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Adventures in Babysitting

1987 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Adventure, Comedy, Crime • Touchstone Pictures

She thought babysitting was easy money - until she started hanging out with the Andersons.

🍅 73% 70% MC 45 LB 3.48 IMDb 7.0

Adventures in Babysitting Box Office

Opening Weekend
$2.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$33.8M
Final
Domestic Legs11.6x
1987 Rank#34
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 3-5 9 $2.90M — $4.22M 1,126 $2.6K 1
Jul 10-12 5 $4.20M +44.9% $11.41M 1,148 $3.7K 2
Jul 17-19 7 $3.33M -20.7% $17.45M 1,126 $3.0K 3
Jul 24-26 10 $2.58M -22.6% $22.15M 1,016 $2.5K 4
Jul 31-Aug 2 10 $1.86M -27.8% $25.67M 909 $2.0K 5
Sep 4-6 24 $628K — $32.21M 532 $1.2K 10
Sep 25-27 26 $240K — $33.45M 426 $563 13
Oct 2-4 26 $201K -16.1% $33.79M 348 $578 14

Cast & Crew

Directed byChris Columbus
ScreenplayDavid Simkins
Produced byDebra Hill, Lynda Obst
CinematographyRic Waite
Music byMichael Kamen
StarringElisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Calvin Levels, Vincent D'Onofrio, Penelope Ann Miller
StudioTouchstone Pictures

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