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

Cast & crew

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Mel Brooks Director

Bill Pullman Starring

John Candy Starring

Rick Moranis Starring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio

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

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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

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Profitability

Domestic vs International Split

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