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RoboCop

1987 • R • 1h 42m • Action, Sci-Fi, Crime • Orion Pictures

Part man, part machine, all cop.

🍅 84% 84% MC 70 LB 3.91 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$53.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$54.1M
$700K international
Domestic Legs6.7x
Budget$13M
1987 Rank#15
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Cast & Crew

Full Verhoeven filmography
Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven Director Ronny Cox Ronny Cox Starring Kurtwood Smith Kurtwood Smith Starring Miguel Ferrer Miguel Ferrer Starring
Written byEdward Neumeier, Michael Miner Produced byArne Schmidt CinematographyJost Vacano Music byBasil Poledouris StudioOrion Pictures SeriesRoboCop
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 17-19 1 $8.0M — 1,580 $5,069 $8.0M
2 Jul 24-26 1 $6.3M −20.9% 1,585 $3,995 $18.7M
3 Jul 31-Aug 2 4 $4.7M −25.0% 1,601 $2,967 $26.9M
4 Aug 7-9 6 $3.9M −17.3% 1,547 $2,541 $33.6M
5 Aug 14-16 8 $2.7M −31.3% 1,246 $2,168 $38.4M
6 Aug 21-23 9 $2.1M −20.8% 1,148 $1,863 $42.0M
7 Aug 28-30 11 $1.4M −32.9% 896 $1,601 $44.6M
8 Sep 4-6 12 $1.9M +33.0% 826 $2,311 $47.2M
9 Sep 11-13 11 $1.1M −43.6% 791 $1,360 $48.6M
10 Sep 18-20 11 $696.9K −35.2% 598 $1,165 $49.7M
11 Sep 25-27 13 $640.5K −8.1% 576 $1,112 $50.6M
12 Oct 2-4 15 $456.3K −28.8% 471 $969 $51.3M
13 Oct 9-11 12 $391.5K −14.2% 390 $1,004 $51.9M
14 Oct 16-18 16 $354.8K −9.4% 417 $851 $52.4M
15 Oct 23-25 12 $227.4K −35.9% 298 $763 $52.8M
16 Oct 30-Nov 1 11 $141.9K −37.6% 237 $599 $53.0M
17 Nov 6-8 26 $126.6K −10.8% 165 $767 $53.2M
18 Nov 13-15 13 $104.6K −17.4% 143 $732 $53.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $696.9K
$8.0M
$6.3M
$4.7M
$3.9M
$2.7M
$2.1M
$1.4M
$1.9M
$1.1M
$696.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.2%
−20.9%
W1→2
−25.0%
W2→3
−17.3%
W3→4
−31.3%
W4→5
−20.8%
W5→6
−32.9%
W6→7
+33.0%
W7→8
−43.6%
W8→9
−35.2%
W9→10
Steepest −43.6%Biggest gain +33.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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