Total Recall

Name: Total Recall
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: 1990
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside

1990 • R • 1h 53m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • TriStar Pictures

They stole his mind. Now, he wants it back.

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3.82

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$25.5M

3-day opening, 2,060 theaters

Domestic Total

$119.4M

Original 1990 release

Worldwide Total

$261.4M

$142M international

Domestic Legs4.7x

Budget$65M

1990 Rank#6

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Cast & Crew

Full Verhoeven filmography

Paul Verhoeven Director

Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring

Sharon Stone Starring

Ronny Cox Starring

Michael Ironside Starring

ScreenplayRonald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Gary Goldman Produced byBuzz Feitshans, Ronald Shusett CinematographyJost Vacano Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 1-3 1 $25.5M — 2,060 $12,395 $25.5M

2 Jun 8-10 2 $15.1M −41.0% 2,076 $7,255 $51.1M

3 Jun 15-17 3 $10.2M −32.1% 2,095 $4,880 $67.6M

4 Jun 22-24 3 $8.3M −19.0% 2,131 $3,885 $81.4M

5 Jun 29-Jul 1 4 $6.0M −27.5% 1,961 $3,060 $91.5M

6 Jul 6-8 5 $4.2M −29.7% 1,787 $2,360 $99.2M

7 Jul 13-15 8 $3.2M −23.7% 1,551 $2,075 $104.9M

8 Jul 20-22 10 $2.2M −33.0% 1,302 $1,655 $108.6M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $2.2M

$25.5M

$15.1M

$10.2M

$8.3M

$6.0M

$4.2M

$3.2M

$2.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −33.0%

−41.0%

W1→2

−32.1%

W2→3

−19.0%

W3→4

−27.5%

W4→5

−29.7%

W5→6

−23.7%

W6→7

−33.0%

W7→8

Steepest −41.0%Best hold −19.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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