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Masters of the Universe

1987 • PG • 1h 46m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • The Cannon Group

A battle fought in the stars...now comes to Earth.

🍅 21% 41% MC 35 LB 2.49 IMDb 5.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$4.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$17.3M
Final
Domestic Legs3.6x
Budget$22M
1987 Rank#61
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Cast & Crew

Dolph Lundgren Dolph Lundgren Starring Frank Langella Frank Langella Starring Billy Barty Billy Barty Starring Courteney Cox Courteney Cox Starring
ScreenplayDavid Odell Produced byMenahem Golan, Yoram Globus CinematographyHanania Baer MusicBill Conti StudioThe Cannon Group
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 7-9 3 $4.9M — 1,185 $4,121 $4.9M
2 Aug 14-16 6 $3.0M −39.4% 1,185 $2,499 $10.2M
3 Aug 21-23 10 $1.7M −43.5% 1,115 $1,502 $13.2M
5 Sep 4-7 19 $894.4K — 792 $1,129 $16.3M
Weekend grossWk 5 · $894.4K
$4.9M
$3.0M
$1.7M
$894.4K
W1W2W3W5
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −43.5%
−39.4%
W1→2
−43.5%
W2→3
Steepest −43.5%Best hold −39.4%

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