Howard the Duck

Name: Howard the Duck
Director: Willard Huyck
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1986
Cast: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, Chip Zien

1986 • PG • 1h 50m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Universal Pictures

More adventure than humanly possible.

🍅 14% 38%

2.22

4.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$5.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$16.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$38.0M

$21.7M international

Domestic Legs3.2x

Budget$30M

1986 Rank#51

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Cast & Crew

Directed byWillard Huyck ScreenplayWillard Huyck, Gloria Katz Produced byGloria Katz CinematographyRichard H. Kline MusicJohn Barry Prod. DesignPeter Jamison StarringLea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, Chip Zien, Tim Rose StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 1-3 3 $5.1M — 1,554 $3,263 $5.1M

2 Aug 8-10 8 $2.7M −46.4% 1,563 $1,740 $10.8M

3 Aug 15-17 17 $1.0M −62.2% 914 $1,124 $13.4M

4 Aug 22-24 23 $350.7K −65.9% 349 $1,005 $14.4M

Weekend grossWk 4 · $350.7K

$5.1M

$2.7M

$1.0M

$350.7K

W1W2W3W4

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −65.9%

−46.4%

W1→2

−62.2%

W2→3

−65.9%

W3→4

Steepest −65.9%Best hold −46.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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