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Wayne's World

1992 • PG-13 • 1h 35m • Comedy, Music • Paramount Pictures

You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl.

🍅 79% 84% MC 57 LB 3.55 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$18.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$121.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$183.1M
$61.4M international
Domestic Legs6.7x
Budget$20M
1992 Rank#5
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Cast & Crew

Full Spheeris filmography
Penelope Spheeris Penelope Spheeris Director Mike Myers Mike Myers Starring Dana Carvey Dana Carvey Starring Rob Lowe Rob Lowe Starring Tia Carrere Tia Carrere Starring Lara Flynn Boyle Lara Flynn Boyle Starring
Written byMike Myers, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner Produced byLorne Michaels CinematographyTheo van de Sande Music byJ. Peter Robinson StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 14-16 1 $18.1M — 1,768 $10,250 $18.1M
2 Feb 21-23 1 $11.8M −34.8% 1,878 $6,290 $33.5M
3 Feb 28-Mar 1 1 $9.6M −18.4% 1,878 $5,134 $46.1M
4 Mar 6-8 1 $8.4M −13.2% 1,878 $4,458 $57.2M
5 Mar 13-15 1 $8.4M +0.7% 1,878 $4,489 $68.2M
6 Mar 20-22 2 $7.7M −9.0% 1,878 $4,083 $79.0M
7 Mar 27-29 3 $5.7M −25.5% 1,878 $3,042 $87.2M
8 Apr 3-5 6 $4.4M −22.5% 1,878 $2,357 $93.3M
9 Apr 10-12 7 $3.4M −22.4% 1,715 $2,003 $98.0M
10 Apr 17-19 9 $3.1M −8.5% 1,565 $2,008 $102.8M
11 Apr 24-26 9 $2.3M −26.0% 1,402 $1,660 $106.4M
12 May 1-3 7 $1.6M −30.7% 1,257 $1,283 $108.6M
13 May 8-10 6 $1.5M −8.1% 1,236 $1,198 $110.6M
14 May 15-17 6 $1.3M −12.1% 1,133 $1,149 $112.4M
15 May 22-24 10 $1.2M −8.7% 927 $1,282 $113.9M
18 Jun 12-14 10 $1.1M — 952 $1,106 $116.8M
19 Jun 19-21 11 $769.9K −26.9% 832 $925 $118.4M
20 Jun 26-28 13 $425.8K −44.7% 642 $663 $119.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.1M
$18.1M
$11.8M
$9.6M
$8.4M
$8.4M
$7.7M
$5.7M
$4.4M
$3.4M
$3.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.5%
−34.8%
W1→2
−18.4%
W2→3
−13.2%
W3→4
+0.7%
W4→5
−9.0%
W5→6
−25.5%
W6→7
−22.5%
W7→8
−22.4%
W8→9
−8.5%
W9→10
Steepest −34.8%Biggest gain +0.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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