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The UntouchablesFollow

1987 • R • 1h 59m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

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🍅 83% 89% MC 79 LB 3.86 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$76.30M
Final
Domestic legs7.6x
Budget$25M
1987 rank#5
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Cast & crew

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Brian De Palma Brian De Palma Director Kevin Costner Kevin Costner Starring Sean Connery Sean Connery Starring Charles Martin Smith Charles Martin Smith Starring Andy García Andy García Starring Robert De Niro Robert De Niro Starring
ScreenplayDavid Mamet Produced byArt Linson Music byEnnio Morricone StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 5-7 2 $10.0M — 1,012 $9,904 $13.3M
2 Jun 12-14 4 $7.0M −30.0% 1,012 $6,930 $25.2M
3 Jun 19-21 4 $7.1M +1.4% 1,501 $4,738 $35.8M
4 Jun 26-28 6 $5.1M −28.7% 1,491 $3,401 $44.6M
5 Jul 3-5 6 $4.0M −20.3% 1,476 $2,739 $51.5M
6 Jul 10-12 8 $3.2M −20.6% 1,369 $2,346 $57.0M
14 Sep 4-6 21 $727.0K — 409 $1,777 $73.8M
17 Sep 25-27 24 $254.5K — 287 $887 $75.4M
18 Oct 2-4 28 $180.1K −29.2% 205 $878 $75.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 6 · $3.2M
$10.0M
$7.0M
$7.1M
$5.1M
$4.0M
$3.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −20.6%
−30.0%
W1→2
+1.4%
W2→3
−28.7%
W3→4
−20.3%
W4→5
−20.6%
W5→6
Steepest −30.0%Biggest gain +1.4%

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