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The Karate Kid Part IIFollow

1986 • PG • 1h 53m • Action, Family, Sport • Sony Pictures Releasing

One more lesson to share. The price of honor. The power of friendship. And the way you must fight when only the winner survives.

🍅 49% 52% MC 55 LB 3.29 IMDb 6.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$12.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$115.10M
Final
Domestic legs9.1x
1986 rank#4
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Cast & crew

Directed byJohn G. Avildsen ScreenplayRobert Mark Kamen Produced byJerry Weintraub CinematographyJames Crabe MusicBill Conti StarringRalph Macchio, Pat Morita, Danny Kamekona, Nobu McCarthy, Yuji Okumoto, Tamlyn Tomita StudioSony Pictures SeriesThe Karate Kid

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 20-22 1 $12.7M — 1,323 $9,563 $12.7M
2 Jun 27-29 1 $8.9M −29.9% 1,327 $6,685 $28.9M
3 Jul 4-6 1 $6.2M −29.6% 1,298 $4,814 $40.7M
4 Jul 11-13 1 $6.7M +6.7% 1,543 $4,321 $51.5M
5 Jul 18-20 2 $5.6M −16.6% 1,602 $3,472 $61.1M
6 Jul 25-27 3 $5.0M −10.7% 1,610 $3,084 $69.4M
7 Aug 1-3 4 $4.2M −16.0% 1,601 $2,604 $76.8M
8 Aug 8-10 2 $3.7M −11.9% 1,586 $2,317 $83.1M
9 Aug 15-17 4 $3.3M −9.1% 1,570 $2,128 $88.8M
10 Aug 22-24 6 $2.8M −16.0% 1,549 $1,813 $93.7M
11 Aug 29-Sep 1 4 $3.8M +34.5% 1,542 $2,449 $98.9M
12 Sep 5-7 4 $2.3M −39.5% 1,512 $1,511 $101.7M
13 Sep 12-14 4 $1.9M −17.6% 1,430 $1,317 $104.0M
14 Sep 19-21 3 $1.8M −4.1% 1,356 $1,333 $106.3M
15 Sep 26-28 5 $1.4M −20.5% 1,290 $1,114 $108.1M
16 Oct 3-5 7 $1.2M −19.4% 1,133 $1,022 $109.5M
17 Oct 10-12 10 $940.3K −18.8% 922 $1,020 $110.7M
18 Oct 17-19 11 $654.0K −30.4% 804 $813 $111.5M
19 Oct 24-26 12 $496.1K −24.1% 629 $789 $112.1M
20 Oct 31-Nov 2 13 $344.6K −30.6% 440 $783 $112.6M
21 Nov 7-9 13 $341.8K −0.8% 440 $777 $113.1M
22 Nov 14-16 14 $296.6K −13.2% 339 $875 $113.5M
23 Nov 21-23 16 $281.0K −5.3% 329 $854 $113.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8M
$12.7M
$8.9M
$6.2M
$6.7M
$5.6M
$5.0M
$4.2M
$3.7M
$3.3M
$2.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.0%
−29.9%
W1→2
−29.6%
W2→3
+6.7%
W3→4
−16.6%
W4→5
−10.7%
W5→6
−16.0%
W6→7
−11.9%
W7→8
−9.1%
W8→9
−16.0%
W9→10
Steepest −29.9%Biggest gain +6.7%

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