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Back to the Future

1985 • PG • 1h 56m • Adventure, Science Fiction • Universal Pictures

He was never in time for his classes... He wasn't in time for his dinner... Then one day... he wasn't in his time at all.

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88

4.22

8.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$225.0M

Incl. re-releases

Worldwide Total

$398.2M

$173.2M international

Budget$19M

1985 Rank#1

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Cast & Crew

Full Zemeckis filmography

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis Director

Michael J. Fox Starring

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd Starring

Crispin Glover Starring

Lea Thompson Starring

Thomas F. Wilson

Thomas F. Wilson Starring

ScreenplayRobert Zemeckis, Bob Gale Produced byBob Gale, Neil Canton Executive ProducersSteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy CinematographyDean Cundey Music byAlan Silvestri StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesBack to the Future

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 5-7 1 $11.3M — 1,419 $7,986 $15.0M

2 Jul 12-14 1 $10.6M −6.9% 1,435 $7,355 $32.6M

3 Jul 19-21 1 $10.3M −2.2% 1,436 $7,187 $50.2M

4 Jul 26-28 2 $9.5M −8.1% 1,508 $6,293 $66.7M

5 Aug 2-4 1 $8.7M −8.5% 1,516 $5,730 $81.9M

6 Aug 9-11 1 $8.2M −5.1% 1,520 $5,422 $96.0M

7 Aug 16-18 1 $7.3M −11.0% 1,506 $4,869 $109.4M

8 Aug 23-25 1 $6.8M −7.9% 1,523 $4,435 $119.8M

9 Aug 30-Sep 1 1 $9.0M +34.0% 1,550 $5,838 $132.8M

10 Sep 6-8 1 $5.2M −42.4% 1,519 $3,433 $138.5M

11 Sep 13-15 1 $4.1M −20.7% 1,472 $2,809 $145.0M

12 Sep 20-22 1 $3.9M −5.1% 1,448 $2,710 $150.2M

13 Sep 27-29 3 $4.1M +4.7% 1,439 $2,856 $155.4M

14 Oct 4-6 5 $3.4M −17.7% 1,350 $2,506 $159.6M

15 Oct 11-13 5 $3.3M −2.8% 1,265 $2,599 $163.7M

16 Oct 18-20 3 $2.9M −12.4% 1,280 $2,251 $167.1M

17 Oct 25-27 4 $2.2M −22.1% 1,288 $1,742 $170.0M

18 Nov 1-3 5 $2.4M +7.0% 1,142 $2,104 $173.1M

19 Nov 8-10 7 $2.3M −5.9% 1,038 $2,178 $175.9M

20 Nov 15-17 5 $1.9M −13.9% 1,048 $1,858 $178.5M

21 Nov 22-24 5 $1.7M −11.7% 1,025 $1,678 $180.6M

22 Nov 29-Dec 1 5 $2.2M +28.8% 1,126 $1,967 $183.8M

23 Dec 6-8 8 $985.5K −55.5% 898 $1,097 $185.1M

24 Dec 13-15 10 $700.2K −28.9% 717 $977 $186.0M

25 Dec 20-22 13 $905.5K +29.3% 801 $1,130 $187.2M

26 Dec 27-29 12 $1.9M +105.4% 911 $2,042 $189.9M

27 Jan 3-5 13 $1.5M −20.0% 722 $2,060 $193.1M

28 Jan 10-12 10 $1.3M −15.9% 691 $1,810 $194.8M

29 Jan 17-19 12 $1.3M +2.3% 578 $2,213 $196.5M

30 Jan 24-26 13 $885.2K −30.8% 601 $1,473 $197.9M

31 Jan 31-Feb 2 17 $610.5K −31.0% 444 $1,375 $198.6M

32 Feb 7-9 16 $594.5K −2.6% 399 $1,490 $199.4M

33 Feb 14-16 17 $613.9K +3.3% 355 $1,729 $200.1M

2105 Oct 31-Nov 2 6 $4.9M — 2,290 $2,140 $221.9M

2106 Nov 7-9 — $948.7K −80.6% 1,356 $700 $224.4M

2107 Nov 14-16 — $134.5K −85.8% 275 $489 $224.9M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.2M

$11.3M

$10.6M

$10.3M

$9.5M

$8.7M

$8.2M

$7.3M

$6.8M

$9.0M

$5.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.4%

−6.9%

W1→2

−2.2%

W2→3

−8.1%

W3→4

−8.5%

W4→5

−5.1%

W5→6

−11.0%

W6→7

−7.9%

W7→8

+34.0%

W8→9

−42.4%

W9→10

Steepest −42.4%Biggest gain +34.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

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#6 Most weeks at #1All-time 11 weeks #8 Most weekends in the top 10All-time 25 weekends

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