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Postcards from the EdgeFollow

1990 • R • 1h 41m • Comedy, Drama • Sony Pictures

Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.

🍅 83% 67% MC 71 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.87M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$37.96M
Final
Domestic legs4.8x
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Cast & crew

Full Nichols filmography
Mike Nichols Mike Nichols Director Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Starring Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine Starring Dennis Quaid Dennis Quaid Starring Gene Hackman Gene Hackman Starring Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss Starring
ScreenplayCarrie Fisher Produced byJohn Calley, Mike Nichols CinematographyMichael Ballhaus MusicCarly Simon Prod. DesignPatrizia von Brandenstein StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 14-16 1 $7.9M — 1,013 $7,771 $8.0M
2 Sep 21-23 2 $6.3M −19.7% 1,322 $4,784 $17.2M
3 Sep 28-30 4 $4.1M −35.2% 1,323 $3,100 $24.6M
4 Oct 5-7 6 $3.3M −20.0% 1,321 $2,484 $27.8M
5 Oct 12-14 8 $2.2M −33.0% 1,314 $1,674 $30.8M
Weekend grossWk 5 · $2.2M
$7.9M
$6.3M
$4.1M
$3.3M
$2.2M
W1W2W3W4W5
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −33.0%
−19.7%
W1→2
−35.2%
W2→3
−20.0%
W3→4
−33.0%
W4→5
Steepest −35.2%Best hold −19.7%

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