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The Cannonball RunFollow

1981 • PG • 1h 35m • Action, Comedy, Sport • 20th Century Fox

You'll root for them all...but you'll never guess who wins.

🍅 29% 61% MC 28 LB 3.04 IMDb 6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$11.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$57.50M
Final
Domestic legs4.9x
1981 rank#7
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Cast & crew

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Hal Needham Hal Needham Director Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds Starring Roger Moore Roger Moore Starring Dom DeLuise Dom DeLuise Starring Dean Martin Dean Martin Starring
ScreenplayBrock Yates Produced byAlbert S. Ruddy CinematographyMichael C. Butler Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 19-21 2 $11.8M — 1,680 $7,003 $11.8M
2 Jun 26-28 2 $8.2M −30.0% 1,692 $4,871 $27.1M
3 Jul 3-5 5 $5.7M −30.6% 1,573 $3,639 $37.5M
4 Jul 10-12 6 $4.0M −29.5% 1,302 $3,098 $44.4M
5 Jul 17-19 7 $2.9M −29.3% 1,126 $2,533 $49.2M
7 Jul 31-Aug 2 13 $1.4M — 751 $1,844 $54.9M
8 Aug 7-9 16 $763.2K −44.9% 547 $1,395 $56.4M
9 Aug 14-16 15 $677.8K −11.2% 426 $1,591 $57.5M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $677.8K
$11.8M
$8.2M
$5.7M
$4.0M
$2.9M
$1.4M
$763.2K
$677.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −11.2%
−30.0%
W1→2
−30.6%
W2→3
−29.5%
W3→4
−29.3%
W4→5
−44.9%
W7→8
−11.2%
W8→9
Steepest −44.9%Best hold −11.2%

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