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Problem Child

1990 • PG • 1h 21m • Comedy, Family • Universal Pictures

Attila the Hun. Ivan the Terrible. Al Capone. They were all seven once.

🍅 3% 43% MC 27 LB 2.77 IMDb 5.5
CS A-

Problem Child Box Office

Opening Weekend
$10.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$53.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$72.3M
$18.8M international
Domestic Legs5.3x
1990 Rank#21
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 27-29 3 $10.03M — $10.03M 1,714 $5.8K 1
Aug 3-5 4 $6.84M -31.8% $22.14M 1,768 $3.9K 2
Aug 10-12 5 $4.85M -29.2% $31.23M 1,769 $2.7K 3
Aug 17-19 8 $3.31M -31.7% $37.21M 1,640 $2.0K 4
Sep 14-16 10 $1.09M — $45.87M 899 $1.2K 8
Sep 28-30 14 $731K — $47.88M 693 $1.1K 10
Oct 5-7 17 $593K -18.9% $48.59M 573 $1.0K 11

Cast & Crew

Directed byDennis Dugan
ScreenplayScott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Produced byRobert Simonds
CinematographyPeter Lyons Collister
Music byMiles Goodman
StarringJohn Ritter, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck, Michael Richards
StudioUniversal Pictures

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