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The Accidental Tourist

1988 • PG • 2h 1m • Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

Macon Leary was set in his ways. The way he lived, thought and worked. He imagined it would always be like that. Until an unusual woman showed him the way it could be.

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The Accidental Tourist Box Office

Opening Weekend
$97.6K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$32.6M
Final
Domestic Legs334.4x
1988 Rank#34
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jan 6-8 3 $6.19M — $6.56M 863 $7.2K 3
Jan 13-15 4 $4.87M -21.3% $13.49M 954 $5.1K 4
Jan 20-22 4 $3.31M -32.0% $18.28M 954 $3.5K 5
Jan 27-29 8 $2.56M -22.7% $21.84M 926 $2.8K 6
Feb 3-5 10 $1.54M -39.9% $24.02M 756 $2.0K 7

Cast & Crew

Directed byLawrence Kasdan
ScreenplayFrank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
Produced byLawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo
CinematographyJohn Bailey
Music byJohn Williams
StarringWilliam Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, David Ogden Stiers, Ed Begley Jr., Bill Pullman
StudioWarner Bros.

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