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Police Academy

1984 • R • 1h 36m • Comedy • Warner Bros.

Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. Just don't call them when you're in trouble.

🍅 58% 64% MC 41 LB 3.23 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$81.2M
Final
Domestic Legs9.5x
Budget$4.5M
1984 Rank#6
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Cast & Crew

Directed byHugh Wilson ScreenplayPat Proft, Hugh Wilson, Neal Israel Produced byPaul Maslansky CinematographyMichael D. Margulies StarringSteve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott, George Gaynes StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 23-25 1 $8.6M — 1,063 $8,062 $8.6M
2 Mar 30-Apr 1 1 $8.1M −5.9% 1,063 $7,584 $19.9M
3 Apr 6-8 1 $7.4M −8.2% 1,358 $5,452 $30.0M
4 Apr 13-15 2 $5.7M −22.9% 1,370 $4,165 $37.8M
5 Apr 20-22 1 $6.1M +6.9% 1,587 $3,845 $46.5M
6 Apr 27-29 1 $4.7M −22.4% 1,587 $2,983 $53.5M
7 May 4-6 4 $3.5M −25.1% 1,452 $2,441 $58.6M
8 May 11-13 6 $2.5M −28.1% 1,318 $1,932 $62.1M
9 May 18-20 5 $2.8M +10.3% 1,412 $1,989 $65.9M
10 May 25-28 6 $2.8M +0.1% 1,203 $2,337 $69.6M
11 Jun 1-3 8 $1.7M −38.7% 1,068 $1,614 $71.9M
12 Jun 8-10 10 $1.1M −36.8% 811 $1,342 $73.7M
13 Jun 15-17 8 $1.4M +30.1% 950 $1,490 $75.5M
14 Jun 22-24 12 $1.0M −27.2% 750 $1,374 $77.3M
15 Jun 29-Jul 1 14 $791.9K −23.1% 611 $1,296 $78.5M
16 Jul 6-8 14 $707.4K −10.7% 605 $1,169 $79.7M
17 Jul 13-15 16 $511.5K −27.7% 405 $1,263 $80.5M
18 Jul 20-22 19 $398.1K −22.2% 340 $1,171 $81.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8M
$8.6M
$8.1M
$7.4M
$5.7M
$6.1M
$4.7M
$3.5M
$2.5M
$2.8M
$2.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +0.1%
−5.9%
W1→2
−8.2%
W2→3
−22.9%
W3→4
+6.9%
W4→5
−22.4%
W5→6
−25.1%
W6→7
−28.1%
W7→8
+10.3%
W8→9
+0.1%
W9→10
Steepest −28.1%Biggest gain +10.3%

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