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Crocodile Dundee

1986 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Adventure, Comedy • Paramount Pictures

There's a little of him in all of us.

🍅 89% 60% MC 62 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$174.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$328.2M
$153.4M international
Domestic Legs21.7x
Budget$8.8M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Faiman ScreenplayPaul Hogan, John Cornell, Ken Shadie Produced byJohn Cornell CinematographyRussell Boyd MusicPeter Best Prod. DesignGraham "Grace" Walker StarringPaul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard, John Meillon StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 26-28 1 $8.0M — 879 $9,145 $8.0M
2 Oct 3-5 1 $8.2M +2.1% 971 $8,452 $19.5M
3 Oct 10-12 1 $10.6M +28.7% 1,378 $7,663 $32.8M
4 Oct 17-19 1 $7.4M −29.6% 1,378 $5,394 $42.7M
5 Oct 24-26 1 $6.7M −9.3% 1,495 $4,511 $51.8M
6 Oct 31-Nov 2 1 $5.7M −15.3% 1,495 $3,823 $59.7M
7 Nov 7-9 1 $6.4M +11.8% 1,485 $4,304 $68.2M
8 Nov 14-16 1 $5.5M −13.6% 1,485 $3,718 $76.0M
9 Nov 21-23 1 $5.5M +0.3% 1,495 $3,704 $83.1M
10 Nov 28-30 3 $7.3M +31.2% 1,495 $4,860 $94.3M
11 Dec 5-7 4 $3.8M −47.7% 1,487 $2,557 $99.5M
12 Dec 12-14 6 $2.3M −40.2% 1,435 $1,584 $102.9M
13 Dec 19-21 7 $2.3M +0.4% 1,256 $1,817 $106.0M
14 Dec 26-28 3 $5.9M +156.7% 1,423 $4,118 $114.3M
15 Jan 2-4 3 $4.7M −20.2% 1,375 $3,401 $122.9M
16 Jan 9-11 3 $3.3M −30.3% 1,359 $2,397 $127.5M
17 Jan 16-18 5 $3.6M +9.9% 1,315 $2,722 $132.3M
18 Jan 23-25 4 $2.6M −28.3% 1,347 $1,905 $136.0M
19 Jan 30-Feb 1 3 $2.8M +9.6% 1,297 $2,168 $139.8M
20 Feb 6-8 6 $2.6M −7.9% 1,256 $2,061 $143.2M
21 Feb 13-15 6 $2.7M +3.9% 1,200 $2,241 $146.6M
22 Feb 20-22 6 $2.1M −21.3% 1,186 $1,783 $149.4M
23 Feb 27-Mar 1 9 $1.7M −17.4% 1,050 $1,664 $151.8M
24 Mar 6-8 10 $1.5M −16.8% 1,012 $1,437 $153.7M
25 Mar 13-15 12 $1.3M −12.9% 876 $1,445 $155.5M
26 Mar 20-22 12 $1.2M −2.1% 857 $1,445 $157.3M
27 Mar 27-29 11 $1.2M −7.1% 830 $1,387 $158.9M
28 Apr 3-5 12 $1.1M −0.7% 773 $1,479 $160.5M
30 Apr 17-19 10 $1.1M — 820 $1,304 $163.1M
35 May 22-24 10 $1.1M — 671 $1,638 $168.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.3M
$8.0M
$8.2M
$10.6M
$7.4M
$6.7M
$5.7M
$6.4M
$5.5M
$5.5M
$7.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +31.2%
+2.1%
W1→2
+28.7%
W2→3
−29.6%
W3→4
−9.3%
W4→5
−15.3%
W5→6
+11.8%
W6→7
−13.6%
W7→8
+0.3%
W8→9
+31.2%
W9→10
Steepest −29.6%Biggest gain +31.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records →
#5 Most weekends in the top 10All-time 26 weekends #8 Most weeks at #1All-time 9 weeks #14 Biggest 10th weekendsAll-time $7.3M

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