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StakeoutFollow

1987 • R • 1h 57m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Touchstone Pictures

It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!

🍅 89% 56% MC 69 LB 3.28 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$65.70M
Final
Domestic legs12.7x
1987 rank#8
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Cast & crew

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John Badham John Badham Director Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss Starring Emilio Estevez Emilio Estevez Starring Madeleine Stowe Madeleine Stowe Starring Aidan Quinn Aidan Quinn Starring Dan Lauria Dan Lauria Starring
ScreenplayJim Kouf Produced byJohn Badham, Cathleen Summers, Jim Kouf CinematographyJohn Seale Music byArthur B. Rubinstein StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 7-9 2 $5.2M — 951 $5,437 $6.5M
2 Aug 14-16 1 $5.6M +7.8% 1,016 $5,487 $15.2M
3 Aug 21-23 1 $5.6M −0.3% 1,102 $5,045 $24.0M
4 Aug 28-30 1 $4.7M −14.9% 1,341 $3,527 $31.6M
5 Sep 4-6 1 $7.1M +49.5% 1,355 $5,219 $40.7M
6 Sep 11-13 1 $4.2M −40.6% 1,364 $3,081 $46.1M
7 Sep 18-20 5 $3.3M −20.9% 1,331 $2,496 $50.6M
8 Sep 25-27 4 $2.6M −23.2% 1,316 $1,940 $54.0M
9 Oct 2-4 4 $2.0M −21.0% 1,204 $1,674 $56.7M
10 Oct 9-11 8 $1.7M −16.3% 1,115 $1,513 $58.9M
11 Oct 16-18 8 $1.2M −26.4% 1,087 $1,142 $60.4M
14 Nov 6-8 17 $407.0K — 496 $821 $63.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M
$5.2M
$5.6M
$5.6M
$4.7M
$7.1M
$4.2M
$3.3M
$2.6M
$2.0M
$1.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.3%
+7.8%
W1→2
−0.3%
W2→3
−14.9%
W3→4
+49.5%
W4→5
−40.6%
W5→6
−20.9%
W6→7
−23.2%
W7→8
−21.0%
W8→9
−16.3%
W9→10
Steepest −40.6%Biggest gain +49.5%

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