Big Trouble in Little China

Name: Big Trouble in Little China
Director: John Carpenter
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1986
Cast: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong

1986 • PG-13 • 1h 39m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • 20th Century Fox

Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.

🍅 65% 82%

3.71

7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$2.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$11.1M

Final

Domestic Legs4.1x

Budget$25M

1986 Rank#68

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Cast & Crew

Full Carpenter filmography

John Carpenter Director

Kurt Russell Starring

Kim Cattrall Starring

James Hong Starring

ScreenplayGary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein Produced byLarry Franco CinematographyDean Cundey MusicJohn Carpenter Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 4-6 12 $2.7M — 1,053 $2,586 $2.7M

2 Jul 11-13 11 $2.1M −24.3% 1,092 $1,887 $7.4M

3 Jul 18-20 13 $792.9K −61.5% 667 $1,189 $9.2M

4 Jul 25-27 13 $415.4K −47.6% 438 $948 $10.1M

5 Aug 1-3 16 $253.7K −38.9% 269 $943 $10.6M

6 Aug 8-10 26 $203.3K −19.8% 255 $797 $10.9M

Weekend grossWk 6 · $203.3K

$2.7M

$2.1M

$792.9K

$415.4K

$253.7K

$203.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −19.8%

−24.3%

W1→2

−61.5%

W2→3

−47.6%

W3→4

−38.9%

W4→5

−19.8%

W5→6

Steepest −61.5%Best hold −19.8%

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