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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of FearFollow

1991 • PG-13 • 1h 25m • Comedy, Crime • Paramount Pictures

If you see only one movie this year... you ought to get out more often.

🍅 77% 65% MC 65 LB 3.42 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$20.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$86.90M
Final
Domestic legs4.2x
Budget$23M
1991 rank#10
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Cast & crew

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David Zucker David Zucker Director Leslie Nielsen Leslie Nielsen Starring Priscilla Presley Priscilla Presley Starring George Kennedy George Kennedy Starring
ScreenplayDavid Zucker, Pat Proft Produced byRobert K. Weiss CinematographyRobert M. Stevens MusicIra Newborn StudioParamount Pictures SeriesThe Naked Gun

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 28-30 1 $20.8M — 2,378 $8,754 $20.8M
2 Jul 5-7 2 $11.6M −44.1% 2,378 $4,890 $43.2M
3 Jul 12-14 5 $7.3M −37.0% 2,307 $3,176 $56.0M
4 Jul 19-21 8 $5.5M −24.4% 2,191 $2,527 $65.3M
5 Jul 26-28 9 $4.0M −27.4% 1,851 $2,173 $72.5M
16 Oct 11-13 20 $413.2K — 558 $741 $85.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 5 · $4.0M
$20.8M
$11.6M
$7.3M
$5.5M
$4.0M
W1W2W3W4W5
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −27.4%
−44.1%
W1→2
−37.0%
W2→3
−24.4%
W3→4
−27.4%
W4→5
Steepest −44.1%Best hold −24.4%

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