Child's Play

Name: Child's Play
Director: Tom Holland
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1988
Cast: Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks, Brad Dourif, Chris Sarandon, Dinah Manoff

1988 • R • 1h 27m • Horror, Thriller • United Artists

You'll wish it was only make-believe.

🍅 65% 66%

3.33

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$6.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$33.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$44.2M

$11.0M international

Domestic Legs5.0x

Budget$9M

1988 Rank#33

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTom Holland ScreenplayTom Holland, Don Mancini, John Lafia Produced byDavid Kirschner CinematographyWilmer Butler MusicJoe Renzetti StarringAlex Vincent, Catherine Hicks, Brad Dourif, Chris Sarandon, Dinah Manoff, Tommy Swerdlow StudioUnited Artists SeriesChild's Play

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 11-13 1 $6.6M — 1,377 $4,781 $8.0M

2 Nov 18-20 2 $5.2M −21.0% 1,386 $3,754 $14.8M

3 Nov 25-27 6 $4.6M −11.0% 1,490 $3,107 $22.1M

4 Dec 2-4 7 $2.3M −50.9% 1,457 $1,559 $25.2M

5 Dec 9-11 9 $1.3M −41.3% 1,354 $985 $27.1M

12 Jan 27-29 21 $319.2K — 313 $1,020 $31.6M

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

Weekend grossWk 5 · $1.3M

$6.6M

$5.2M

$4.6M

$2.3M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −41.3%

−21.0%

W1→2

−11.0%

W2→3

−50.9%

W3→4

−41.3%

W4→5

Steepest −50.9%Best hold −11.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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