The GooniesFollow

Name: The Goonies
Director: Richard Donner
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 1985
Cast: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green

1985 • PG • 1h 54m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Warner Bros.

They call themselves "The Goonies." The secret caves. The old lighthouse. The lost map. The treacherous traps. The hidden adventure. And Sloth. Join the adventure.

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3.83

7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$69.40M

All releases

Worldwide total

$70.40M

$949.8K international

Budget$19M

1985 rank#7

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Cast & crew

Full Donner filmography

Richard Donner Director

Sean Astin Starring

Josh Brolin Starring

Corey Feldman Starring

Ke Huy Quan Starring

ScreenplayChris Columbus Story bySteven Spielberg Produced byRichard Donner, Harvey Bernhard Executive ProducersSteven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy CinematographyNick McLean Edited byMichael Kahn Music byDave Grusin StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 7-9 2 $9.1M — 1,705 $5,341 $9.1M

2 Jun 14-16 2 $8.4M −8.0% 1,705 $4,913 $22.1M

3 Jun 21-23 3 $6.3M −25.3% 1,705 $3,669 $32.6M

4 Jun 28-30 5 $4.6M −26.1% 1,705 $2,709 $40.7M

5 Jul 5-7 7 $3.9M −15.6% 1,705 $2,288 $47.6M

6 Jul 12-14 10 $2.2M −43.6% 1,225 $1,796 $51.8M

8 Jul 26-28 13 $1.0M — 883 $1,164 $56.8M

9 Aug 2-4 15 $733.8K −28.6% 691 $1,062 $58.3M

10 Aug 9-11 18 $643.5K −12.3% 600 $1,072 $59.4M

11 Aug 16-18 21 $453.2K −29.6% 474 $956 $60.2M

12 Aug 23-25 25 $309.6K −31.7% 351 $882 $60.8M

13 Aug 30-Sep 1 26 $415.4K +34.2% 316 $1,314 $61.4M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $643.5K

$9.1M

$8.4M

$6.3M

$4.6M

$3.9M

$2.2M

$1.0M

$733.8K

$643.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.3%

−8.0%

W1→2

−25.3%

W2→3

−26.1%

W3→4

−15.6%

W4→5

−43.6%

W5→6

−28.6%

W8→9

−12.3%

W9→10

Steepest −43.6%Best hold −8.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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