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The Money PitFollow

1986 • PG • 1h 31m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

For everyone who's ever been deeply in love or deeply in debt.

🍅 52% 58% MC 49 LB 3.16 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$37.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$55.00M
$17.50M international
Domestic legs7.0x
1986 rank#29
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Cast & crew

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Richard Benjamin Richard Benjamin Director Tom Hanks Tom Hanks Starring Shelley Long Shelley Long Starring Maureen Stapleton Maureen Stapleton Starring Joe Mantegna Joe Mantegna Starring Philip Bosco Philip Bosco Starring
ScreenplayDavid Giler Produced byFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Art Levinson CinematographyGordon Willis Prod. DesignPatrizia von Brandenstein StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 28-30 2 $5.3M — 1,189 $4,495 $6.9M
2 Apr 4-6 2 $5.1M −5.5% 1,193 $4,235 $14.1M
3 Apr 11-13 1 $3.6M −27.8% 1,180 $3,090 $18.8M
4 Apr 18-20 3 $2.7M −24.9% 1,180 $2,322 $22.3M
5 Apr 25-27 2 $2.4M −14.1% 1,145 $2,055 $25.5M
6 May 2-4 3 $1.9M −21.1% 1,105 $1,680 $27.9M
7 May 9-11 5 $1.4M −27.0% 1,034 $1,310 $29.6M
8 May 16-18 6 $954.5K −29.5% 984 $970 $30.9M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $954.5K
$5.3M
$5.1M
$3.6M
$2.7M
$2.4M
$1.9M
$1.4M
$954.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −29.5%
−5.5%
W1→2
−27.8%
W2→3
−24.9%
W3→4
−14.1%
W4→5
−21.1%
W5→6
−27.0%
W6→7
−29.5%
W7→8
Steepest −29.5%Best hold −5.5%

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