Name: Rain Man
Director: Barry Levinson
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1988
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino

Cast & crew

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Barry Levinson Director

Dustin Hoffman Starring

Tom Cruise Starring

Valeria Golino Starring United Artists Studio

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

All records

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

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