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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

1991 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Comedy • Warner Bros.

No rules. No curfews. No baths. No nagging. No pulse.

🍅 35% 57% LB 3.21 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$4.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$25.1M
Final
Domestic Legs5.9x
1991 Rank#50
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Cast & Crew

Christina Applegate Christina Applegate Starring Joanna Cassidy Joanna Cassidy Starring John Getz John Getz Starring Josh Charles Josh Charles Starring Keith Coogan Keith Coogan Starring
ScreenplayNeil Landau, Tara Ison Produced byJeffrey Silver, Robert Newmyer, Julia Phillips, Brian Reilly CinematographyTim Suhrstedt MusicDavid Newman Prod. DesignStephen Marsh StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 7-9 6 $4.2M — 1,802 $2,349 $4.2M
2 Jun 14-16 5 $3.4M −19.7% 1,817 $1,871 $9.8M
3 Jun 21-23 8 $2.8M −17.6% 1,699 $1,648 $14.7M
Weekend grossWk 3 · $2.8M
$4.2M
$3.4M
$2.8M
W1W2W3
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · −17.6%
−19.7%
W1→2
−17.6%
W2→3
Steepest −19.7%Best hold −17.6%

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