The Money Pit

Name: The Money Pit
Director: Richard Benjamin
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1986
Cast: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna

1986 • PG • 1h 31m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

For everyone who's ever been deeply in love or deeply in debt.

🍅 52% 58%

3.16

6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$5.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$37.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$55.0M

$17.5M international

Domestic Legs7.0x

1986 Rank#29

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Cast & Crew

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Richard Benjamin Director

Tom Hanks Starring

Shelley Long Starring

Maureen Stapleton Starring

Joe Mantegna Starring

Philip Bosco Starring

ScreenplayDavid Giler Produced byFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Art Levinson CinematographyGordon Willis Prod. DesignPatrizia von Brandenstein StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 28-30 2 $5.3M — 1,189 $4,495 $6.9M

2 Apr 4-6 2 $5.1M −5.5% 1,193 $4,235 $14.1M

3 Apr 11-13 1 $3.6M −27.8% 1,180 $3,090 $18.8M

4 Apr 18-20 3 $2.7M −24.9% 1,180 $2,322 $22.3M

5 Apr 25-27 2 $2.4M −14.1% 1,145 $2,055 $25.5M

6 May 2-4 3 $1.9M −21.1% 1,105 $1,680 $27.9M

7 May 9-11 5 $1.4M −27.0% 1,034 $1,310 $29.6M

8 May 16-18 6 $954.5K −29.5% 984 $970 $30.9M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $954.5K

$5.3M

$5.1M

$3.6M

$2.7M

$2.4M

$1.9M

$1.4M

$954.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −29.5%

−5.5%

W1→2

−27.8%

W2→3

−24.9%

W3→4

−14.1%

W4→5

−21.1%

W5→6

−27.0%

W6→7

−29.5%

W7→8

Steepest −29.5%Best hold −5.5%

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