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The Great Outdoors

1988 • PG • 1h 31m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

This is no holiday… this is war!

🍅 44% 71% MC 24 LB 3.17 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$6.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$41.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$43.5M
$2.0M international
Domestic Legs6.8x
1988 Rank#25
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Cast & Crew

Dan Aykroyd Dan Aykroyd Starring John Candy John Candy Starring Annette Bening Annette Bening Starring Robert Prosky Robert Prosky Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byArne Schmidt CinematographyRobert C. Thomas, Ric Waite MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignJohn W. Corso StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 17-19 3 $6.1M — 1,223 $5,005 $6.1M
2 Jun 24-26 3 $6.1M +0.1% 1,415 $4,330 $15.8M
3 Jul 1-4 6 $4.6M −24.1% 1,430 $3,251 $23.5M
4 Jul 8-10 10 $2.7M −42.7% 1,274 $2,090 $27.8M
5 Jul 15-17 11 $2.1M −22.0% 1,183 $1,755 $31.3M
Weekend grossWk 5 · $2.1M
$6.1M
$6.1M
$4.6M
$2.7M
$2.1M
W1W2W3W4W5
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −22.0%
+0.1%
W1→2
−24.1%
W2→3
−42.7%
W3→4
−22.0%
W4→5
Steepest −42.7%Biggest gain +0.1%

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