Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Name: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director: Steve Barron
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1990
Cast: Brian Tochi, Josh Pais, Corey Feldman, Robbie Rist, Judith Hoag

1990 • PG • 1h 33m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • New Line Cinema

Hey dude, this is NO cartoon.

🍅 46% 81%

3.41

6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$25.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$135.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$202.0M

$66.7M international

Domestic Legs5.3x

Budget$13.5M

1990 Rank#5

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteve Barron ScreenplayTodd W. Langen, Bobby Herbeck Produced byKim Dawson, David Chan, Simon Fields CinematographyJohn Fenner MusicJohn Du Prez Prod. DesignRoy Forge Smith StarringBrian Tochi, Josh Pais, Corey Feldman, Robbie Rist, Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas StudioNew Line Cinema SeriesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 30-Apr 1 1 $25.4M — 2,006 $12,661 $25.4M

2 Apr 6-8 1 $18.8M −25.9% 2,226 $8,452 $51.0M

3 Apr 13-15 1 $14.1M −25.2% 2,337 $6,018 $72.9M

4 Apr 20-22 1 $9.8M −30.3% 2,377 $4,122 $89.1M

5 Apr 27-29 2 $6.9M −29.4% 2,377 $2,909 $98.0M

6 May 4-6 2 $5.3M −23.1% 2,330 $2,283 $104.8M

7 May 11-13 2 $3.7M −31.0% 2,267 $1,620 $109.6M

8 May 18-20 4 $3.3M −10.6% 2,026 $1,621 $114.0M

9 May 25-28 6 $3.0M −9.1% 1,970 $1,516 $118.1M

10 Jun 1-3 7 $2.0M −34.6% 1,777 $1,099 $121.0M

11 Jun 8-10 7 $1.6M −18.5% 1,588 $1,003 $123.2M

12 Jun 15-17 10 $857.3K −46.2% 1,165 $736 $124.6M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.0M

$25.4M

$18.8M

$14.1M

$9.8M

$6.9M

$5.3M

$3.7M

$3.3M

$3.0M

$2.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.6%

−25.9%

W1→2

−25.2%

W2→3

−30.3%

W3→4

−29.4%

W4→5

−23.1%

W5→6

−31.0%

W6→7

−10.6%

W7→8

−9.1%

W8→9

−34.6%

W9→10

Steepest −34.6%Best hold −9.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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