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Ghost

1990 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Before Sam was murdered, he told Molly he'd love and protect her forever.

🍅 74% 80% MC 52 LB 3.62 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$12.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$218M
Final
Worldwide Total
$506M
$288M international
Domestic Legs17.9x
Budget$22.0M
1990 Rank#1
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Cast & Crew

Full Zucker filmography
Jerry Zucker Jerry Zucker Director Patrick Swayze Patrick Swayze Starring Demi Moore Demi Moore Starring Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Starring Tony Goldwyn Tony Goldwyn Starring
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

Domestic vs International Split

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