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Risky Business

1983 R 1h 38m Comedy, Drama Warner Bros.

There's a time for playing it safe and a time for Risky Business.

Risky Business Box Office

Opening Weekend
$4.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$63.5M
Final
Domestic Legs14.9x
Budget$6.2M
1983 Rank#10
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 5-7 3 $4.28M $4.28M 670 $6.4K 1
Aug 12-14 3 $4.58M +7.1% $11.80M 693 $6.6K 2
Aug 19-21 2 $5.25M +14.7% $20.32M 891 $5.9K 3
Aug 26-28 2 $4.82M -8.2% $28.06M 1,089 $4.4K 4
Sep 2-5 2 $6.33M +31.3% $36.81M 1,119 $5.7K 5
Sep 9-11 2 $3.33M -47.3% $41.39M 1,120 $3.0K 6
Sep 16-18 2 $2.87M -14.0% $45.35M 1,121 $2.6K 7
Sep 23-25 2 $2.43M -15.2% $48.67M 1,137 $2.1K 8
Sep 30-Oct 2 4 $2.16M -11.2% $51.51M 1,111 $1.9K 9
Oct 7-10 5 $1.94M -10.0% $54.07M 1,070 $1.8K 10
Oct 14-16 4 $1.46M -24.9% $55.91M 1,035 $1.4K 11
Oct 21-23 8 $1.31M -10.5% $57.71M 964 $1.4K 12
Oct 28-30 10 $852K -34.8% $58.98M 867 $982 13
Nov 4-6 11 $824K -3.2% $60.13M 748 $1.1K 14
Nov 11-13 12 $756K -8.3% $61.18M 738 $1.0K 15
Nov 18-20 17 $440K -41.9% $61.48M 535 $822 16
Nov 25-27 19 $464K +5.5% $62.53M 447 $1.0K 17
Dec 2-4 15 $460K -0.8% $63.11M 601 $766 18
Dec 9-11 14 $284K -38.3% $63.54M 422 $673 19

Cast & Crew

Directed byPaul Brickman
ScreenplayPaul Brickman
Produced byJon Avnet, Steve Tisch
CinematographyBruce Surtees, Reynaldo Villalobos
Music byTangerine Dream
StarringTom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Nicholas Pryor, Janet Carroll, Richard Masur, Curtis Armstrong, Bronson Pinchot

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