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Name: Staying Alive
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1983
Cast: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso

1983 • PG • 1h 36m • Drama, Music • Paramount Pictures

Tony Manero knows the old days are over. But nobody's gonna tell him he can't feel that good again.

🍅 3% 40%

2.61

4.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$63.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$126.00M

$62.20M international

Domestic legs5.3x

Budget$22M

1983 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Directed bySylvester Stallone ScreenplaySylvester Stallone, Norman Wexler Produced byRobert Stigwood, Sylvester Stallone CinematographyNick McLean Music byBee Gees, Frank Stallone StarringJohn Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso, Charles Ward, Frank Stallone StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 15-17 1 $12.1M — 1,660 $7,317 $12.1M

2 Jul 22-24 2 $9.1M −24.8% 1,747 $5,228 $28.5M

3 Jul 29-31 5 $5.3M −42.2% 1,630 $3,237 $38.6M

4 Aug 5-7 5 $3.7M −30.4% 1,380 $2,660 $45.3M

5 Aug 12-14 5 $2.5M −31.5% 998 $2,519 $50.1M

6 Aug 19-21 10 $1.8M −26.9% 818 $2,245 $53.5M

7 Aug 26-28 11 $1.3M −26.7% 761 $1,770 $55.9M

8 Sep 2-4 9 $1.8M +31.1% 755 $2,339 $58.3M

9 Sep 9-11 9 $1.0M −42.3% 700 $1,456 $59.7M

10 Sep 16-18 10 $943.0K −7.5% 700 $1,347 $61.0M

11 Sep 23-25 11 $733.2K −22.2% 581 $1,262 $62.0M

12 Sep 30-Oct 2 16 $531.5K −27.5% 500 $1,063 $62.8M

13 Oct 7-9 18 $454.7K −14.4% 359 $1,267 $63.4M

14 Oct 14-16 17 $336.6K −26.0% 346 $973 $63.8M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $943.0K

$12.1M

$9.1M

$5.3M

$3.7M

$2.5M

$1.8M

$1.3M

$1.8M

$1.0M

$943.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.5%

−24.8%

W1→2

−42.2%

W2→3

−30.4%

W3→4

−31.5%

W4→5

−26.9%

W5→6

−26.7%

W6→7

+31.1%

W7→8

−42.3%

W8→9

−7.5%

W9→10

Steepest −42.3%Biggest gain +31.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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