An American Werewolf in London

Name: An American Werewolf in London
Director: John Landis
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Released: 1981
Cast: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Don McKillop

1981 • R • 1h 37m • Comedy, Horror • Universal Pictures

Beware the moon.

🍅 80% 85%

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$32.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$62.0M

$30.0M international

Domestic Legs8.4x

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Landis ScreenplayJohn Landis Produced byGeorge Folsey Jr. CinematographyRobert Paynter MusicElmer Bernstein StarringDavid Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Don McKillop, Brian Glover StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 21-23 2 $3.8M — 870 $4,352 $3.8M

2 Aug 28-30 2 $3.5M −7.6% 750 $4,666 $9.0M

3 Sep 4-6 3 $3.6M +1.8% 825 $4,316 $14.5M

4 Sep 11-13 3 $2.0M −45.0% 767 $2,555 $17.2M

5 Sep 18-20 6 $1.4M −28.6% 544 $2,573 $19.2M

6 Sep 25-27 10 $641.1K −54.2% 305 $2,101 $20.4M

Weekend grossWk 6 · $641.1K

$3.8M

$3.5M

$3.6M

$2.0M

$1.4M

$641.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −54.2%

−7.6%

W1→2

+1.8%

W2→3

−45.0%

W3→4

−28.6%

W4→5

−54.2%

W5→6

Steepest −54.2%Biggest gain +1.8%

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