Commando

Name: Commando
Director: Mark L. Lester
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1985
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells

1985 • R • 1h 30m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

Somewhere, somehow, someone's going to pay.

🍅 70% 68%

3.40

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$35.1M

Final

Domestic Legs4.6x

Budget$10M

1985 Rank#24

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMark L. Lester ScreenplaySteven E. de Souza Produced byJoel Silver CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti Music byJames Horner StarringArnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 4-6 1 $7.7M — 1,495 $5,151 $7.7M

2 Oct 11-13 1 $6.5M −15.1% 1,503 $4,351 $16.9M

3 Oct 18-20 1 $4.2M −36.2% 1,504 $2,773 $22.4M

4 Oct 25-27 3 $2.8M −33.9% 1,481 $1,861 $26.4M

5 Nov 1-3 6 $1.9M −29.6% 1,237 $1,569 $29.2M

6 Nov 8-10 10 $1.3M −32.9% 975 $1,336 $31.2M

7 Nov 15-17 12 $972.0K −25.4% 824 $1,180 $32.6M

8 Nov 22-24 14 $867.3K −10.8% 924 $939 $33.8M

9 Nov 29-Dec 1 15 $668.3K −22.9% 546 $1,224 $34.9M

Weekend grossWk 9 · $668.3K

$7.7M

$6.5M

$4.2M

$2.8M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$972.0K

$867.3K

$668.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −22.9%

−15.1%

W1→2

−36.2%

W2→3

−33.9%

W3→4

−29.6%

W4→5

−32.9%

W5→6

−25.4%

W6→7

−10.8%

W7→8

−22.9%

W8→9

Steepest −36.2%Best hold −10.8%

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