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1986 • R • 1h 56m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

There can be only one.

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🍅 70% 79% MC 24 LB 3.33 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$5.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$12.90M
$7.00M international
Domestic legs2.4x
Budget$16M
1986 rank#95
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Cast & crew

Christopher Lambert Christopher Lambert Starring Clancy Brown Clancy Brown Starring Sean Connery Sean Connery Starring
ScreenplayLarry Ferguson, Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood Produced byWilliam N. Panzer, Peter S. Davis CinematographyGerry Fisher MusicMichael Kamen Prod. DesignAllan Cameron Studio20th Century Fox

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 7-9 7 $2.5M — 1,040 $2,359 $2.5M

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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