Raising Arizona

Name: Raising Arizona
Director: Joel Coen
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1987
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Trey Wilson

1987 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Comedy, Crime • 20th Century Fox

Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...

🍅 91% 85%

3.88

7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$36.2K

Limited · 1 theater

Domestic Total

$22.8M

Final

Domestic Legs9.3x

1987 Rank#48

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Cast & Crew

Full Coen filmography

Joel Coen Director

Nicolas Cage Starring

Holly Hunter Starring

John Goodman Starring

Frances McDormand Starring

ScreenplayJoel Coen, Ethan Coen Produced byEthan Coen CinematographyBarry Sonnenfeld Music byCarter Burwell Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 13-15 23 $36.2K — 1 $36,240 $36.2K

3 Mar 27-29 13 $1.1M — 149 $7,351 $1.7M

4 Apr 3-5 13 $953.6K −12.9% 150 $6,358 $3.0M

5 Apr 10-12 7 $2.2M +131.7% 452 $4,888 $5.4M

6 Apr 17-19 8 $2.5M +11.0% 696 $3,523 $8.8M

7 Apr 24-26 9 $1.8M −25.7% 697 $2,614 $11.5M

8 May 1-3 8 $1.5M −19.7% 666 $2,196 $13.5M

9 May 8-10 10 $1.1M −22.9% 688 $1,639 $15.1M

10 May 15-17 10 $1.0M −11.2% 686 $1,460 $16.6M

11 May 22-24 11 $961.4K −4.0% 659 $1,459 $17.8M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M

$36.2K

$1.1M

$953.6K

$2.2M

$2.5M

$1.8M

$1.5M

$1.1M

$1.0M

W1W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.2%

−12.9%

W3→4

+131.7%

W4→5

+11.0%

W5→6

−25.7%

W6→7

−19.7%

W7→8

−22.9%

W8→9

−11.2%

W9→10

Steepest −25.7%Biggest gain +131.7%

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