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St. Elmo's FireFollow

1985 • R • 1h 48m • Drama, Romance • Columbia Pictures

The passion burns deep.

🍅 44% 67% MC 35 LB 3.07 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$37.80M
Final
Domestic legs6.2x
Budget$10M
1985 rank#23
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Cast & crew

Full Schumacher filmography
Joel Schumacher Joel Schumacher Director Rob Lowe Rob Lowe Starring Demi Moore Demi Moore Starring Emilio Estevez Emilio Estevez Starring Ally Sheedy Ally Sheedy Starring Judd Nelson Judd Nelson Starring
ScreenplayJoel Schumacher, Carl Kurlander Produced byLauren Shuler Donner CinematographyStephen H. Burum Music byDavid Foster StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 28-30 4 $6.1M — 1,204 $5,090 $6.1M
2 Jul 5-7 6 $4.1M −33.7% 1,207 $3,364 $14.1M
3 Jul 12-14 8 $2.9M −28.2% 1,091 $2,672 $19.1M
4 Jul 19-21 8 $2.3M −21.5% 920 $2,488 $23.3M
5 Jul 26-28 9 $1.6M −29.4% 754 $2,143 $26.1M
6 Aug 2-4 11 $1.3M −16.7% 698 $1,929 $28.5M
7 Aug 9-11 15 $963.9K −28.4% 585 $1,648 $30.3M
8 Aug 16-18 19 $598.6K −37.9% 453 $1,321 $31.4M
9 Aug 23-25 20 $527.5K −11.9% 390 $1,352 $32.4M
10 Aug 30-Sep 1 23 $603.6K +14.4% 402 $1,501 $33.4M
11 Sep 6-8 14 $892.6K +47.9% 710 $1,257 $34.5M
12 Sep 13-15 11 $838.9K −6.0% 727 $1,154 $35.7M
13 Sep 20-22 8 $780.8K −6.9% 697 $1,120 $36.8M
14 Sep 27-29 13 $468.2K −40.0% 565 $829 $37.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $603.6K
$6.1M
$4.1M
$2.9M
$2.3M
$1.6M
$1.3M
$963.9K
$598.6K
$527.5K
$603.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +14.4%
−33.7%
W1→2
−28.2%
W2→3
−21.5%
W3→4
−29.4%
W4→5
−16.7%
W5→6
−28.4%
W6→7
−37.9%
W7→8
−11.9%
W8→9
+14.4%
W9→10
Steepest −37.9%Biggest gain +14.4%

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