The Cannonball Run

Name: The Cannonball Run
Director: Hal Needham
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Released: 1981
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin

1981 • PG • 1h 35m • Action, Comedy, Sport • 20th Century Fox

You'll root for them all...but you'll never guess who wins.

🍅 29% 61%

3.04

6.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$57.5M

Final

Domestic Legs4.9x

1981 Rank#7

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Cast & Crew

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Hal Needham Director

Burt Reynolds Starring

Roger Moore Starring

Dom DeLuise Starring

Dean Martin Starring

ScreenplayBrock Yates Produced byAlbert S. Ruddy CinematographyMichael C. Butler Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 19-21 2 $11.8M — 1,680 $7,003 $11.8M

2 Jun 26-28 2 $8.2M −30.0% 1,692 $4,871 $27.1M

3 Jul 3-5 5 $5.7M −30.6% 1,573 $3,639 $37.5M

4 Jul 10-12 6 $4.0M −29.5% 1,302 $3,098 $44.4M

5 Jul 17-19 7 $2.9M −29.3% 1,126 $2,533 $49.2M

7 Jul 31-Aug 2 13 $1.4M — 751 $1,844 $54.9M

8 Aug 7-9 16 $763.2K −44.9% 547 $1,395 $56.4M

9 Aug 14-16 15 $677.8K −11.2% 426 $1,591 $57.5M

Weekend grossWk 9 · $677.8K

$11.8M

$8.2M

$5.7M

$4.0M

$2.9M

$1.4M

$763.2K

$677.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −11.2%

−30.0%

W1→2

−30.6%

W2→3

−29.5%

W3→4

−29.3%

W4→5

−44.9%

W7→8

−11.2%

W8→9

Steepest −44.9%Best hold −11.2%

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