The Secret of My Success

Name: The Secret of My Success
Director: Herbert Ross
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1987
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow

1987 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Comedy, Romance • Universal Pictures

There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.

🍅 46% 58%

3.16

6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$67.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$111.0M

$44.0M international

Domestic Legs8.6x

1987 Rank#7

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Cast & Crew

Directed byHerbert Ross ScreenplayJack Epps Jr., Jim Cash Produced byHerbert Ross CinematographyCarlo Di Palma MusicDavid Foster StarringMichael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow, Christopher Murney, Fred Gwynne StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 10-12 1 $7.8M — 1,336 $5,813 $7.8M

2 Apr 17-19 1 $7.4M −4.6% 1,344 $5,515 $18.9M

3 Apr 24-26 1 $5.6M −24.6% 1,346 $4,150 $27.2M

4 May 1-3 1 $4.6M −17.5% 1,333 $3,458 $33.4M

5 May 8-10 1 $3.8M −16.8% 1,337 $2,870 $38.4M

6 May 15-17 3 $3.9M +1.9% 1,331 $2,938 $43.6M

7 May 22-25 3 $3.7M −5.5% 1,329 $2,779 $48.5M

8 May 29-31 3 $2.5M −33.2% 1,295 $1,906 $51.6M

9 Jun 5-7 5 $2.0M −17.5% 1,253 $1,625 $54.6M

10 Jun 12-14 8 $1.4M −29.7% 1,109 $1,290 $56.9M

11 Jun 19-21 9 $1.4M −5.0% 1,109 $1,226 $59.2M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.4M

$7.8M

$7.4M

$5.6M

$4.6M

$3.8M

$3.9M

$3.7M

$2.5M

$2.0M

$1.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.7%

−4.6%

W1→2

−24.6%

W2→3

−17.5%

W3→4

−16.8%

W4→5

+1.9%

W5→6

−5.5%

W6→7

−33.2%

W7→8

−17.5%

W8→9

−29.7%

W9→10

Steepest −33.2%Biggest gain +1.9%

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