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Black Sheep

1996 • PG-13 • 1h 27m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

There's one in every family.

🍅 29% 70% MC 34 LB 2.99 IMDb 6.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$10.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$32.3M
Final
Domestic Legs3.1x
1996 Rank#50
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Cast & Crew

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Penelope Spheeris Penelope Spheeris Director David Spade David Spade Starring Tim Matheson Tim Matheson Starring Gary Busey Gary Busey Starring Bruce McGill Bruce McGill Starring
ScreenplayFred Wolf Produced byLorne Michaels CinematographyDaryn Okada MusicWilliam Ross StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 2-4 1 $10.6M — 2,045 $5,180 $10.6M
2 Feb 9-11 3 $6.5M −38.8% 2,092 $3,100 $19.3M
3 Feb 16-19 7 $4.8M −25.6% 2,092 $2,305 $25.6M
4 Feb 23-25 12 $2.0M −58.4% 1,911 $1,049 $28.4M
5 Mar 1-3 15 $1.0M −49.0% 1,317 $777 $29.8M
6 Mar 8-10 21 $553.5K −45.9% 913 $606 $30.6M
7 Mar 15-17 31 $227.0K −59.0% 506 $449 $31.0M
8 Mar 22-24 38 $121.4K −46.5% 307 $395 $31.2M
10 Apr 5-7 49 $39.5K — 95 $416 $31.3M
11 Apr 12-14 54 $36.2K −8.3% 75 $483 $31.3M
13 Apr 26-28 21 $358.2K — 530 $676 $31.7M
14 May 3-5 31 $178.1K −50.3% 364 $489 $32.0M
15 May 10-12 39 $101.0K −43.3% 221 $457 $32.2M
16 May 17-19 47 $60.0K −40.6% 110 $546 $32.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $39.5K
$10.6M
$6.5M
$4.8M
$2.0M
$1.0M
$553.5K
$227.0K
$121.4K
$39.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.5%
−38.8%
W1→2
−25.6%
W2→3
−58.4%
W3→4
−49.0%
W4→5
−45.9%
W5→6
−59.0%
W6→7
−46.5%
W7→8
Steepest −59.0%Best hold −25.6%

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