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After Hours

1985 • R • 1h 37m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros.

When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you!

🍅 90% 87% MC 89 LB 4.13 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$45.4K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic Total
$10.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$10.7M
$15.8K international
Domestic Legs5.1x
Budget$4.5M
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Cast & Crew

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Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese Director Griffin Dunne Griffin Dunne Starring Rosanna Arquette Rosanna Arquette Starring Teri Garr Teri Garr Starring John Heard John Heard Starring
ScreenplayJoseph Minion Produced byAmy Robinson, Griffin Dunne, Robert F. Colesberry CinematographyMichael Ballhaus Music byHoward Shore StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 13-15 30 $45.4K — 1 $45,435 $45.4K
2 Sep 20-22 24 $107.4K +136.5% 4 $26,862 $198.1K
3 Sep 27-29 11 $519.3K +383.3% 39 $13,314 $784.8K
4 Oct 4-6 14 $405.9K −21.8% 39 $10,407 $1.4M
5 Oct 11-13 9 $2.1M +413.0% 496 $4,198 $3.6M
6 Oct 18-20 9 $1.5M −25.8% 503 $3,069 $5.6M
7 Oct 25-27 9 $1.2M −24.1% 485 $2,417 $7.2M
8 Nov 1-3 11 $948.2K −19.1% 439 $2,160 $8.5M
9 Nov 8-10 16 $613.1K −35.3% 350 $1,752 $9.4M
10 Nov 15-17 16 $512.8K −16.4% 362 $1,417 $10.1M
11 Nov 22-24 20 $336.4K −34.4% 255 $1,319 $10.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $512.8K
$45.4K
$107.4K
$519.3K
$405.9K
$2.1M
$1.5M
$1.2M
$948.2K
$613.1K
$512.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.4%
+136.5%
W1→2
+383.3%
W2→3
−21.8%
W3→4
+413.0%
W4→5
−25.8%
W5→6
−24.1%
W6→7
−19.1%
W7→8
−35.3%
W8→9
−16.4%
W9→10
Steepest −35.3%Biggest gain +413.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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