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Kindergarten Cop

1990 • PG-13 • 1h 51m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Universal Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$11.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$91.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$202M
$110.5M international
Domestic Legs8.1x
Budget$26M
1990 Rank#21
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Cast & Crew

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Ivan Reitman Ivan Reitman Director Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring Penelope Ann Miller Penelope Ann Miller Starring Pamela Reed Pamela Reed Starring Linda Hunt Linda Hunt Starring Carroll Baker Carroll Baker Starring
ScreenplayMurray Salem, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris Produced byIvan Reitman, Brian Grazer Music byRandy Edelman StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 21-23 2 $11.3M — 1,833 $6,143 $11.3M
2 Dec 28-30 3 $16.3M +45.2% 1,922 $8,505 $32.5M
3 Jan 4-6 2 $9.5M −42.2% 1,929 $4,900 $44.8M
4 Jan 11-13 4 $6.6M −30.4% 1,934 $3,400 $53.6M
5 Jan 18-20 3 $7.0M +6.3% 1,886 $3,705 $62.1M
6 Jan 25-27 4 $4.4M −36.8% 1,911 $2,310 $67.5M
7 Feb 1-3 7 $3.9M −12.1% 1,744 $2,225 $72.5M
8 Feb 8-10 9 $2.4M −37.2% 1,583 $1,540 $75.7M
15 Mar 29-31 13 $749.0K — 604 $1,240 $85.0M
16 Apr 5-7 15 $647.1K −13.6% 537 $1,205 $86.1M
17 Apr 12-14 15 $609.7K −5.8% 469 $1,300 $86.9M
18 Apr 19-21 16 $468.6K −23.1% 440 $1,065 $87.5M
19 Apr 26-28 19 $313.1K −33.2% 404 $775 $87.9M
20 May 3-5 24 $238.7K −23.8% 385 $620 $88.2M
22 May 17-19 27 $146.5K — 296 $495 $88.6M
23 May 24-26 30 $233.1K +59.1% 395 $590 $88.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 8 · $2.4M
$11.3M
$16.3M
$9.5M
$6.6M
$7.0M
$4.4M
$3.9M
$2.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −37.2%
+45.2%
W1→2
−42.2%
W2→3
−30.4%
W3→4
+6.3%
W4→5
−36.8%
W5→6
−12.1%
W6→7
−37.2%
W7→8
Steepest −42.2%Biggest gain +45.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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