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Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeFollow

1986 • PG • 2h 2m • Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

Star date: 1986. How on Earth can they save the future?

🍅 82% 81% MC 71 LB 3.74 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$16.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$109.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$133.00M
$23.30M international
Domestic legs6.5x
Budget$24M
1986 rank#5
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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
ScreenplayNicholas Meyer, Harve Bennett, Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes Produced byHarve Bennett CinematographyDonald Peterman MusicLeonard Rosenman StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 28-30 1 $16.9M — 1,349 $12,514 $25.4M
2 Dec 5-7 1 $8.8M −47.7% 1,349 $6,548 $38.9M
3 Dec 12-14 3 $5.1M −42.7% 1,349 $3,753 $46.6M
4 Dec 19-21 2 $5.8M +14.8% 1,886 $3,081 $54.4M
5 Dec 26-28 2 $9.2M +57.6% 1,956 $4,682 $67.9M
6 Jan 2-4 2 $6.2M −32.4% 1,956 $3,167 $81.3M
7 Jan 9-11 2 $4.1M −33.7% 1,876 $2,188 $87.2M
8 Jan 16-19 2 $4.1M −1.2% 1,479 $2,743 $92.7M
9 Jan 23-25 3 $2.6M −36.4% 1,385 $1,863 $96.4M
10 Jan 30-Feb 1 6 $2.3M −12.2% 1,217 $1,863 $99.5M
11 Feb 6-8 8 $1.6M −29.0% 1,018 $1,580 $101.7M
12 Feb 13-16 9 $1.4M −13.7% 717 $1,937 $103.5M
13 Feb 20-22 11 $962.7K −30.7% 623 $1,545 $104.7M
14 Feb 27-Mar 1 14 $635.0K −34.0% 464 $1,369 $105.7M
15 Mar 6-8 15 $557.8K −12.2% 415 $1,344 $106.4M
16 Mar 13-15 16 $503.0K −9.8% 390 $1,290 $107.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.3M
$16.9M
$8.8M
$5.1M
$5.8M
$9.2M
$6.2M
$4.1M
$4.1M
$2.6M
$2.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.2%
−47.7%
W1→2
−42.7%
W2→3
+14.8%
W3→4
+57.6%
W4→5
−32.4%
W5→6
−33.7%
W6→7
−1.2%
W7→8
−36.4%
W8→9
−12.2%
W9→10
Steepest −47.7%Biggest gain +57.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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