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The Golden ChildFollow

1986 • PG-13 • 1h 33m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Paramount Pictures

Eddie Murphy is the chosen one.

🍅 21% 47% MC 37 LB 2.92 IMDb 6.0
CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$11.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$79.80M
Final
Domestic legs6.9x
Budget$12M
1986 rank#8
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Cast & crew

Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy Starring Charles Dance Charles Dance Starring James Hong James Hong Starring
ScreenplayDennis Feldman Produced byEdward S. Feldman, Robert D. Wachs CinematographyDonald E. Thorin Music byMichel Colombier, John Barry StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 12-14 1 $11.5M — 1,667 $6,928 $11.5M
2 Dec 19-21 1 $7.9M −31.7% 1,667 $4,732 $23.2M
3 Dec 26-28 1 $10.1M +28.3% 1,714 $5,903 $38.5M
4 Jan 2-4 1 $6.6M −34.3% 1,714 $3,877 $52.2M
5 Jan 9-11 1 $4.5M −31.9% 1,657 $2,732 $58.6M
6 Jan 16-18 3 $3.9M −13.4% 1,565 $2,505 $63.9M
7 Jan 23-25 5 $2.5M −35.0% 1,451 $1,757 $67.6M
8 Jan 30-Feb 1 5 $2.3M −9.7% 1,254 $1,835 $70.7M
9 Feb 6-8 9 $1.6M −31.9% 1,109 $1,413 $72.8M
10 Feb 13-16 11 $1.1M −28.6% 748 $1,495 $74.3M
13 Mar 6-8 14 $633.9K — 480 $1,321 $76.9M
14 Mar 13-15 17 $477.0K −24.7% 381 $1,252 $77.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M
$11.5M
$7.9M
$10.1M
$6.6M
$4.5M
$3.9M
$2.5M
$2.3M
$1.6M
$1.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.6%
−31.7%
W1→2
+28.3%
W2→3
−34.3%
W3→4
−31.9%
W4→5
−13.4%
W5→6
−35.0%
W6→7
−9.7%
W7→8
−31.9%
W8→9
−28.6%
W9→10
Steepest −35.0%Biggest gain +28.3%

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