Little Shop of Horrors

Name: Little Shop of Horrors
Director: Frank Oz
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Released: 1986
Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Levi Stubbs, Steve Martin

1986 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Comedy, Horror, Musical • Warner Bros.

A singing plant. A daring hero. A sweet girl. A demented dentist. It's the most outrageous musical comedy in years.

🍅 91% 79%

3.9

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$38.9M

Final

Domestic Legs10.6x

Budget$30M

1986 Rank#25

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Cast & Crew

Full Oz filmography

Frank Oz Director

Rick Moranis Starring

Vincent Gardenia Starring

Steve Martin Starring

ScreenplayHoward Ashman Produced byDavid Geffen CinematographyRobert Paynter MusicAlan Menken, Miles Goodman StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 19-21 4 $3.7M — 866 $4,226 $3.7M

2 Dec 26-28 7 $5.0M +37.8% 866 $5,823 $11.4M

3 Jan 2-4 5 $4.0M −20.6% 866 $4,625 $19.5M

4 Jan 9-11 4 $3.1M −23.7% 838 $3,649 $23.7M

5 Jan 16-19 6 $3.2M +5.4% 1,183 $2,724 $27.1M

6 Jan 23-25 7 $2.1M −35.0% 1,178 $1,777 $30.8M

7 Jan 30-Feb 1 9 $1.7M −17.9% 1,050 $1,637 $33.1M

8 Feb 6-8 12 $1.1M −35.3% 871 $1,277 $34.7M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $1.1M

$3.7M

$5.0M

$4.0M

$3.1M

$3.2M

$2.1M

$1.7M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −35.3%

+37.8%

W1→2

−20.6%

W2→3

−23.7%

W3→4

+5.4%

W4→5

−35.0%

W5→6

−17.9%

W6→7

−35.3%

W7→8

Steepest −35.3%Biggest gain +37.8%

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