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Tommy BoyFollow

1995 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Comedy, Adventure • Paramount Pictures

If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

🍅 40% 90% MC 46 LB 3.38 IMDb 7.1
CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$32.60M
Final
Domestic legs4.1x
1995 rank#55
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Cast & crew

Full Segal filmography
Peter Segal Peter Segal Director Chris Farley Chris Farley Starring David Spade David Spade Starring Julie Warner Julie Warner Starring Dan Aykroyd Dan Aykroyd Starring Brian Dennehy Brian Dennehy Starring
ScreenplayBonnie Turner, Terry Turner Produced byLorne Michaels CinematographyVictor J. Kemper Music byDavid Newman StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 31-Apr 2 1 $8.0M — 2,165 $3,708 $8.0M
2 Apr 7-9 3 $6.1M −23.8% 2,186 $2,799 $16.3M
3 Apr 14-16 5 $4.2M −31.3% 2,186 $1,924 $22.5M
4 Apr 21-23 8 $2.6M −38.4% 2,069 $1,251 $26.6M
5 Apr 28-30 12 $1.3M −48.7% 1,641 $810 $28.4M
6 May 5-7 13 $868.4K −34.7% 1,181 $735 $29.6M
7 May 12-14 17 $474.8K −45.3% 767 $619 $30.2M
8 May 19-21 23 $237.9K −49.9% 456 $522 $30.6M
9 May 26-28 36 $101.0K −57.6% 158 $639 $30.7M
10 Jun 2-4 44 $39.0K −61.3% 92 $424 $30.8M
11 Jun 9-11 46 $50.8K +30.1% 89 $571 $30.9M
12 Jun 16-18 54 $27.9K −45.1% 73 $382 $30.9M
14 Jun 30-Jul 2 18 $309.4K — 568 $545 $31.2M
15 Jul 7-9 19 $266.1K −14.0% 436 $610 $31.8M
16 Jul 14-16 25 $175.1K −34.2% 267 $656 $32.1M
17 Jul 21-23 32 $102.3K −41.5% 143 $716 $32.3M
18 Jul 28-30 41 $52.2K −49.0% 93 $561 $32.5M
19 Aug 4-6 51 $41.6K −20.4% 61 $681 $32.5M
20 Aug 11-13 58 $26.7K −35.7% 40 $668 $32.6M
21 Aug 18-20 60 $19.5K −26.9% 28 $697 $32.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $39.0K
$8.0M
$6.1M
$4.2M
$2.6M
$1.3M
$868.4K
$474.8K
$237.9K
$101.0K
$39.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −61.3%
−23.8%
W1→2
−31.3%
W2→3
−38.4%
W3→4
−48.7%
W4→5
−34.7%
W5→6
−45.3%
W6→7
−49.9%
W7→8
−57.6%
W8→9
−61.3%
W9→10
Steepest −61.3%Best hold −23.8%

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