National Lampoon's European Vacation

Name: National Lampoon's European Vacation
Director: Amy Heckerling
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1985
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Victor Lanoux

1985 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Adventure, Comedy • Warner Bros.

For over two thousand years, Europe has survived many great disasters. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase & his family are coming from America!

🍅 37% 49%

2.89

6.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$49.4M

Final

Domestic Legs4.0x

1985 Rank#14

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Cast & Crew

Full Heckerling filmography

Amy Heckerling Director

Chevy Chase Starring

Beverly D'Angelo Starring

Eric Idle Starring

ScreenplayJohn Hughes, Robert Klane Produced byMatty Simmons CinematographyRobert Paynter MusicCharles Fox Prod. DesignRobert Cartwright StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 26-28 1 $12.3M — 1,546 $7,975 $12.3M

2 Aug 2-4 2 $7.4M −40.3% 1,546 $4,764 $27.4M

3 Aug 9-11 4 $4.3M −41.5% 1,547 $2,785 $35.7M

4 Aug 16-18 7 $2.7M −36.6% 1,350 $2,024 $40.7M

5 Aug 23-25 8 $1.7M −36.4% 1,082 $1,606 $43.9M

6 Aug 30-Sep 2 11 $1.8M +2.3% 994 $1,789 $46.5M

7 Sep 6-8 13 $947.3K −46.7% 855 $1,108 $47.7M

8 Sep 13-15 14 $648.2K −31.6% 747 $868 $48.6M

9 Sep 20-22 15 $511.1K −21.2% 599 $853 $49.4M

Weekend grossWk 9 · $511.1K

$12.3M

$7.4M

$4.3M

$2.7M

$1.7M

$1.8M

$947.3K

$648.2K

$511.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −21.2%

−40.3%

W1→2

−41.5%

W2→3

−36.6%

W3→4

−36.4%

W4→5

+2.3%

W5→6

−46.7%

W6→7

−31.6%

W7→8

−21.2%

W8→9

Steepest −46.7%Biggest gain +2.3%

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