 $5.3M
2 Jul 4-6 2 $5.3M +0.2% 1,114 $4,745 $14.0M
3 Jul 11-13 2 $5.4M +2.8% 1,114 $4,879 $22.5M
4 Jul 18-20 3 $4.5M −16.8% 1,114 $4,059 $29.8M
5 Jul 25-27 4 $4.6M +1.4% 1,114 $4,116 $36.9M
6 Aug 1-3 6 $3.5M −24.2% 1,032 $3,369 $42.8M
7 Aug 8-10 6 $3.1M −10.4% 1,077 $2,893 $47.8M
8 Aug 15-17 7 $2.5M −21.1% 1,019 $2,412 $51.8M
9 Aug 22-24 10 $2.1M −13.4% 954 $2,232 $55.4M
10 Aug 29-31 8 $2.7M +28.2% 658 $4,148 $59.2M
11 Sep 5-7 7 $1.8M −33.4% 1,021 $1,782 $61.5M
12 Sep 12-14 7 $1.5M −17.3% 1,012 $1,486 $63.6M
13 Sep 19-21 7 $1.4M −4.8% 1,010 $1,417 $65.5M
14 Sep 26-28 6 $1.3M −10.2% 1,002 $1,283 $67.2M
15 Oct 3-5 9 $917.2K −28.6% 861 $1,065 $68.5M
16 Oct 10-12 12 $508.5K −44.6% 639 $796 $69.3M
17 Oct 17-19 12 $412.0K −19.0% 557 $740 $69.8M
18 Oct 24-26 15 $255.9K −37.9% 472 $542 $70.3M
19 Oct 31-Nov 2 17 $179.2K −30.0% 270 $664 $70.6M
20 Nov 7-9 16 $235.1K +31.2% 261 $901 $70.9M
21 Nov 14-16 20 $156.8K −33.3% 217 $722 $71.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.7M
$5.3M
$5.3M
$5.4M
$4.5M
$4.6M
$3.5M
$3.1M
$2.5M
$2.1M
$2.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +28.2%
+0.2%
W1→2
+2.8%
W2→3
−16.8%
W3→4
+1.4%
W4→5
−24.2%
W5→6
−10.4%
W6→7
−21.1%
W7→8
−13.4%
W8→9
+28.2%
W9→10
Steepest −24.2%Biggest gain +28.2%

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