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Point Break

1991 • R • 2h 2m • Action, Crime, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

100% pure adrenaline.

🍅 68% 79% MC 60 LB 3.78 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$43.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$83.5M
$40.3M international
Domestic Legs5.1x
Budget$24M
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Cast & Crew

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Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Bigelow Director Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves Starring Patrick Swayze Patrick Swayze Starring Gary Busey Gary Busey Starring John C. McGinley John C. McGinley Starring
ScreenplayW. Peter Iliff Produced byPeter Abrams, Robert L. Levy CinematographyDonald Peterman Music byMark Isham Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 12-14 4 $8.5M — 1,615 $5,272 $8.5M
2 Jul 19-21 7 $5.7M −32.5% 1,625 $3,534 $18.6M
3 Jul 26-28 8 $4.1M −29.2% 1,575 $2,580 $25.8M
Weekend grossWk 3 · $4.1M
$8.5M
$5.7M
$4.1M
W1W2W3
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · −29.2%
−32.5%
W1→2
−29.2%
W2→3
Steepest −32.5%Best hold −29.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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