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The JerkFollow

1979 • R • 1h 34m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

A rags to riches to rags story.

🍅 82% 84% MC 61 LB 3.54 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$73.70M
Final
Domestic legs12.4x
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Cast & crew

Steve Martin Steve Martin Starring Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters Starring M. Emmet Walsh M. Emmet Walsh Starring
ScreenplaySteve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias Produced byDavid V. Picker, William E. McEuen CinematographyVictor J. Kemper Music byJack Elliott StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 14-16 2 $5.9M — 525 $11,305 $5.9M

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