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First Blood

1982 • R • 1h 33m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Orion Pictures

This time he's fighting for his life.

🍅 86% 86% MC 61 LB 3.86 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$6.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$47.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$125.2M
$78.0M international
Domestic Legs7.1x
Budget$14M
1982 Rank#14
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Cast & Crew

Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone Starring Richard Crenna Richard Crenna Starring Brian Dennehy Brian Dennehy Starring David Caruso David Caruso Starring
ScreenplayMichael Kozoll, William Sackheim, Sylvester Stallone Based onFirst Blood by David Morrell Produced byBuzz Feitshans Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioOrion Pictures SeriesRambo
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 22-24 1 $6.6M — 901 $7,372 $6.6M
2 Oct 29-31 1 $4.6M −31.3% 908 $5,029 $13.7M
3 Nov 5-7 1 $4.4M −3.3% 902 $4,896 $20.2M
4 Nov 12-14 2 $3.6M −17.8% 896 $4,053 $25.5M
5 Nov 19-21 2 $3.4M −7.1% 1,047 $3,221 $30.0M
6 Nov 26-28 3 $3.7M +8.5% 1,010 $3,621 $35.7M
7 Dec 3-5 3 $2.3M −37.1% 814 $2,824 $38.9M
8 Dec 10-12 6 $1.0M −55.5% 812 $1,259 $40.5M
9 Dec 17-19 15 $360.4K −64.8% 312 $1,155 $41.3M
10 Dec 24-26 17 $327.3K −9.2% 289 $1,133 $42.0M
11 Dec 31-Jan 2 15 $671.7K +105.2% 465 $1,445 $43.2M
12 Jan 7-9 13 $725.4K +8.0% 511 $1,420 $44.3M
13 Jan 14-16 12 $771.6K +6.4% 550 $1,403 $45.4M
14 Jan 21-23 16 $488.1K −36.7% 574 $850 $46.2M
15 Jan 28-30 16 $374.4K −23.3% 534 $701 $46.8M
16 Feb 4-6 18 $254.4K −32.0% 289 $880 $47.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $327.3K
$6.6M
$4.6M
$4.4M
$3.6M
$3.4M
$3.7M
$2.3M
$1.0M
$360.4K
$327.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.2%
−31.3%
W1→2
−3.3%
W2→3
−17.8%
W3→4
−7.1%
W4→5
+8.5%
W5→6
−37.1%
W6→7
−55.5%
W7→8
−64.8%
W8→9
−9.2%
W9→10
Steepest −64.8%Biggest gain +8.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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