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Trading Places

1983 • R • 1h 56m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.

🍅 87% 85% MC 69 LB 3.63 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$7.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$90.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$90.4M
Domestic only
Domestic Legs12.3x
1983 Rank#4
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Cast & Crew

Full Landis filmography
John Landis John Landis Director Dan Aykroyd Dan Aykroyd Starring Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy Starring Ralph Bellamy Ralph Bellamy Starring Don Ameche Don Ameche Starring Denholm Elliott Denholm Elliott Starring
ScreenplayTimothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod Produced byAaron Russo Music byElmer Bernstein StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 10-12 3 $7.3M — 1,375 $5,344 $9.0M
2 Jun 17-19 3 $7.0M −4.6% 1,387 $5,052 $20.1M
3 Jun 24-26 5 $5.5M −21.5% 1,368 $4,022 $29.6M
4 Jul 1-3 3 $6.5M +18.8% 1,290 $5,068 $39.3M
5 Jul 8-10 2 $4.8M −27.2% 1,280 $3,719 $46.3M
6 Jul 15-17 4 $4.3M −9.6% 1,227 $3,508 $53.1M
7 Jul 22-24 6 $3.9M −10.5% 1,170 $3,294 $59.3M
8 Jul 29-31 7 $3.0M −21.0% 1,040 $2,927 $64.3M
9 Aug 5-7 7 $2.7M −12.6% 945 $2,814 $68.5M
10 Aug 12-14 6 $2.4M −10.6% 880 $2,703 $72.3M
11 Aug 19-21 9 $1.9M −21.1% 785 $2,392 $75.4M
12 Aug 26-28 9 $1.6M −15.3% 732 $2,171 $77.9M
13 Sep 2-4 8 $2.1M +30.0% 750 $2,755 $80.6M
14 Sep 9-11 8 $1.3M −38.1% 750 $1,706 $82.3M
15 Sep 16-18 9 $1.2M −8.2% 750 $1,566 $83.9M
16 Sep 23-25 10 $1.0M −11.6% 698 $1,488 $85.3M
17 Sep 30-Oct 2 8 $1.2M +14.2% 790 $1,501 $86.8M
18 Oct 7-9 11 $837.1K −29.4% 690 $1,213 $87.9M
19 Oct 14-16 11 $542.4K −35.2% 509 $1,066 $88.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.4M
$7.3M
$7.0M
$5.5M
$6.5M
$4.8M
$4.3M
$3.9M
$3.0M
$2.7M
$2.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −10.6%
−4.6%
W1→2
−21.5%
W2→3
+18.8%
W3→4
−27.2%
W4→5
−9.6%
W5→6
−10.5%
W6→7
−21.0%
W7→8
−12.6%
W8→9
−10.6%
W9→10
Steepest −27.2%Biggest gain +18.8%

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