Beethoven

Name: Beethoven
Director: Brian Levant
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Released: 1992
Cast: Chris the Dog, Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones, Nicholle Tom

1992 • PG • 1h 27m • Comedy, Drama, Family • Universal Pictures

The head of the family is the one with the tail.

🍅 31% 36%

2.92

5.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$57.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$147.1M

$90.1M international

Domestic Legs7.5x

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrian Levant ScreenplayJohn Hughes, Amy Holden Jones Produced byJoe Medjuck, Michael C. Gross CinematographyVictor J. Kemper MusicRandy Edelman Prod. DesignAlex Tavoularis StarringChris the Dog, Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones, Nicholle Tom, Christopher Castile, Oliver Platt StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 3-5 3 $7.6M — 1,688 $4,495 $7.6M

2 Apr 10-12 4 $6.1M −19.6% 1,702 $3,585 $15.5M

3 Apr 17-19 3 $5.9M −2.8% 1,925 $3,080 $23.7M

4 Apr 24-26 2 $5.0M −15.2% 1,938 $2,595 $32.0M

5 May 1-3 3 $2.6M −48.7% 1,920 $1,345 $35.3M

6 May 8-10 3 $2.4M −5.5% 1,892 $1,290 $38.2M

7 May 15-17 3 $2.3M −5.4% 1,825 $1,265 $41.1M

8 May 22-25 6 $2.3M +1.7% 1,581 $1,485 $43.9M

9 May 29-31 7 $1.4M −42.2% 1,420 $955 $45.6M

10 Jun 5-7 9 $1.0M −25.6% 1,140 $885 $47.0M

14 Jul 3-5 11 $1.0M — 986 $1,020 $50.6M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M

$7.6M

$6.1M

$5.9M

$5.0M

$2.6M

$2.4M

$2.3M

$1.4M

$1.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.6%

−19.6%

W1→2

−2.8%

W2→3

−15.2%

W3→4

−48.7%

W4→5

−5.5%

W5→6

−5.4%

W6→7

+1.7%

W7→8

−42.2%

W8→9

−25.6%

W9→10

Steepest −48.7%Biggest gain +1.7%

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