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The ToyFollow

1982 • PG • 1h 42m • Comedy, Family • Columbia Pictures

When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.

🍅 3% 54% MC 16 LB 2.75 IMDb 5.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$47.10M
Final
Domestic legs7.5x
1982 rank#14
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Cast & crew

Full Donner filmography
Richard Donner Richard Donner Director Richard Pryor Richard Pryor Starring Ned Beatty Ned Beatty Starring
ScreenplayCarol Sobieski Produced byPhil Feldman CinematographyLászló Kovács Music byPatrick Williams StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 10-12 1 $6.3M — 1,381 $4,578 $6.3M
2 Dec 17-19 2 $4.8M −23.9% 1,489 $3,230 $13.1M
3 Dec 24-26 2 $4.2M −12.6% 1,542 $2,728 $20.3M
4 Dec 31-Jan 2 3 $5.2M +23.3% 1,541 $3,365 $30.5M
5 Jan 7-9 5 $4.0M −22.0% 1,459 $2,772 $35.2M
6 Jan 14-16 5 $3.0M −26.5% 1,327 $2,240 $39.0M
7 Jan 21-23 6 $1.9M −34.7% 1,012 $1,917 $41.6M
8 Jan 28-30 6 $1.6M −15.9% 967 $1,688 $43.7M
9 Feb 4-6 11 $1.0M −35.9% 725 $1,442 $45.2M
10 Feb 11-13 11 $811.9K −22.4% 617 $1,316 $46.2M
11 Feb 18-20 15 $704.3K −13.2% 413 $1,705 $47.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $811.9K
$6.3M
$4.8M
$4.2M
$5.2M
$4.0M
$3.0M
$1.9M
$1.6M
$1.0M
$811.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.4%
−23.9%
W1→2
−12.6%
W2→3
+23.3%
W3→4
−22.0%
W4→5
−26.5%
W5→6
−34.7%
W6→7
−15.9%
W7→8
−35.9%
W8→9
−22.4%
W9→10
Steepest −35.9%Biggest gain +23.3%

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