Better Off Dead

Name: Better Off Dead
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1985
Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Wyss, Diane Franklin, Aaron Dozier, Curtis Armstrong

1985 • PG • 1h 37m • Comedy, Romance • Warner Bros.

Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.

🍅 75% 87%

3.52

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$56K

Limited · 13 theaters

Domestic Total

$10.3M

Final

Domestic Legs4.0x

1985 Rank#78

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySavage Steve Holland ScreenplaySavage Steve Holland Produced byMichael Jaffe CinematographyIsidore Mankofsky StarringJohn Cusack, Amanda Wyss, Diane Franklin, Aaron Dozier, Curtis Armstrong, David Ogden Stiers StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 23-25 31 $56.4K — 13 $4,336 $56.4K

2 Aug 30-Sep 2 35 $62.9K +11.5% 13 $4,837 $139.1K

3 Sep 6-8 34 $28.6K −54.5% 11 $2,599 $174.8K

4 Sep 13-15 32 $20.6K −27.9% 9 $2,291 $200.5K

5 Sep 20-22 33 $14.7K −28.7% 8 $1,837 $219.4K

6 Sep 27-29 32 $9.2K −37.6% 7 $1,310 $231.7K

7 Oct 4-6 32 $9.8K +6.4% 4 $2,441 $244.3K

8 Oct 11-13 7 $2.6M +26257.6% 650 $3,959 $2.8M

9 Oct 18-20 7 $1.8M −29.4% 638 $2,849 $5.0M

10 Oct 25-27 8 $1.2M −32.4% 616 $1,994 $6.6M

11 Nov 1-3 10 $1.1M −7.4% 622 $1,828 $8.0M

12 Nov 8-10 14 $749.3K −34.1% 511 $1,466 $9.1M

13 Nov 15-17 15 $554.1K −26.1% 495 $1,119 $9.8M

14 Nov 22-24 22 $317.9K −42.6% 372 $855 $10.3M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$56.4K

$62.9K

$28.6K

$20.6K

$14.7K

$9.2K

$9.8K

$2.6M

$1.8M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.4%

+11.5%

W1→2

−54.5%

W2→3

−27.9%

W3→4

−28.7%

W4→5

−37.6%

W5→6

+6.4%

W6→7

+26257.6%

W7→8

−29.4%

W8→9

−32.4%

W9→10

Steepest −54.5%Biggest gain +26257.6%

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