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Planes, Trains & Automobiles

1987 • R • 1h 33m • Comedy, Drama • Paramount Pictures

What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

🍅 93% 87% MC 72 LB 3.77 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$7.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$49.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$49.8M
$242K international
Domestic Legs7.1x
1987 Rank#23
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Cast & Crew

Steve Martin Steve Martin Starring John Candy John Candy Starring Michael McKean Michael McKean Starring Dylan Baker Dylan Baker Starring Kevin Bacon Kevin Bacon Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byJohn Hughes CinematographyDonald Peterman Music byIra Newborn StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 27-29 3 $7.0M — 1,118 $6,270 $10.1M
2 Dec 4-6 2 $5.1M −27.7% 1,118 $4,535 $17.1M
3 Dec 11-13 4 $3.7M −27.0% 1,578 $2,344 $22.2M
4 Dec 18-20 6 $2.6M −28.7% 1,610 $1,639 $26.1M
5 Dec 25-27 7 $4.0M +52.7% 1,684 $2,393 $31.9M
6 Jan 1-3 7 $4.0M −0.1% 1,684 $2,390 $39.1M
7 Jan 8-10 7 $2.7M −33.9% 1,571 $1,693 $42.8M
8 Jan 15-17 12 $1.4M −46.6% 1,081 $1,315 $45.1M
9 Jan 22-24 15 $919.1K −35.3% 898 $1,024 $46.4M
10 Jan 29-31 11 $701.6K −23.7% 775 $905 $47.4M
11 Feb 5-7 10 $507.4K −27.7% 605 $839 $48.2M
12 Feb 12-14 12 $309.4K −39.0% 390 $793 $48.6M
13 Feb 19-21 12 $231.2K −25.3% 317 $729 $48.9M
14 Feb 26-28 13 $156.7K −32.2% 222 $706 $49.2M
15 Mar 4-6 12 $124.9K −20.3% 163 $766 $49.4M
16 Mar 11-13 15 $93.7K −25.0% 123 $762 $49.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $701.6K
$7.0M
$5.1M
$3.7M
$2.6M
$4.0M
$4.0M
$2.7M
$1.4M
$919.1K
$701.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.7%
−27.7%
W1→2
−27.0%
W2→3
−28.7%
W3→4
+52.7%
W4→5
−0.1%
W5→6
−33.9%
W6→7
−46.6%
W7→8
−35.3%
W8→9
−23.7%
W9→10
Steepest −46.6%Biggest gain +52.7%

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