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St. Elmo's Fire

1985 R 1h 48m Drama, Romance Columbia Pictures

The passion burns deep.

St. Elmo's Fire Box Office

Opening Weekend
$6.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$37.8M
Final
Domestic Legs6.2x
Budget$10M
1985 Rank#23
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 28-30 4 $6.13M $6.13M 1,204 $5.1K 1
Jul 5-7 6 $4.06M -33.7% $14.09M 1,207 $3.4K 2
Jul 12-14 8 $2.92M -28.2% $19.13M 1,091 $2.7K 3
Jul 19-21 8 $2.29M -21.5% $23.26M 920 $2.5K 4
Jul 26-28 9 $1.62M -29.4% $26.11M 754 $2.1K 5
Aug 2-4 11 $1.35M -16.7% $28.55M 698 $1.9K 6
Aug 9-11 15 $964K -28.4% $30.28M 585 $1.6K 7
Aug 16-18 19 $599K -37.9% $31.41M 453 $1.3K 8
Aug 23-25 20 $527K -11.9% $32.44M 390 $1.4K 9
Aug 30-Sep 1 23 $604K +14.4% $33.36M 402 $1.5K 10
Sep 6-8 14 $893K +47.9% $34.49M 710 $1.3K 11
Sep 13-15 11 $839K -6.0% $35.68M 727 $1.2K 12
Sep 20-22 8 $781K -6.9% $36.75M 697 $1.1K 13
Sep 27-29 13 $468K -40.0% $37.59M 565 $829 14

Cast & Crew

Directed byJoel Schumacher
ScreenplayJoel Schumacher, Carl Kurlander
Produced byLauren Shuler Donner
CinematographyStephen H. Burum
Music byDavid Foster
StarringRob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Mare Winningham, Andrew McCarthy, Andie MacDowell

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