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Short CircuitFollow

1986 • PG • 1h 38m • Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi • TriStar Pictures

Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive.

🍅 62% 67% MC 50 LB 3.25 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$40.70M
Final
Domestic legs7.6x
1986 rank#21
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Cast & crew

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John Badham John Badham Director Ally Sheedy Ally Sheedy Starring Steve Guttenberg Steve Guttenberg Starring Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens Starring Austin Pendleton Austin Pendleton Starring G.W. Bailey G.W. Bailey Starring
ScreenplayBrent Maddock Produced byLawrence Turman, Gregg Champion, David Foster CinematographyNick McLean MusicDavid Shire StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 9-11 1 $5.3M — 1,033 $5,176 $5.3M
2 May 16-18 2 $4.4M −17.3% 1,064 $4,155 $11.0M
3 May 23-26 4 $5.5M +23.6% 1,310 $4,170 $17.5M
4 May 30-Jun 1 4 $3.5M −36.4% 1,307 $2,658 $21.8M
5 Jun 6-8 5 $3.3M −5.5% 1,307 $2,510 $26.4M
6 Jun 13-15 7 $2.1M −35.9% 1,307 $1,610 $29.9M
7 Jun 20-22 9 $1.6M −26.2% 1,302 $1,192 $32.6M
8 Jun 27-29 11 $1.1M −26.1% 1,045 $1,098 $34.7M
9 Jul 4-6 14 $773.2K −32.6% 781 $990 $36.0M
10 Jul 11-13 14 $771.4K −0.2% 755 $1,022 $37.2M
11 Jul 18-20 15 $640.8K −16.9% 612 $1,047 $38.2M
12 Jul 25-27 12 $493.1K −23.0% 498 $990 $39.0M
13 Aug 1-3 14 $315.5K −36.0% 357 $884 $39.6M
14 Aug 8-10 23 $266.6K −15.5% 269 $991 $40.1M
15 Aug 15-17 25 $243.1K −8.8% 257 $946 $40.5M
16 Aug 22-24 28 $136.8K −43.7% 150 $912 $40.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $771.4K
$5.3M
$4.4M
$5.5M
$3.5M
$3.3M
$2.1M
$1.6M
$1.1M
$773.2K
$771.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −0.2%
−17.3%
W1→2
+23.6%
W2→3
−36.4%
W3→4
−5.5%
W4→5
−35.9%
W5→6
−26.2%
W6→7
−26.1%
W7→8
−32.6%
W8→9
−0.2%
W9→10
Steepest −36.4%Biggest gain +23.6%

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