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Star Trek III: The Search for SpockFollow

1984 • PG • 1h 45m • Science Fiction, Action, Adventure • Paramount Pictures

A dying planet. A fight for life. The search for Spock.

🍅 78% 71% MC 58 LB 3.29 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$16.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$76.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$87.00M
$10.50M international
Domestic legs4.6x
Budget$18M
1984 rank#8
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Cast & crew

Full Nimoy filmography
Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy Director William Shatner William Shatner Starring DeForest Kelley DeForest Kelley Starring James Doohan James Doohan Starring George Takei George Takei Starring Walter Koenig Walter Koenig Starring
ScreenplayHarve Bennett Produced byHarve Bennett CinematographyCharles Correll Music byJames Horner StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 1-3 1 $16.7M — 1,966 $8,481 $16.7M
2 Jun 8-10 4 $9.6M −42.3% 1,966 $4,894 $34.9M
3 Jun 15-17 4 $6.6M −31.0% 1,907 $3,480 $45.9M
4 Jun 22-24 6 $4.8M −27.6% 1,532 $3,135 $54.2M
5 Jun 29-Jul 1 9 $3.1M −35.4% 1,083 $2,864 $59.7M
6 Jul 6-8 8 $2.6M −16.1% 1,042 $2,496 $64.4M
7 Jul 13-15 10 $1.8M −30.8% 844 $2,133 $67.5M
8 Jul 20-22 13 $1.2M −30.6% 711 $1,757 $69.7M
9 Jul 27-29 16 $887.9K −28.9% 551 $1,611 $71.3M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $887.9K
$16.7M
$9.6M
$6.6M
$4.8M
$3.1M
$2.6M
$1.8M
$1.2M
$887.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −28.9%
−42.3%
W1→2
−31.0%
W2→3
−27.6%
W3→4
−35.4%
W4→5
−16.1%
W5→6
−30.8%
W6→7
−30.6%
W7→8
−28.9%
W8→9
Steepest −42.3%Best hold −16.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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