Uncle Buck

Name: Uncle Buck
Director: John Hughes
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1989
Cast: John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Macaulay Culkin, Amy Madigan

1989 • PG • 1h 40m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

He's crude. He's crass. He's family.

🍅 61% 77%

3.51

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$66.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$79.3M

$12.5M international

Domestic Legs7.6x

1989 Rank#18

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Cast & Crew

John Candy Starring

Gaby Hoffmann Starring

Macaulay Culkin Starring

Amy Madigan Starring

ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byJohn Hughes, Tom Jacobson CinematographyRalf D. Bode MusicIra Newborn StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 18-20 1 $8.8M — 1,804 $4,875 $11.9M

2 Aug 25-27 1 $6.7M −23.5% 1,835 $3,665 $23.7M

3 Sep 1-4 1 $7.8M +16.3% 1,832 $4,270 $34.7M

4 Sep 8-10 1 $4.6M −41.8% 1,824 $2,495 $40.5M

5 Sep 15-17 2 $4.1M −9.4% 1,817 $2,270 $45.8M

6 Sep 22-24 3 $3.2M −22.4% 1,784 $1,795 $49.8M

7 Sep 29-Oct 1 3 $2.7M −15.6% 1,710 $1,580 $53.2M

8 Oct 6-8 5 $2.9M +5.8% 1,611 $1,775 $56.6M

9 Oct 13-15 8 $1.5M −45.9% 1,370 $1,130 $58.6M

19 Dec 22-25 32 $75.0K — 190 $395 $64.1M

20 Dec 29-Jan 1 19 $81.2K +8.2% 164 $495 $64.2M

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

Weekend grossWk 9 · $1.5M

$8.8M

$6.7M

$7.8M

$4.6M

$4.1M

$3.2M

$2.7M

$2.9M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −45.9%

−23.5%

W1→2

+16.3%

W2→3

−41.8%

W3→4

−9.4%

W4→5

−22.4%

W5→6

−15.6%

W6→7

+5.8%

W7→8

−45.9%

W8→9

Steepest −45.9%Biggest gain +16.3%

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