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Cocktail

1988 • R • 1h 43m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Touchstone Pictures

When he pours, he reigns.

🍅 11% 58% MC 12 LB 2.88 IMDb 6.0
CS B+

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$11.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$78.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$171.5M
$93.3M international
Domestic Legs6.6x
Budget$20M
1988 Rank#8
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Cast & Crew

Full Donaldson filmography
Roger Donaldson Roger Donaldson Director Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Starring Bryan Brown Bryan Brown Starring Elisabeth Shue Elisabeth Shue Starring Kelly Lynch Kelly Lynch Starring Gina Gershon Gina Gershon Starring
ScreenplayHeywood Gould Produced byTed Field, Robert W. Cort CinematographyDean Semler Music byJ. Peter Robinson StudioTouchstone Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 29-31 1 $11.8M — 1,404 $8,397 $11.8M
2 Aug 5-7 1 $8.2M −30.4% 1,437 $5,709 $27.4M
3 Aug 12-14 2 $6.2M −24.1% 1,462 $4,259 $38.7M
4 Aug 19-21 5 $4.0M −35.7% 1,462 $2,739 $46.2M
5 Aug 26-28 7 $2.9M −27.0% 1,339 $2,185 $51.4M
6 Sep 2-5 6 $4.4M +49.5% 1,404 $3,116 $57.4M
7 Sep 9-11 6 $2.2M −49.2% 1,417 $1,568 $60.3M
8 Sep 16-18 8 $1.9M −15.3% 1,364 $1,379 $63.0M
9 Sep 23-25 5 $1.6M −12.7% 1,276 $1,287 $65.4M
10 Sep 30-Oct 2 8 $1.5M −6.0% 1,187 $1,301 $67.5M
11 Oct 7-10 10 $1.3M −17.2% 1,042 $1,227 $69.2M
12 Oct 14-16 9 $943.8K −26.2% 981 $962 $70.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M
$11.8M
$8.2M
$6.2M
$4.0M
$2.9M
$4.4M
$2.2M
$1.9M
$1.6M
$1.5M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −6.0%
−30.4%
W1→2
−24.1%
W2→3
−35.7%
W3→4
−27.0%
W4→5
+49.5%
W5→6
−49.2%
W6→7
−15.3%
W7→8
−12.7%
W8→9
−6.0%
W9→10
Steepest −49.2%Biggest gain +49.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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