Sixteen Candles

Name: Sixteen Candles
Director: John Hughes
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1984
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Anthony Michael Hall

1984 • PG • 1h 33m • Comedy, Romance • Universal Pictures

Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time.

🍅 81% 85%

7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$4.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$23.7M

Final

Domestic Legs5.3x

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Hughes ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byHilton A. Green CinematographyBobby Byrne MusicIra Newborn Prod. DesignJohn W. Corso StarringMolly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 4-6 2 $4.5M — 1,240 $3,598 $4.5M

2 May 11-13 4 $3.2M −28.3% 1,245 $2,570 $8.5M

3 May 18-20 6 $2.7M −16.0% 1,111 $2,420 $12.0M

4 May 25-27 5 $2.9M +7.6% 974 $2,969 $15.5M

5 Jun 1-3 9 $1.3M −55.3% 1,150 $1,123 $17.1M

6 Jun 8-10 12 $764.9K −40.8% 525 $1,457 $18.4M

7 Jun 15-17 11 $668.2K −12.6% 622 $1,074 $19.4M

8 Jun 22-24 14 $614.4K −8.0% 480 $1,280 $20.5M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $614.4K

$4.5M

$3.2M

$2.7M

$2.9M

$1.3M

$764.9K

$668.2K

$614.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −8.0%

−28.3%

W1→2

−16.0%

W2→3

+7.6%

W3→4

−55.3%

W4→5

−40.8%

W5→6

−12.6%

W6→7

−8.0%

W7→8

Steepest −55.3%Biggest gain +7.6%

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