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Major Payne

1995 • PG-13 • 1h 35m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Universal Pictures

He's looking for a few good men... or a few guys old enough to shave.

🍅 29% 68% MC 34 LB 3.05 IMDb 6.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$7.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$29.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$30.1M
$700K international
Domestic Legs4.2x
1995 Rank#62
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Cast & Crew

Directed byNick Castle ScreenplayDamon Wayans, Dean Lorey, Gary Rosen Produced byEric L. Gold, Michael I. Rachmil CinematographyRichard Bowen MusicCraig Safan StarringDamon Wayans, Karyn Parsons, William Hickey, Michael Ironside, Albert Hall, Steven Martini StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 24-26 2 $7.0M — 1,989 $3,525 $7.0M
2 Mar 31-Apr 2 3 $5.2M −25.2% 1,991 $2,635 $14.1M
3 Apr 7-9 8 $2.9M −45.5% 1,991 $1,435 $18.2M
4 Apr 14-16 10 $1.9M −31.8% 1,803 $1,080 $21.1M
5 Apr 21-23 15 $1.1M −42.4% 1,175 $955 $23.1M
6 Apr 28-30 18 $500.3K −55.4% 676 $740 $23.9M
7 May 5-7 19 $373.2K −25.4% 508 $735 $24.3M
8 May 12-14 23 $262.7K −29.6% 395 $665 $24.7M
9 May 19-21 18 $354.8K +35.1% 362 $980 $25.1M
10 May 26-29 17 $632.7K +78.3% 555 $1,140 $25.8M
11 Jun 2-4 17 $482.5K −23.7% 500 $965 $26.4M
12 Jun 9-11 19 $359.3K −25.5% 413 $870 $27.0M
13 Jun 16-18 22 $242.5K −32.5% 354 $685 $27.4M
14 Jun 23-25 19 $268.2K +10.6% 303 $885 $27.9M
15 Jun 30-Jul 2 23 $138.6K −48.3% 237 $585 $28.2M
16 Jul 7-9 22 $175.0K +26.2% 216 $810 $28.4M
17 Jul 14-16 26 $167.2K −4.4% 160 $1,045 $28.7M
18 Jul 21-23 30 $121.8K −27.2% 116 $1,050 $28.9M
19 Jul 28-30 36 $92.8K −23.8% 102 $910 $29.1M
20 Aug 4-6 40 $79.8K −14.0% 95 $840 $29.2M
21 Aug 11-13 44 $68.1K −14.7% 92 $740 $29.3M
22 Aug 18-20 45 $55.7K −18.2% 87 $640 $29.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $632.7K
$7.0M
$5.2M
$2.9M
$1.9M
$1.1M
$500.3K
$373.2K
$262.7K
$354.8K
$632.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +78.3%
−25.2%
W1→2
−45.5%
W2→3
−31.8%
W3→4
−42.4%
W4→5
−55.4%
W5→6
−25.4%
W6→7
−29.6%
W7→8
+35.1%
W8→9
+78.3%
W9→10
Steepest −55.4%Biggest gain +78.3%

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