Spaceballs

Name: Spaceballs
Director: Mel Brooks
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Released: 1987
Cast: Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks

1987 • PG • 1h 36m • Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi • MGM

May the schwartz be with you.

🍅 53% 83%

3.43

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$6.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$38.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$38.1M

Domestic only

Domestic Legs5.8x

Budget$22.7M

1987 Rank#24

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Cast & Crew

Full Brooks filmography

Mel Brooks Director

Bill Pullman Starring

John Candy Starring

Rick Moranis Starring

ScreenplayMel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, Ronny Graham Produced byMel Brooks, Ezra Swerdlow Music byJohn Morris StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 26-28 2 $6.6M — 1,384 $4,779 $9.1M

2 Jul 3-5 2 $4.8M −27.7% 1,389 $3,441 $18.4M

3 Jul 10-12 9 $3.2M −33.0% 1,372 $2,335 $24.5M

11 Sep 4-6 30 $198.0K — 231 $857 $36.7M

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

Weekend grossWk 3 · $3.2M

$6.6M

$4.8M

$3.2M

W1W2W3

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · −33.0%

−27.7%

W1→2

−33.0%

W2→3

Steepest −33.0%Best hold −27.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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