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Animal House

1978 • R • 1h 49m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

It was the Deltas against the rules... the rules lost!

🍅 89% 89% MC 79 LB 3.45 IMDb 7.4

Animal House Box Office

Opening Weekend
$277K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$141.6M
Incl. 1979 re-release
Worldwide Total
$141.6M
$7,202 international
Budget$3M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 28-30 1 $277K — $277K 12 $23.0K 1

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Landis
ScreenplayHarold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller
Produced byMatty Simmons, Ivan Reitman
CinematographyCharles Correll
Music byElmer Bernstein
StarringJohn Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Tom Hulce, Donald Sutherland
StudioUniversal Pictures

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