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City Slickers

1991 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Comedy, Western • Columbia Pictures

Yesterday they were businessmen. Today they’re cowboys. Tomorrow they’ll be walking funny.

🍅 84% 65% MC 70 LB 3.38 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$13.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$124.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$179.0M
$55.0M international
Domestic Legs9.5x
Budget$27.0M
1991 Rank#5
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Cast & Crew

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Ron Underwood Ron Underwood Director Billy Crystal Billy Crystal Starring Bruno Kirby Bruno Kirby Starring Helen Slater Helen Slater Starring Jack Palance Jack Palance Starring
ScreenplayLowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel Produced byIrby Smith CinematographyDean Semler Music byMarc Shaiman StudioColumbia Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 7-9 1 $13.0M — 1,992 $6,542 $13.0M
2 Jun 14-16 2 $11.3M −13.5% 2,001 $5,634 $30.6M
3 Jun 21-23 2 $10.8M −4.6% 2,065 $5,208 $47.3M
4 Jun 28-30 3 $8.9M −16.9% 2,108 $4,239 $61.2M
5 Jul 5-7 4 $8.2M −8.2% 2,171 $3,777 $74.6M
6 Jul 12-14 8 $5.8M −28.7% 2,151 $2,719 $83.9M
7 Jul 19-21 9 $4.8M −17.7% 2,051 $2,346 $91.4M
8 Jul 26-28 10 $3.8M −20.3% 1,816 $2,110 $97.7M
9 Aug 2-4 11 $2.6M −33.1% 1,372 $1,870 $102.2M
10 Aug 9-11 12 $1.8M −29.5% 1,140 $1,586 $105.3M
11 Aug 16-18 11 $1.7M −7.6% 1,139 $1,466 $107.8M
12 Aug 23-25 13 $1.4M −14.8% 1,060 $1,343 $110.0M
13 Aug 30-Sep 2 Labor Day 9 $2.0M — 1,020 $1,941 $112.7M
14 Sep 6-8 9 $1.5M — 1,215 $1,216 $114.4M
15 Sep 13-15 10 $1.3M −10.4% 1,180 $1,121 $116.0M
16 Sep 20-22 11 $1.2M −11% 1,180 $998 $117.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M
$13.0M
$11.3M
$10.8M
$8.9M
$8.2M
$5.8M
$4.8M
$3.8M
$2.6M
$1.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.5%
−13.5%
W1→2
−4.6%
W2→3
−16.9%
W3→4
−8.2%
W4→5
−28.7%
W5→6
−17.7%
W6→7
−20.3%
W7→8
−33.1%
W8→9
−29.5%
W9→10
Steepest −33.1%Best hold −4.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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