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Name: *batteries not included
Director: Matthew Robbins
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1987
Cast: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Michael Carmine

1987 • PG • 1h 46m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

Five ordinary people needed a miracle. Then one night, Faye Riley left the window open.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$32.9M

Final

Worldwide Total

$65.1M

$32.1M international

Domestic Legs9.9x

1987 Rank#36

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMatthew Robbins ScreenplayBrad Bird, Matthew Robbins, S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock Produced byRonald L. Schwary CinematographyJohn McPherson MusicJames Horner StarringHume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Michael Carmine, Dennis Boutsikaris StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 18-20 4 $3.3M — 1,328 $2,505 $3.3M

2 Dec 25-27 6 $4.1M +22.8% 1,357 $3,010 $10.0M

3 Jan 1-3 5 $4.8M +18.5% 1,367 $3,540 $19.5M

4 Jan 8-10 5 $2.8M −41.5% 1,346 $2,105 $23.1M

6 Jan 22-24 13 $1.2M — 1,073 $1,135 $27.6M

Weekend grossWk 6 · $1.2M

$3.3M

$4.1M

$4.8M

$2.8M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W6

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −41.5%

+22.8%

W1→2

+18.5%

W2→3

−41.5%

W3→4

Steepest −41.5%Biggest gain +22.8%

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