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Top Gun

1986 • PG • 1h 50m • Action, Drama • Paramount Pictures

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🍅 57% 83% MC 51 LB 3.54 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$180.5M
All releases, incl. 2013 IMAX re-release
Worldwide Total
$357.5M
$177M international
Budget$15M
1986 Rank#1
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Cast & Crew

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Tony Scott Tony Scott Director Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Starring Kelly McGillis Kelly McGillis Starring Val Kilmer Val Kilmer Starring Tom Skerritt Tom Skerritt Starring
Written byJim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. Produced byDon Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer Music byHarold Faltermeyer StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 16-18 1 $8.2M — 1,028 $7,970 $8.2M
2 May 23-25 3 $9.4M +15.3% 1,057 $8,940 $21.4M
3 May 30-Jun 1 2 $6.9M −26.9% 1,057 $6,531 $31.0M
4 Jun 6-8 1 $8.2M +19.2% 1,531 $5,376 $43.2M
5 Jun 13-15 3 $6.3M −24.1% 1,531 $4,083 $53.8M
6 Jun 20-22 4 $5.8M −7.0% 1,531 $3,795 $63.7M
7 Jun 27-29 6 $5.0M −13.3% 1,485 $3,392 $72.4M
8 Jul 4-6 4 $4.6M −8.0% 1,386 $3,345 $80.6M
9 Jul 11-13 4 $4.7M +2.0% 1,415 $3,343 $88.4M
10 Jul 18-20 5 $4.0M −14.4% 1,384 $2,925 $95.3M
11 Jul 25-27 5 $3.8M −5.7% 1,351 $2,825 $101.8M
12 Aug 1-3 7 $3.5M −9.0% 1,312 $2,647 $107.8M
13 Aug 8-10 5 $3.4M −1.3% 1,281 $2,677 $113.6M
14 Aug 15-17 6 $3.1M −9.1% 1,216 $2,563 $118.9M
15 Aug 22-24 4 $3.3M +6.7% 1,201 $2,770 $124.4M
16 Aug 29-31 2 $5.0M +51.0% 1,289 $3,898 $131.3M
17 Sep 5-7 2 $3.3M −34.6% 1,287 $2,553 $135.6M
18 Sep 12-14 2 $3.0M −8.6% 1,327 $2,264 $139.7M
19 Sep 19-21 1 $3.3M +9.6% 1,357 $2,427 $144.0M
20 Sep 26-28 3 $2.6M −22.0% 1,344 $1,911 $147.5M
21 Oct 3-5 3 $2.4M −6.4% 1,334 $1,803 $150.7M
22 Oct 10-12 6 $2.7M +11.2% 1,357 $1,971 $154.1M
23 Oct 17-19 7 $1.9M −29.9% 1,292 $1,451 $156.5M
24 Oct 24-26 9 $1.6M −15.9% 1,168 $1,349 $158.7M
25 Oct 31-Nov 2 10 $1.2M −26.5% 964 $1,202 $160.3M
26 Nov 7-9 11 $1.3M +8.6% 864 $1,456 $162.1M
27 Nov 14-16 10 $1.2M −5.4% 920 $1,294 $163.7M
28 Nov 21-23 11 $1.0M −14.6% 747 $1,362 $165.1M
29 Nov 28-30 10 $1.2M +21.0% 741 $1,661 $166.9M
30 Dec 5-7 11 $668.1K −45.7% 698 $957 $167.8M
31 Dec 12-14 13 $417.9K −37.4% 586 $713 $168.5M
32 Dec 19-21 13 $401.5K −3.9% 466 $862 $169.0M
33 Dec 26-28 12 $761.9K +89.8% 455 $1,675 $170.1M
34 Jan 2-4 13 $728.4K −4.4% 466 $1,563 $171.6M
35 Jan 9-11 17 $607.6K −16.6% 405 $1,500 $172.5M
36 Jan 16-18 19 $512.9K −15.6% 348 $1,474 $173.2M
37 Jan 23-25 18 $394.9K −23.0% 347 $1,138 $173.8M
38 Jan 30-Feb 1 22 $432.7K +9.6% 351 $1,233 $174.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.0M
$8.2M
$9.4M
$6.9M
$8.2M
$6.3M
$5.8M
$5.0M
$4.6M
$4.7M
$4.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.4%
+15.3%
W1→2
−26.9%
W2→3
+19.2%
W3→4
−24.1%
W4→5
−7.0%
W5→6
−13.3%
W6→7
−8.0%
W7→8
+2.0%
W8→9
−14.4%
W9→10
Steepest −26.9%Biggest gain +19.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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