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The Goonies

1985 • PG • 1h 54m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Warner Bros.

They call themselves "The Goonies." The secret caves. The old lighthouse. The lost map. The treacherous traps. The hidden adventure. And Sloth. Join the adventure.

🍅 77% 90% MC 62 LB 3.83 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$9.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$69.4M
All releases
Worldwide Total
$70.4M
$949.8K international
Budget$19M
1985 Rank#7
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Cast & Crew

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Richard Donner Richard Donner Director Sean Astin Sean Astin Starring Josh Brolin Josh Brolin Starring Corey Feldman Corey Feldman Starring Ke Huy Quan Ke Huy Quan Starring
ScreenplayChris Columbus Story bySteven Spielberg Produced byRichard Donner, Harvey Bernhard Executive ProducersSteven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy CinematographyNick McLean Edited byMichael Kahn Music byDave Grusin StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 7-9 2 $9.1M — 1,705 $5,341 $9.1M
2 Jun 14-16 2 $8.4M −8.0% 1,705 $4,913 $22.1M
3 Jun 21-23 3 $6.3M −25.3% 1,705 $3,669 $32.6M
4 Jun 28-30 5 $4.6M −26.1% 1,705 $2,709 $40.7M
5 Jul 5-7 7 $3.9M −15.6% 1,705 $2,288 $47.6M
6 Jul 12-14 10 $2.2M −43.6% 1,225 $1,796 $51.8M
8 Jul 26-28 13 $1.0M — 883 $1,164 $56.8M
9 Aug 2-4 15 $733.8K −28.6% 691 $1,062 $58.3M
10 Aug 9-11 18 $643.5K −12.3% 600 $1,072 $59.4M
11 Aug 16-18 21 $453.2K −29.6% 474 $956 $60.2M
12 Aug 23-25 25 $309.6K −31.7% 351 $882 $60.8M
13 Aug 30-Sep 1 26 $415.4K +34.2% 316 $1,314 $61.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $643.5K
$9.1M
$8.4M
$6.3M
$4.6M
$3.9M
$2.2M
$1.0M
$733.8K
$643.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.3%
−8.0%
W1→2
−25.3%
W2→3
−26.1%
W3→4
−15.6%
W4→5
−43.6%
W5→6
−28.6%
W8→9
−12.3%
W9→10
Steepest −43.6%Best hold −8.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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