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The FlyFollow

1986 • R • 1h 36m • Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

🍅 93% 83% MC 81 LB 4.00 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$40.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$60.60M
$20.20M international
Domestic legs5.8x
1986 rank#25
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Cast & crew

Full Cronenberg filmography
David Cronenberg David Cronenberg Director Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum Starring Geena Davis Geena Davis Starring John Getz John Getz Starring
ScreenplayCharles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg Produced byStuart Cornfeld Music byHoward Shore Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 15-17 1 $7.0M — 1195 $5,858 $7.0M
2 Aug 22-24 1 $4.7M −32.5% 1201 $3,935 $15.7M
3 Aug 29-31 3 $4.2M −11.2% 1171 $3,585 $22.3M
4 Sep 5-7 3 $2.5M −40.4% 1171 $2,136 $26.1M
5 Sep 12-14 3 $1.9M −23.8% 1100 $1,732 $28.9M
6 Sep 19-21 4 $1.6M −17.2% 1052 $1,500 $31.1M
7 Sep 26-28 7 $1.1M −31.0% 967 $1,126 $32.6M
8 Oct 3-5 10 $812.4K −25.4% 815 $997 $33.8M
9 Oct 10-12 13 $418.6K −48.5% 588 $712 $34.5M
10 Oct 17-19 16 $275.0K −34.3% 472 $583 $34.9M
11 Oct 24-26 20 $110.0K −60.0% 206 $534 $35.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $275.0K
$7.0M
$4.7M
$4.2M
$2.5M
$1.9M
$1.6M
$1.1M
$812.4K
$418.6K
$275.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.3%
−32.5%
W1→2
−11.2%
W2→3
−40.4%
W3→4
−23.8%
W4→5
−17.2%
W5→6
−31.0%
W6→7
−25.4%
W7→8
−48.5%
W8→9
−34.3%
W9→10
Steepest −48.5%Best hold −11.2%

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