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Back to School

1986 • PG-13 • 1h 36m • Comedy, Romance, Sport • Orion Pictures

He enrolled in college for the pursuit of finer things...like co-eds, shapely professors, fun and rock and roll.

🍅 81% 68% MC 68 LB 3.17 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$91.3M
Final
Domestic Legs10.3x
1986 Rank#6
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Cast & Crew

Directed byAlan Metter ScreenplayHarold Ramis, Steven Kampmann, PJ Torokvei, William Porter Produced byChuck Russell CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman MusicDanny Elfman Prod. DesignDavid L. Snyder StarringRodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Robert Downey Jr., William Zabka StudioOrion Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 13-15 1 $8.9M — 1,605 $5,533 $8.9M
2 Jun 20-22 3 $7.8M −12.0% 1,610 $4,853 $22.6M
3 Jun 27-29 2 $6.8M −12.5% 1,751 $3,906 $34.0M
4 Jul 4-6 3 $5.1M −25.8% 1,746 $2,907 $43.4M
5 Jul 11-13 3 $5.3M +3.7% 1,713 $3,074 $51.9M
6 Jul 18-20 4 $4.3M −19.3% 1,647 $2,581 $58.8M
7 Jul 25-27 6 $3.6M −15.4% 1,434 $2,509 $64.7M
8 Aug 1-3 10 $2.5M −29.6% 1,221 $2,075 $69.4M
9 Aug 8-10 12 $2.1M −18.9% 1,089 $1,887 $73.0M
10 Aug 15-17 14 $1.5M −27.2% 910 $1,644 $75.7M
11 Aug 22-24 13 $1.2M −19.6% 779 $1,544 $77.9M
13 Sep 5-7 9 $1.4M — 950 $1,424 $82.1M
14 Sep 12-14 8 $1.2M −11.3% 968 $1,240 $83.7M
15 Sep 19-21 8 $1.2M +2.3% 963 $1,275 $85.3M
16 Sep 26-28 10 $923.9K −24.8% 893 $1,035 $86.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M
$8.9M
$7.8M
$6.8M
$5.1M
$5.3M
$4.3M
$3.6M
$2.5M
$2.1M
$1.5M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.2%
−12.0%
W1→2
−12.5%
W2→3
−25.8%
W3→4
+3.7%
W4→5
−19.3%
W5→6
−15.4%
W6→7
−29.6%
W7→8
−18.9%
W8→9
−27.2%
W9→10
Steepest −29.6%Biggest gain +3.7%

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