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Rain Man

1988 • R • 2h 13m • Comedy, Drama • United Artists

A journey through understanding and fellowship.

🍅 88% 90% MC 65 LB 3.89 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$172.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$412.8M
$240M international
Domestic Legs24.7x
Budget$25M
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Cast & Crew

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Barry Levinson Barry Levinson Director Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman Starring Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Starring Valeria Golino Valeria Golino Starring
ScreenplayRonald Bass, Barry Morrow Produced byMark Johnson CinematographyJohn Seale Music byHans Zimmer StudioUnited Artists
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 16-18 2 $7.0M — 1248 $5,614 $7.0M
2 Dec 23-25 2 $8.7M +24.6% 1254 $6,960 $20.2M
3 Dec 30-Jan 1 1 $14.4M +64.4% 1254 $11,444 $42.5M
4 Jan 6-8 1 $9.2M −35.6% 1256 $7,361 $55.3M
5 Jan 13-15 1 $10.1M +9.4% 1482 $6,823 $69.1M
6 Jan 20-22 1 $7.0M −30.7% 1509 $4,641 $79.5M
7 Jan 27-29 1 $6.8M −2.5% 1563 $4,370 $88.8M
8 Feb 3-5 2 $5.4M −20.2% 1573 $3,465 $96.3M
9 Feb 10-12 3 $4.5M −16.7% 1573 $2,887 $102.2M
10 Feb 17-19 2 $6.7M +46.9% 1590 $4,194 $110.6M
11 Feb 24-26 2 $4.7M −29.3% 1590 $2,963 $116.6M
12 Mar 3-5 4 $3.9M −18.1% 1580 $2,442 $121.8M
13 Mar 10-12 6 $3.1M −18.6% 1571 $1,999 $126.1M
14 Mar 17-19 5 $2.9M −8.3% 1501 $1,918 $130.2M
15 Mar 24-26 3 $3.0M +4.3% 1542 $1,948 $134.7M
16 Mar 31-Apr 2 1 $5.5M +84.4% 1581 $3,502 $142.3M
17 Apr 7-9 3 $4.1M −25.7% 1580 $2,604 $148.2M
18 Apr 14-16 5 $3.1M −25.4% 1550 $1,981 $152.4M
19 Apr 21-23 5 $2.4M −22.6% 1391 $1,709 $155.7M
20 Apr 28-30 7 $1.7M −27.3% 1221 $1,416 $158.2M
21 May 5-7 9 $1.6M −8.3% 1218 $1,302 $160.4M
22 May 12-14 6 $1.2M −21.7% 1119 $1,110 $162.2M
23 May 19-21 7 $1.1M −14.1% 1051 $1,015 $163.7M
24 May 26-28 9 $1.2M +10.4% 907 $1,298 $165.3M
25 Jun 2-4 11 $745.9K −36.7% 743 $1,004 $166.3M
26 Jun 9-11 11 $607.6K −18.5% 667 $911 $167.2M
27 Jun 16-18 12 $491.2K −19.2% 601 $817 $168.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $6.7M
$7.0M
$8.7M
$14.4M
$9.2M
$10.1M
$7.0M
$6.8M
$5.4M
$4.5M
$6.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +46.9%
+24.6%
W1→2
+64.4%
W2→3
−35.6%
W3→4
+9.4%
W4→5
−30.7%
W5→6
−2.5%
W6→7
−20.2%
W7→8
−16.7%
W8→9
+46.9%
W9→10
Steepest −35.6%Biggest gain +64.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

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#11 Most weekends in the top 10All-time 24 weekends #18 Most weeks at #1All-time 6 weeks

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