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The Good SonFollow

1993 • R • 1h 27m • Drama, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

Evil has many faces.

🍅 26% 54% MC 45 LB 3.12 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$12.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$44.50M
Final
Domestic legs3.6x
1993 rank#33
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Cast & crew

Macaulay Culkin Macaulay Culkin Starring Elijah Wood Elijah Wood Starring Wendy Crewson Wendy Crewson Starring David Morse David Morse Starring
ScreenplayIan McEwan Produced byMary Ann Page, Joseph Ruben CinematographyJohn Lindley Music byElmer Bernstein Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 24-26 1 $12.5M — 1,847 $6,779 $12.5M
2 Oct 1-3 2 $7.8M −37.9% 1,877 $4,145 $23.6M
3 Oct 8-10 4 $5.1M −34.1% 1,902 $2,697 $30.5M
4 Oct 15-17 6 $3.2M −37.2% 1,708 $1,887 $35.2M
5 Oct 22-24 9 $2.1M −35.0% 1,508 $1,389 $38.1M
Weekend grossWk 5 · $2.1M
$12.5M
$7.8M
$5.1M
$3.2M
$2.1M
W1W2W3W4W5
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −35.0%
−37.9%
W1→2
−34.1%
W2→3
−37.2%
W3→4
−35.0%
W4→5
Steepest −37.9%Best hold −34.1%

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