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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.

Back to the Future Box Office

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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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 5-7 1 $11.33M $14.95M 1,419 $8.0K 1
Jul 12-14 1 $10.56M -6.9% $32.58M 1,435 $7.4K 2
Jul 19-21 1 $10.32M -2.2% $50.24M 1,436 $7.2K 3
Jul 26-28 2 $9.49M -8.1% $66.66M 1,508 $6.3K 4
Aug 2-4 1 $8.69M -8.5% $81.94M 1,516 $5.7K 5
Aug 9-11 1 $8.24M -5.1% $95.96M 1,520 $5.4K 6
Aug 16-18 1 $7.33M -11.0% $109.41M 1,506 $4.9K 7
Aug 23-25 1 $6.75M -7.9% $119.82M 1,523 $4.4K 8
Aug 30-Sep 1 1 $9.05M +34.0% $132.75M 1,550 $5.8K 9
Sep 6-8 1 $5.21M -42.4% $138.48M 1,519 $3.4K 10
Sep 13-15 1 $4.13M -20.7% $145.02M 1,472 $2.8K 11
Sep 20-22 1 $3.92M -5.1% $150.20M 1,448 $2.7K 12
Sep 27-29 3 $4.11M +4.7% $155.39M 1,439 $2.9K 13
Oct 4-6 5 $3.38M -17.7% $159.62M 1,350 $2.5K 14
Oct 11-13 5 $3.29M -2.8% $163.70M 1,265 $2.6K 15
Oct 18-20 3 $2.88M -12.4% $167.10M 1,280 $2.3K 16
Oct 25-27 4 $2.24M -22.1% $170.03M 1,288 $1.7K 17
Nov 1-3 5 $2.40M +7.0% $173.05M 1,142 $2.1K 18
Nov 8-10 7 $2.26M -5.9% $175.87M 1,038 $2.2K 19
Nov 15-17 5 $1.95M -13.9% $178.47M 1,048 $1.9K 20
Nov 22-24 5 $1.72M -11.7% $180.64M 1,025 $1.7K 21
Nov 29-Dec 1 5 $2.21M +28.8% $183.76M 1,126 $2.0K 22
Dec 6-8 8 $985K -55.5% $185.09M 898 $1.1K 23
Dec 13-15 10 $700K -28.9% $186.03M 717 $977 24
Dec 20-22 13 $905K +29.3% $187.17M 801 $1.1K 25
Dec 27-29 12 $1.86M +105.4% $189.93M 911 $2.0K 26
Jan 3-5 13 $1.49M -20.0% $193.14M 722 $2.1K 27
Jan 10-12 10 $1.25M -15.9% $194.84M 691 $1.8K 28
Jan 17-19 12 $1.28M +2.3% $196.48M 578 $2.2K 29
Jan 24-26 13 $885K -30.8% $197.90M 601 $1.5K 30
Jan 31-Feb 2 17 $611K -31.0% $198.63M 444 $1.4K 31
Feb 7-9 16 $595K -2.6% $199.39M 399 $1.5K 32
Feb 14-16 17 $614K +3.3% $200.13M 355 $1.7K 33
Oct 31-Nov 2 6 $4.90M $221.94M 2,290 $2.1K 2105
Nov 7-9 $949K -80.6% $224.38M 1,356 $700 2106
Nov 14-16 $134K -85.8% $224.93M 275 $489 2107

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Zemeckis
ScreenplayRobert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Produced byBob Gale, Neil Canton
Executive ProducersSteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
CinematographyDean Cundey
Music byAlan Silvestri
StarringMichael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson
StudioUniversal Pictures

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