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The Breakfast Club

1985 • R • 1h 37m • Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.

🍅 87% 92% MC 66 LB 3.8 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$5.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$45.9M
Original 1985 release
Domestic Legs9.0x
Budget$1M
1985 Rank#13
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Cast & Crew

Emilio Estevez Emilio Estevez Starring Anthony Michael Hall Anthony Michael Hall Starring Judd Nelson Judd Nelson Starring Molly Ringwald Molly Ringwald Starring Ally Sheedy Ally Sheedy Starring
Written byJohn Hughes Produced byNed Tanen, John Hughes CinematographyThomas Del Ruth Music byKeith Forsey StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 15-17 3 $5.1M — 1,071 $4,769 $5.1M
2 Feb 22-24 3 $4.3M −16.5% 1,118 $3,813 $10.2M
3 Mar 1-3 4 $3.6M −15.0% 1,074 $3,373 $14.8M
4 Mar 8-10 3 $3.3M −9.0% 1,006 $3,279 $19.1M
5 Mar 15-17 3 $3.3M +0.6% 1,037 $3,200 $23.6M
6 Mar 22-24 8 $2.4M −27.3% 904 $2,669 $27.1M
7 Mar 29-31 13 $1.5M −36.7% 580 $2,635 $29.3M
8 Apr 5-7 12 $1.7M +9.6% 722 $2,320 $31.7M
9 Apr 12-14 12 $1.3M −23.6% 631 $2,027 $33.5M
10 Apr 19-21 13 $1.0M −20.8% 559 $1,812 $34.9M
11 Apr 26-28 14 $832.4K −17.8% 494 $1,685 $36.0M
12 May 3-5 15 $811.2K −2.5% 480 $1,690 $37.1M
13 May 10-12 13 $756.5K −6.7% 423 $1,788 $38.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M
$5.1M
$4.3M
$3.6M
$3.3M
$3.3M
$2.4M
$1.5M
$1.7M
$1.3M
$1.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.8%
−16.5%
W1→2
−15.0%
W2→3
−9.0%
W3→4
+0.6%
W4→5
−27.3%
W5→6
−36.7%
W6→7
+9.6%
W7→8
−23.6%
W8→9
−20.8%
W9→10
Steepest −36.7%Biggest gain +9.6%

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