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The Jewel of the NileFollow

1985 • PG • 1h 47m • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance • 20th Century Fox

They're back again...and romancing a brand new stone.

🍅 50% 37% MC 53 LB 2.91 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$68.30M
Final
Domestic legs10.3x
1985 rank#9
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Cast & crew

Michael Douglas Michael Douglas Starring Kathleen Turner Kathleen Turner Starring Danny DeVito Danny DeVito Starring Holland Taylor Holland Taylor Starring
ScreenplayMark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner Produced byMichael Douglas CinematographyJan de Bont Music byJack Nitzsche Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 13-15 2 $6.6M — 1,106 $6,009 $8.0M
2 Dec 20-22 2 $4.7M −29.2% 1,106 $4,253 $14.8M
3 Dec 27-29 2 $8.0M +70.4% 1,490 $5,379 $27.6M
4 Jan 3-5 3 $5.9M −26.5% 1,486 $3,965 $39.8M
5 Jan 10-12 3 $4.3M −26.8% 1,483 $2,910 $45.7M
6 Jan 17-19 4 $4.0M −6.3% 1,433 $2,821 $50.9M
7 Jan 24-26 5 $2.7M −33.8% 1,389 $1,926 $54.8M
8 Jan 31-Feb 2 9 $2.0M −27.1% 1,179 $1,655 $57.5M
9 Feb 7-9 9 $1.5M −20.8% 1,066 $1,450 $59.5M
10 Feb 14-16 12 $1.2M −19.8% 765 $1,619 $61.2M
11 Feb 21-23 13 $983.3K −20.6% 775 $1,269 $62.4M
12 Feb 28-Mar 2 13 $719.8K −26.8% 648 $1,111 $63.4M
13 Mar 7-9 14 $634.1K −11.9% 564 $1,124 $64.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M
$6.6M
$4.7M
$8.0M
$5.9M
$4.3M
$4.0M
$2.7M
$2.0M
$1.5M
$1.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.8%
−29.2%
W1→2
+70.4%
W2→3
−26.5%
W3→4
−26.8%
W4→5
−6.3%
W5→6
−33.8%
W6→7
−27.1%
W7→8
−20.8%
W8→9
−19.8%
W9→10
Steepest −33.8%Biggest gain +70.4%

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