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1983 • PG • 1h 54m • Science Fiction, Thriller • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Is it a game, or is it real?

🍅 93% 76% MC 77 LB 3.52 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$74.40M
Final
Domestic legs12.0x
Budget$12M
1983 rank#5
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Cast & crew

Full Badham filmography
John Badham John Badham Director Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick Starring Dabney Coleman Dabney Coleman Starring Ally Sheedy Ally Sheedy Starring
ScreenplayLawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes Produced byHarold Schneider CinematographyWilliam A. Fraker Music byArthur B. Rubinstein StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 3-5 3 $6.2M — 843 $7,388 $6.2M
2 Jun 10-12 5 $4.8M −22.5% 843 $5,724 $14.2M
3 Jun 17-19 5 $5.4M +11.0% 843 $6,353 $22.3M
4 Jun 24-26 7 $4.1M −22.7% 973 $4,255 $29.5M
5 Jul 1-4 7 $4.7M +14.3% 974 $4,860 $36.8M
6 Jul 8-10 6 $3.3M −29.7% 977 $3,408 $41.7M
7 Jul 15-17 5 $3.1M −6.7% 977 $3,178 $46.8M
8 Jul 22-24 7 $2.9M −7.3% 948 $3,038 $51.5M
9 Jul 29-31 10 $2.1M −27.2% 843 $2,488 $55.1M
10 Aug 5-7 11 $1.8M −14.3% 862 $2,086 $58.2M
11 Aug 12-14 8 $1.8M −2.4% 862 $2,035 $61.2M
12 Aug 19-21 12 $1.4M −20.1% 842 $1,664 $63.7M
13 Aug 26-28 13 $1.3M −10.3% 816 $1,540 $65.8M
14 Sep 2-5 10 $1.8M +39.6% 821 $2,137 $68.2M
15 Sep 9-11 10 $964.9K −45.0% 849 $1,136 $69.5M
16 Sep 16-18 11 $822.0K −14.8% 800 $1,028 $70.7M
17 Sep 23-25 13 $710.8K −13.5% 745 $954 $71.7M
18 Sep 30-Oct 2 15 $673.1K −5.3% 681 $988 $72.5M
19 Oct 7-9 14 $600.6K −10.8% 571 $1,052 $73.3M
20 Oct 14-16 16 $343.8K −42.8% 443 $776 $73.8M
21 Oct 21-23 18 $299.9K −12.8% 385 $779 $74.2M
22 Oct 28-30 21 $132.9K −55.7% 255 $521 $74.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M
$6.2M
$4.8M
$5.4M
$4.1M
$4.7M
$3.3M
$3.1M
$2.9M
$2.1M
$1.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.3%
−22.5%
W1→2
+11.0%
W2→3
−22.7%
W3→4
+14.3%
W4→5
−29.7%
W5→6
−6.7%
W6→7
−7.3%
W7→8
−27.2%
W8→9
−14.3%
W9→10
Steepest −29.7%Biggest gain +14.3%

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