Brewster's Millions

Name: Brewster's Millions
Director: Walter Hill
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1985
Cast: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach

1985 • PG • 1h 42m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

You don't have to be crazy to blow 30 million dollars in 30 days. But it helps.

🍅 39% 56%

3.21

6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$40.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$45.8M

$5.0M international

Domestic Legs4.1x

1985 Rank#21

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Cast & Crew

Full Hill filmography

Walter Hill Director

Richard Pryor Starring

John Candy Starring

Jerry Orbach Starring

Pat Hingle Starring

ScreenplayTimothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod Produced byJoel Silver, Lawrence Gordon CinematographyRic Waite MusicRy Cooder Prod. DesignJohn Vallone StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 24-27 3 $9.9M — 1,521 $6,482 $11.5M

2 May 31-Jun 2 4 $5.5M −44.7% 1,520 $3,587 $18.5M

3 Jun 7-9 5 $3.8M −30.8% 1,404 $2,686 $24.4M

4 Jun 14-16 6 $2.8M −24.9% 1,287 $2,202 $28.8M

5 Jun 21-23 9 $1.7M −39.7% 965 $1,770 $31.8M

6 Jun 28-30 11 $1.3M −21.1% 931 $1,447 $34.2M

7 Jul 5-7 13 $1.0M −24.5% 740 $1,375 $36.1M

Weekend grossWk 7 · $1.0M

$9.9M

$5.5M

$3.8M

$2.8M

$1.7M

$1.3M

$1.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −24.5%

−44.7%

W1→2

−30.8%

W2→3

−24.9%

W3→4

−39.7%

W4→5

−21.1%

W5→6

−24.5%

W6→7

Steepest −44.7%Best hold −21.1%

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