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Weekend at Bernie'sFollow

1989 • PG-13 • 1h 38m • Adventure, Comedy, Crime • 20th Century Fox

Bernie may be dead, but he's still the life of the party!

🍅 52% 57% MC 32 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.51M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$30.22M
Final
Domestic legs6.7x
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Cast & crew

Directed byTed Kotcheff ScreenplayRobert Klane Produced byBruce McNall, Victor Drai CinematographyFrançois Protat MusicAndy Summers Prod. DesignPeter Jamison StarringAndrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser, Don Calfa, Catherine Parks Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 7-9 8 $4.5M — 1,134 $3,974 $6.4M
2 Jul 14-16 9 $3.7M −16.8% 1,139 $3,292 $12.9M
3 Jul 21-23 10 $2.7M −27.8% 1,104 $2,454 $18.1M
9 Sep 1-3 21 $655.3K — 565 $1,160 $26.8M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $655.3K
$4.5M
$3.7M
$2.7M
$655.3K
W1W2W3W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −27.8%
−16.8%
W1→2
−27.8%
W2→3
Steepest −27.8%Best hold −16.8%

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