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1981 • R • 1h 46m • Comedy, War • Columbia Pictures

The story of a man who wanted to keep the world safe for democracy...and meet girls.

🍅 67% 79% MC 68 LB 3.20 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$85.30M
Final
Domestic legs13.9x
Budget$10M
1981 rank#4
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Cast & crew

Full Reitman filmography
Ivan Reitman Ivan Reitman Director Bill Murray Bill Murray Starring Harold Ramis Harold Ramis Starring Warren Oates Warren Oates Starring Sean Young Sean Young Starring John Candy John Candy Starring
ScreenplayLen Blum, Dan Goldberg, Harold Ramis Produced byIvan Reitman, Dan Goldberg CinematographyBill Butler Music byElmer Bernstein StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 26-28 5 $6.2M — 1,074 $5,728 $6.2M
2 Jul 3-5 4 $6.2M +1.5% 1,085 $5,754 $17.1M
3 Jul 10-12 3 $5.7M −8.8% 1,084 $5,252 $26.4M
4 Jul 17-19 2 $5.3M −6.9% — — $35.0M
5 Jul 24-26 3 $4.7M −10.4% 1,086 $4,373 $42.7M
6 Jul 31-Aug 2 4 $3.5M −26.8% 1,064 $3,265 $48.6M
7 Aug 7-9 5 $3.1M −10.0% 991 $3,154 $54.0M
8 Aug 14-16 2 $3.0M −2.7% 1,044 $2,914 $58.8M
9 Aug 21-23 5 $2.2M −27.0% 1,015 $2,187 $62.8M
10 Aug 28-30 4 $2.6M +18.7% 1,117 $2,359 $67.3M
11 Sep 4-7 4 $3.3M +26.6% 110 $30,326 $71.9M
12 Sep 11-13 4 $1.9M −42.9% 1,100 $1,733 $74.3M
13 Sep 18-20 5 $1.6M −18.7% 901 $1,720 $76.5M
14 Sep 25-27 9 $1.4M −10.4% 848 $1,637 $78.3M
15 Oct 2-4 10 $986.0K −29.0% 650 $1,517 $79.7M
17 Oct 16-18 11 $649.4K — 459 $1,415 $81.6M
20 Nov 6-8 11 $356.0K — 257 $1,385 $83.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.6M
$6.2M
$6.2M
$5.7M
$5.3M
$4.7M
$3.5M
$3.1M
$3.0M
$2.2M
$2.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +18.7%
+1.5%
W1→2
−8.8%
W2→3
−6.9%
W3→4
−10.4%
W4→5
−26.8%
W5→6
−10.0%
W6→7
−2.7%
W7→8
−27.0%
W8→9
+18.7%
W9→10
Steepest −27.0%Biggest gain +18.7%

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