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Name: Twins
Director: Ivan Reitman
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1988
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb, Bonnie Bartlett

1988 • PG • 1h 45m • Comedy, Crime • Universal Pictures

Only their mother can tell them apart.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$111.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$216.60M

$104.70M international

Domestic legs10.0x

Budget$15M

1988 rank#5

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Cast & crew

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Ivan Reitman Director

Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring

Danny DeVito Starring

Kelly Preston Starring

David Caruso Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Davies, William Osborne, Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod Produced byIvan Reitman CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak Music byGeorges Delerue, Randy Edelman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 9-11 1 $11.2M — 1,396 $8,005 $11.2M

2 Dec 16-18 1 $7.8M −30.4% 1,449 $5,370 $22.1M

3 Dec 23-25 1 $9.0M +15.1% 1,606 $5,578 $35.5M

4 Dec 30-Jan 1 2 $12.1M +34.5% 1,624 $7,420 $55.5M

5 Jan 6-8 2 $7.1M −41.2% 1,628 $4,350 $64.7M

6 Jan 13-15 2 $6.7M −4.7% 1,630 $4,140 $73.4M

7 Jan 20-22 2 $4.8M −28.5% 1,640 $2,940 $80.4M

8 Jan 27-29 4 $4.8M −0.4% 1,659 $2,895 $86.5M

9 Feb 3-5 6 $3.3M −30.3% 1,610 $2,080 $90.8M

10 Feb 10-12 7 $2.9M −14.4% 1,512 $1,895 $94.4M

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.9M

$11.2M

$7.8M

$9.0M

$12.1M

$7.1M

$6.7M

$4.8M

$3.3M

$2.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.4%

−30.4%

W1→2

+15.1%

W2→3

+34.5%

W3→4

−41.2%

W4→5

−4.7%

W5→6

−28.5%

W6→7

−0.4%

W7→8

−30.3%

W8→9

−14.4%

W9→10

Steepest −41.2%Biggest gain +34.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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