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Big

1988 • PG • 1h 44m • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

Have you ever had a really big secret?

🍅 98% 82% MC 73 LB 3.58 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$115M
Final
Worldwide Total
$151.7M
$36.7M international
Domestic Legs14.0x
Budget$18M
1988 Rank#4
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Cast & Crew

Directed byPenny Marshall ScreenplayGary Ross, Anne Spielberg Produced byJames L. Brooks, Robert Greenhut CinematographyBarry Sonnenfeld Music byHoward Shore StarringTom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, Mercedes Ruehl Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 3-5 2 $8.2M — 1,132 $7,258 $8.2M
2 Jun 10-12 2 $7.9M −3.8% 1,134 $6,967 $20.5M
3 Jun 17-19 2 $6.6M −16.3% 1,174 $5,634 $31.2M
4 Jun 24-26 2 $7.2M +9.0% 1,377 $5,236 $42.5M
5 Jul 1-3 3 $6.6M −8.7% 1,419 $4,636 $53.0M
6 Jul 8-10 4 $5.1M −21.9% 1,384 $3,712 $60.6M
7 Jul 15-17 5 $5.0M −2.0% 1,346 $3,740 $68.6M
8 Jul 22-24 9 $3.9M −22.4% 1,276 $3,060 $75.3M
9 Jul 29-31 8 $3.1M −19.5% 1,254 $2,506 $80.9M
10 Aug 5-7 7 $2.7M −13.8% 1,272 $2,130 $85.1M
11 Aug 12-14 9 $2.2M −17.9% 1,171 $1,900 $88.9M
14 Sep 2-4 9 $2.5M — 1,177 $2,114 $97.9M
15 Sep 9-11 10 $1.3M −46.7% 1,123 $1,181 $99.6M
17 Sep 23-25 12 $1.1M — 931 $1,198 $102.8M
20 Oct 14-16 10 $903.3K — 834 $1,083 $106.7M
21 Oct 21-23 12 $851.0K −5.8% 782 $1,088 $107.8M
22 Oct 28-30 12 $657.0K −22.8% 764 $860 $108.7M
23 Nov 4-6 11 $591.7K −10.0% 521 $1,136 $109.5M
24 Nov 11-13 11 $440.1K −25.6% 414 $1,063 $110.0M
25 Nov 18-20 12 $294.1K −33.2% 340 $865 $110.5M
26 Nov 25-27 12 $302.2K +2.7% 349 $866 $110.9M
35 Jan 27-29 30 $136.6K — 190 $719 $113.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.7M
$8.2M
$7.9M
$6.6M
$7.2M
$6.6M
$5.1M
$5.0M
$3.9M
$3.1M
$2.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −13.8%
−3.8% W1→2
−16.3% W2→3
+9.0% W3→4
−8.7% W4→5
−21.9% W5→6
−2.0% W6→7
−22.4% W7→8
−19.5% W8→9
−13.8% W9→10
Steepest −22.4%Best hold −2.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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