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The Color of MoneyFollow

1986 • R • 1h 59m • Drama, Sport • Touchstone Pictures

The Hustler isn't what he used to be. But he has the next best thing. A kid who is.

🍅 87% 74% MC 77 LB 3.74 IMDb 7.0
CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$52.30M
Final
Domestic legs8.2x
Budget$10M
1986 rank#12
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Cast & crew

Full Scorsese filmography
Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese Director Paul Newman Paul Newman Starring Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Starring John Turturro John Turturro Starring Bill Cobbs Bill Cobbs Starring
ScreenplayRichard Price Produced byIrving Axelrad, Barbara De Fina CinematographyMichael Ballhaus Music byRobbie Robertson StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 17-19 2 $6.4M — 635 $10,012 $6.4M
2 Oct 24-26 2 $5.3M −17.3% 817 $6,434 $13.7M
3 Oct 31-Nov 2 2 $5.3M +0.7% 1,183 $4,474 $20.8M
4 Nov 7-9 2 $4.4M −16.9% 1,205 $3,652 $27.0M
5 Nov 14-16 2 $3.1M −29.4% 1,205 $2,579 $31.5M
6 Nov 21-23 5 $2.5M −19.4% 1,183 $2,117 $34.7M
7 Nov 28-30 5 $3.2M +27.9% 1,170 $2,739 $39.6M
8 Dec 5-7 6 $1.5M −53.1% 1,104 $1,362 $41.7M
9 Dec 12-14 10 $694.4K −53.8% 906 $766 $42.7M
13 Jan 9-11 20 $560.9K — 591 $949 $46.1M
14 Jan 16-18 23 $378.8K −32.5% 431 $879 $46.6M
15 Jan 23-25 23 $257.5K −32.0% 391 $658 $46.9M
16 Jan 30-Feb 1 27 $180.6K −29.8% 273 $662 $47.2M
25 Apr 3-5 15 $857.3K — 690 $1,242 $50.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 9 · $694.4K
$6.4M
$5.3M
$5.3M
$4.4M
$3.1M
$2.5M
$3.2M
$1.5M
$694.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −53.8%
−17.3%
W1→2
+0.7%
W2→3
−16.9%
W3→4
−29.4%
W4→5
−19.4%
W5→6
+27.9%
W6→7
−53.1%
W7→8
−53.8%
W8→9
Steepest −53.8%Biggest gain +27.9%

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