Harry and the Hendersons

Name: Harry and the Hendersons
Director: William Dear
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1987
Cast: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Kevin Peter Hall, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy

1987 • PG • 1h 50m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

When You Can't Believe Your Eyes, Trust Your Heart.

🍅 50% 54%

3.04

6.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$4.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$29.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$32.6M

$2.8M international

Domestic Legs7.2x

1987 Rank#39

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Cast & Crew

John Lithgow Starring

Melinda Dillon Starring

Don Ameche Starring

David Suchet Starring

M. Emmet Walsh Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Dear, Bill Martin, Ezra D. Rappaport Produced byWilliam Dear, Richard Vane CinematographyAllen Daviau MusicBruce Broughton Prod. DesignJames D. Bissell StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 5-7 3 $4.2M — 1,418 $2,930 $4.2M

2 Jun 12-14 6 $4.2M +0.9% 1,419 $2,955 $10.4M

3 Jun 19-21 6 $3.5M −16.0% 1,424 $2,475 $16.1M

4 Jun 26-28 9 $2.3M −34.9% 1,369 $1,675 $20.4M

Weekend grossWk 4 · $2.3M

$4.2M

$3.5M

$2.3M

W1W2W3W4

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −34.9%

+0.9%

W1→2

−16.0%

W2→3

−34.9%

W3→4

Steepest −34.9%Biggest gain +0.9%

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