National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Name: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1989
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, John Randolph, Randy Quaid

1989 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Comedy • Warner Bros.

Yule crack up!

🍅 72% 86%

3.48

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$78.9M

All releases

Worldwide Total

$78.9M

$19K international

1989 Rank#15

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Cast & Crew

Chevy Chase Starring

Beverly D'Angelo Starring

Juliette Lewis Starring

Randy Quaid Starring

ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byJohn Hughes, Tom Jacobson CinematographyThomas Ackerman Music byAngelo Badalamenti StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 1-3 2 $11.8M — 1,744 $6,738 $11.8M

2 Dec 8-10 2 $9.5M −19.2% 1,744 $5,447 $24.3M

3 Dec 15-17 1 $7.2M −23.9% 1,950 $3,709 $33.6M

4 Dec 22-24 1 $7.0M −3.1% 1,950 $3,594 $44.1M

5 Dec 29-31 5 $8.1M +15.5% 1,901 $4,256 $57.8M

6 Jan 5-7 8 $3.3M −58.9% 1,846 $1,802 $62.5M

Weekend grossWk 6 · $3.3M

$11.8M

$9.5M

$7.2M

$7.0M

$8.1M

$3.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −58.9%

−19.2%

W1→2

−23.9%

W2→3

−3.1%

W3→4

+15.5%

W4→5

−58.9%

W5→6

Steepest −58.9%Biggest gain +15.5%

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