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1978 • PG • 1h 50m • Comedy, Musical, Romance • Paramount Pictures

Grease is the word.

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🍅 65% 87% MC 70 LB 3.56 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$160.00M
Final
Domestic legs17.9x
Budget$6M
1978 rank#1
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Cast & crew

Directed byRandal Kleiser ScreenplayBronte Woodard Produced byRobert Stigwood, Allan Carr CinematographyBill Butler StarringJohn Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway StudioParamount Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 16-18 2 $8.9M — 862 $10,373 $8.9M

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