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Over the Top

1987 • PG • 1h 33m • Action, Drama, Sport • Warner Bros.

Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.

🍅 32% 50% MC 40 LB 2.97 IMDb 5.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$5.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$16.1M
Final
Domestic Legs3.1x
1987 Rank#64
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Cast & Crew

Directed byMenahem Golan ScreenplaySylvester Stallone, Stirling Silliphant Produced byMenahem Golan, Yoram Globus CinematographyDavid Gurfinkel MusicGiorgio Moroder Prod. DesignJames L. Schoppe StarringSylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt, David Mendenhall, Chris McCarty StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 13-16 4 $5.1M — 1,758 $2,929 $5.1M
2 Feb 20-22 4 $3.5M −32.4% 1,758 $1,980 $9.6M
3 Feb 27-Mar 1 8 $2.2M −37.4% 1,605 $1,357 $12.6M
4 Mar 6-8 13 $871.3K −60.0% 976 $893 $14.0M
5 Mar 13-15 18 $471.9K −45.8% 588 $803 $14.8M
Weekend grossWk 5 · $471.9K
$5.1M
$3.5M
$2.2M
$871.3K
$471.9K
W1W2W3W4W5
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −45.8%
−32.4%
W1→2
−37.4%
W2→3
−60.0%
W3→4
−45.8%
W4→5
Steepest −60.0%Best hold −32.4%

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