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1988 • R • 1h 53m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.

🍅 83% 67% MC 73 LB 3.45 IMDb 6.8
CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$63.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$103.00M
$39.20M international
Domestic legs13.5x
1988 rank#12
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Cast & crew

Full Nichols filmography
Mike Nichols Mike Nichols Director Melanie Griffith Melanie Griffith Starring Harrison Ford Harrison Ford Starring Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver Starring Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin Starring Joan Cusack Joan Cusack Starring
ScreenplayKevin Wade Produced byDouglas Wick CinematographyMichael Ballhaus Music byCarly Simon, Rob Mounsey Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 23-25 4 $4.7M — 1,046 $4,511 $5.6M
2 Dec 30-Jan 1 5 $7.3M +55.7% 1,060 $6,930 $16.7M
3 Jan 6-8 4 $5.0M −31.8% 1,062 $4,719 $23.5M
4 Jan 13-15 5 $4.5M −9.9% 1,140 $3,960 $29.7M
5 Jan 20-22 5 $3.1M −31.8% 1,148 $2,681 $34.2M
6 Jan 27-29 6 $3.0M −2.4% 1,149 $2,615 $38.2M
7 Feb 3-5 7 $2.5M −15.5% 1,133 $2,240 $41.7M
8 Feb 10-12 10 $2.1M −16.9% 1,100 $1,918 $44.5M
9 Feb 17-19 10 $2.7M +29.0% 825 $3,299 $48.0M
10 Feb 24-26 9 $1.9M −31.8% 963 $1,926 $50.3M
16 Apr 7-9 13 $919.9K — 644 $1,428 $60.1M
18 Apr 21-23 19 $460.7K — 421 $1,094 $61.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.9M
$4.7M
$7.3M
$5.0M
$4.5M
$3.1M
$3.0M
$2.5M
$2.1M
$2.7M
$1.9M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.8%
+55.7%
W1→2
−31.8%
W2→3
−9.9%
W3→4
−31.8%
W4→5
−2.4%
W5→6
−15.5%
W6→7
−16.9%
W7→8
+29.0%
W8→9
−31.8%
W9→10
Steepest −31.8%Biggest gain +55.7%

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