Back to the Future (1985) - Box Office Mojo

Back to the Future

Domestic Total Gross: $210,609,762
Distributor: Universal	Release Date: July 3, 1985
Genre: Sci-Fi Adventure	Runtime: 1 hrs. 51 min.
MPAA Rating: PG	Production Budget: $19 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$210,609,762	55.3%
+ Foreign:	$170,500,000	44.7%

= Worldwide:	$381,109,762

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$11,152,500
(#1 rank, 1,420 theaters, $7,853 average)
% of Total Gross:	5.3%
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Widest Release:

1,550 theaters

The Players

Director:	Robert Zemeckis
Producers:	Kathleen Kennedy (executive) Frank Marshall (executive) Steven Spielberg (executive)
Composer:	Alan Silvestri

1985 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Four Oscars, Including One Win.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Sci-Fi - Adventure	18
Time Travel	4

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Back to the Future	1
Showdown: Back to the Future Showdown	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	152
All Time Adjusted	64
All Time Worldwide	249
Yearly 1985	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1985	4
Yearly PG Rated 1985	1
Opening Weeks	1,381
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Biggest Drops	161
Opening Weekends	1,654
Opening Weekends - July	191
Eleventh Weekends	24
Ninth Weekends	11
Tenth Weekends	21
Twelfth Weekends	12
Twelfth Weekends	21
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	6
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	10
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	4
Consecutive Weekends At #1	7
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	7
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	6
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	82
Independence Day Opening Weekends	46
Independence Day Weekends	99
Fifth Weekends	133
Sixth Weekends	64
Seventh Weekends	43
Eighth Weekends	25
Fewest Theaters to Debut at #1	114
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	269
Rated G and PG	57
Rated PG	47
Slowest to $100 million	131
Slowest to $200 million	1
BOM Users' Grades	34
BOM Users' Grades (1985 Releases)	1
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on January 9, 1986)	9
Yearly (Wide) 1985	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1985	4
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	123
Opening Weeks Adjusted	682
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	128
Opening Weekends Adjusted	900
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	15
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	7
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	12
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	11
Third Weekends Adjusted	157
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	63
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	33
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	21
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	15
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	10
Rated G and PG Adjusted	35
Rated PG Adjusted	17
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	189