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Pretty in PinkFollow

1986 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Paramount Pictures

Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Duckie's pretty crazy.

🍅 75% 81% MC 56 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.07M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$40.47M
Final
Domestic legs6.7x
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Cast & crew

Molly Ringwald Molly Ringwald Starring Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton Starring James Spader James Spader Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byLauren Shuler Donner CinematographyTak Fujimoto MusicMichael Gore Prod. DesignJohn W. Corso StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 28-Mar 2 2 $6.1M — 827 $7,335 $6.1M
2 Mar 7-9 1 $4.9M −18.9% 987 $4,984 $12.4M
3 Mar 14-16 2 $4.2M −15.3% 1,117 $3,730 $18.0M
4 Mar 21-23 3 $3.1M −24.5% 1,112 $2,828 $22.1M
5 Mar 28-30 5 $2.0M −35.5% 1,085 $1,870 $25.7M
6 Apr 4-6 6 $1.9M −4.1% 1,078 $1,805 $28.6M
7 Apr 11-13 9 $1.5M −23.8% 1,013 $1,464 $30.6M
8 Apr 18-20 7 $1.2M −16.8% 915 $1,348 $32.3M
9 Apr 25-27 9 $1.1M −9.0% 908 $1,237 $33.8M
10 May 2-4 8 $1.0M −7.2% 864 $1,206 $35.2M
11 May 9-11 12 $710.8K −31.8% 697 $1,020 $36.2M
12 May 16-18 12 $560.9K −21.1% 605 $927 $37.0M
13 May 23-25 10 $637.5K +13.7% 540 $1,181 $37.8M
14 May 30-Jun 1 10 $490.4K −23.1% 499 $983 $38.4M
15 Jun 6-8 12 $375.3K −23.5% 381 $985 $39.0M
16 Jun 13-15 13 $228.9K −39.0% 305 $751 $39.4M
17 Jun 20-22 14 $230.2K +0.5% 291 $791 $39.8M
18 Jun 27-29 15 $139.0K −39.6% 194 $716 $40.1M
19 Jul 4-6 19 $79.0K −43.2% 98 $806 $40.2M
20 Jul 11-13 18 $72.7K −7.9% 98 $742 $40.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M
$6.1M
$4.9M
$4.2M
$3.1M
$2.0M
$1.9M
$1.5M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$1.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.2%
−18.9%
W1→2
−15.3%
W2→3
−24.5%
W3→4
−35.5%
W4→5
−4.1%
W5→6
−23.8%
W6→7
−16.8%
W7→8
−9.0%
W8→9
−7.2%
W9→10
Steepest −35.5%Best hold −4.1%

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