Name: Ghost
Director: Jerry Zucker
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Released: 1990
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Vincent Schiavelli

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Jerry Zucker Director

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Tony Goldwyn Starring Paramount Pictures Studio

ScreenplayBruce Joel Rubin Produced byLisa Weinstein CinematographyAdam Greenberg Edited byWalter Murch Music byMaurice Jarre StudioParamount Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 13-15 2 $12.2M — 1,101 $11,073 $12.2M

2 Jul 20-22 1 $12.5M +2.7% 1,400 $8,945 $32.3M

3 Jul 27-29 2 $11.1M −11.6% 1,694 $6,537 $51.4M

4 Aug 3-5 1 $10.8M −2.5% 1,766 $6,114 $69.1M

5 Aug 10-12 2 $9.5M −12.5% 1,766 $5,352 $85.5M

6 Aug 17-19 2 $8.4M −11.5% 1,766 $4,736 $99.2M

7 Aug 24-26 2 $7.5M −10.6% 1,766 $4,232 $111.5M

8 Aug 31-Sep 3 Labor Day 1 $10.0M — 1,766 $5,636 $125.0M

9 Sep 7-9 1 $6.5M — 1,766 $3,686 $133.4M

10 Sep 14-16 2 $5.9M −10% 1,766 $3,318 $141.4M

11 Sep 21-23 3 $5.1M −13% 1,766 $2,888 $148.3M

12 Sep 28-30 3 $5.4M +6.6% 1,766 $3,077 $155.3M

13 Oct 5-8 Indigenous Peoples' Day 4 $5.3M — 1,766 $2,987 $162.1M

14 Oct 12-14 3 $4.2M — 1,766 $2,391 $167.4M

15 Oct 19-21 4 $3.6M −15.8% 1,766 $2,013 $172.2M

16 Oct 26-28 5 $3.1M −13.5% 1,766 $1,741 $176.5M

17 Nov 2-4 3 $3.2M +4.6% 1,713 $1,877 $180.6M

18 Nov 9-11 3 $4.3M +33.8% 1,713 $2,512 $186.1M

19 Nov 16-18 5 $3.0M −30.3% 1,713 $1,752 $190.3M

20 Nov 23-25 Thanksgiving 7 $3.5M +17.1% 1,528 $2,300 $195.4M

21 Nov 30-Dec 2 8 $1.9M −47.4% 1,528 $1,211 $198.0M

22 Dec 7-9 8 $1.5M −21.5% 1,386 $1,048 $199.9M

23 Dec 14-16 13 $840.5K −42.1% 1,112 $755 $201.2M

24 Dec 21-25 Christmas 16 $1.2M — 988 $1,252 $202.8M

25 Dec 28-Jan 1 New Year's 13 $2.5M — 1,011 $2,499 $206.1M

26 Jan 4-6 12 $1.5M — 758 $2,005 $208.2M

27 Jan 11-13 15 $1.0M −33.1% 754 $1,348 $209.7M

28 Jan 18-21 MLK Day 19 $1.0M — 648 $1,608 $211.1M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.9M

$12.2M

$12.5M

$11.1M

$10.8M

$9.5M

$8.4M

$7.5M

$10.0M

$6.5M

$5.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −10%

+2.7%

W1→2

−11.6%

W2→3

−2.5%

W3→4

−12.5%

W4→5

−11.5%

W5→6

−10.6%

W6→7

−10%

W9→10

Steepest −12.5%Biggest gain +2.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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