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The HitcherFollow

1986 • R • 1h 37m • Mystery, Thriller • TriStar Pictures

The terror starts the moment he stops.

🍅 63% 75% MC 32 LB 3.63 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$5.80M
Final
Domestic legs2.7x
1986 rank#97
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Cast & crew

Rutger Hauer Rutger Hauer Starring C. Thomas Howell C. Thomas Howell Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh Starring
ScreenplayEric Red Produced byDavid Bombyk, Kip Ohman CinematographyJohn Seale MusicMark Isham Prod. DesignDennis Gassner StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 21-23 8 $2.1M — 794 $2,688 $2.1M
2 Feb 28-Mar 2 11 $1.1M −49.5% 793 $1,360 $3.5M
3 Mar 7-9 15 $581.4K −46.1% 461 $1,261 $4.5M
Weekend grossWk 3 · $581.4K
$2.1M
$1.1M
$581.4K
W1W2W3
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · −46.1%
−49.5%
W1→2
−46.1%
W2→3
Steepest −49.5%Best hold −46.1%

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