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Name: Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Director: John Hughes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1987
Cast: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Dylan Baker

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.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$49.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$49.80M

$242K international

Domestic legs7.1x

1987 rank#23

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Steve Martin Starring

John Candy Starring

Michael McKean Starring

Dylan Baker Starring

Kevin Bacon Starring Paramount Pictures Studio

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

$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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