Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling (1986)

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $18,034,150Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,879,107 (27.1% of total gross)
Legs:3.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1,203 opening theaters/1,203 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $54,977,412

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 2nd, 1986 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: January 1st, 2002 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R
Running Time: 97 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Autobiographical, Directing Yourself, Screenplay Written By the Star
Plot point: About a Stand Up Comedian, Addiction, Biography, Coma, Medical and Hospitals, Narcotics, Relationships Gone Wrong
Subgenre: Comedy Drama
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 2, 1986 1 $4,879,107   1,203 $4,056   $4,879,107 1
May 9, 1986 2 $3,054,235 -37% 1,203 $2,539   $9,482,787 2
May 16, 1986 4 $2,124,306 -30% 1,102 $1,928   $12,770,063 3
May 23, 1986 6 $1,777,343 -16% 977 $1,819   $15,224,382 4
May 30, 1986 7 $953,532 -46% 722 $1,321   $16,402,475 5
Jun 6, 1986 9 $624,979 -34% 514 $1,216   $17,337,232 6
Sep 26, 1986 15 $341,591   327 $1,045   $17,897,695 22

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 2, 1986 1 $6,428,552   1,203 $5,344   $6,428,552 1
May 9, 1986 2 $4,217,205 -34% 1,203 $3,506   $10,645,757 2
May 16, 1986 4 $2,801,282 -34% 1,102 $2,542   $13,447,039 3
May 23, 1986 6 $2,001,904 -29% 977 $2,049   $15,448,943 4
May 30, 1986 6 $1,263,310 -37% 722 $1,750   $16,712,253 5

Dennis Farina    Freddy
Michael Ironside    Det. Lawrence
Richard Pryor    Jo Jo Dancer/Alter Ego
Debbie Allen    Michelle
Art Evans    Arturo
Wings Hauser    Cliff
Beau Starr    Vito

Production and Technical Credits

Richard Pryor    Director
Rocco Urbisci    Screenwriter
Paul Mooney    Screenwriter
Richard Pryor    Screenwriter
Marilyn Vance    Costume Designer

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.


Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,879,107 (27.1% of total gross)
Legs:3.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1,203 opening theaters/1,203 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $54,977,412

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 2nd, 1986 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: January 1st, 2002 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R
Running Time: 97 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Autobiographical, Directing Yourself, Screenplay Written By the Star
Plot point: About a Stand Up Comedian, Addiction, Biography, Coma, Medical and Hospitals, Narcotics, Relationships Gone Wrong
Subgenre: Comedy Drama
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 2, 1986 1 $4,879,107   1,203 $4,056   $4,879,107 1
May 9, 1986 2 $3,054,235 -37% 1,203 $2,539   $9,482,787 2
May 16, 1986 4 $2,124,306 -30% 1,102 $1,928   $12,770,063 3
May 23, 1986 6 $1,777,343 -16% 977 $1,819   $15,224,382 4
May 30, 1986 7 $953,532 -46% 722 $1,321   $16,402,475 5
Jun 6, 1986 9 $624,979 -34% 514 $1,216   $17,337,232 6
Sep 26, 1986 15 $341,591   327 $1,045   $17,897,695 22

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 2, 1986 1 $6,428,552   1,203 $5,344   $6,428,552 1
May 9, 1986 2 $4,217,205 -34% 1,203 $3,506   $10,645,757 2
May 16, 1986 4 $2,801,282 -34% 1,102 $2,542   $13,447,039 3
May 23, 1986 6 $2,001,904 -29% 977 $2,049   $15,448,943 4
May 30, 1986 6 $1,263,310 -37% 722 $1,750   $16,712,253 5

Dennis Farina    Freddy
Michael Ironside    Det. Lawrence
Richard Pryor    Jo Jo Dancer/Alter Ego
Debbie Allen    Michelle
Art Evans    Arturo
Wings Hauser    Cliff
Beau Starr    Vito

Production and Technical Credits

Richard Pryor    Director
Rocco Urbisci    Screenwriter
Paul Mooney    Screenwriter
Richard Pryor    Screenwriter
Marilyn Vance    Costume Designer

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.