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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984 • PG • 1h 58m • Action, Adventure • Paramount Pictures

If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones.

🍅 77% 82% MC 57 LB 3.66 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$25.3M
3-day opening, 1,687 theaters
Domestic Total
$179.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$333.1M
$153.2M international
Domestic Legs7.1x
Budget$28M
1984 Rank#2
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Cast & Crew

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Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Director Harrison Ford Harrison Ford Starring Kate Capshaw Kate Capshaw Starring Ke Huy Quan Ke Huy Quan Starring
ScreenplayWillard Huyck, Gloria Katz Produced byRobert Watts CinematographyDouglas Slocombe Music byJohn Williams StudioParamount Pictures SeriesIndiana Jones
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 25-27 1 $25.3M — 1,687 $15,019 $33.7M
2 Jun 1-3 2 $16.4M −35.3% 1,687 $9,713 $68.1M
3 Jun 8-10 3 $12.0M −26.7% 1,685 $7,131 $88.8M
4 Jun 15-17 3 $9.1M −24.1% 1,685 $5,410 $103.6M
5 Jun 22-24 3 $7.8M −14.8% 1,511 $5,141 $116.2M
6 Jun 29-Jul 1 5 $5.7M −26.1% 1,546 $3,714 $126.0M
7 Jul 6-8 6 $5.1M −11.1% 1,311 $3,895 $134.9M
8 Jul 13-15 6 $4.1M −19.6% 1,287 $3,189 $141.7M
9 Jul 20-22 8 $3.1M −25.4% 1,022 $2,994 $147.2M
10 Jul 27-29 8 $2.6M −15.3% 1,052 $2,464 $151.5M
11 Aug 3-5 6 $2.4M −9.2% 1,030 $2,286 $155.4M
12 Aug 10-12 9 $2.1M −10.4% 946 $2,231 $159.0M
13 Aug 17-19 11 $1.6M −23.3% 730 $2,218 $161.9M
14 Aug 24-26 12 $1.4M −11.9% 785 $1,818 $164.3M
15 Aug 31-Sep 2 10 $2.2M +52.5% 737 $2,952 $167.3M
16 Sep 7-9 10 $1.1M −47.8% 686 $1,656 $168.9M
17 Sep 14-16 11 $1.1M −6.3% 666 $1,599 $170.3M
18 Sep 21-23 13 $848.7K −20.3% 589 $1,441 $171.5M
19 Sep 28-30 15 $660.6K −22.2% 454 $1,455 $172.4M
20 Oct 5-7 12 $929.5K +40.7% 400 $2,324 $173.5M
21 Oct 12-14 15 $662.5K −28.7% 382 $1,734 $174.3M
22 Oct 19-21 18 $524.2K −20.9% 248 $2,114 $175.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.6M
$25.3M
$16.4M
$12.0M
$9.1M
$7.8M
$5.7M
$5.1M
$4.1M
$3.1M
$2.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.3%
−35.3%
W1→2
−26.7%
W2→3
−24.1%
W3→4
−14.8%
W4→5
−26.1%
W5→6
−11.1%
W6→7
−19.6%
W7→8
−25.4%
W8→9
−15.3%
W9→10
Steepest −35.3%Best hold −11.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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