Shanghai Surprise (1986)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $2,315,000Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$729,885 (31.5% of total gross)
Legs:3.17 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$17,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:401 opening theaters/401 max. theaters, 4.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $6,726,601

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 7,701-7,800) 7,738 $2,315,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 12,401-12,500) 12,457 $2,315,000

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 29th, 1986 (Wide) by MGM
Comparisons: vs. Victor Frankenstein
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Production Countries: United Kingdom

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 7,701-7,800) 7,738 $2,315,000
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 6,401-6,500) 6,492 $6,726,601
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 6,901-7,000) 6,903 $2,315,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 301-400) 305 $2,315,000

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 29, 1986 16 $729,885   401 $1,820   $729,885 1
Sep 5, 1986 21 $238,554 -67% 353 $676   $1,110,062 2
Sep 12, 1986 22 $32,456 -86% 40 $811   $1,223,348 3
Sep 19, 1986 15 $470,113 +1,348% 350 $1,343   $1,708,114 4
Sep 26, 1986 20 $109,783 -77% 177 $620   $1,954,326 5
Oct 3, 1986 22 $36,948 -66% 102 $362   $2,027,594 6
Oct 10, 1986 26 $5,730 -84% 15 $382   $2,048,536 7
Oct 17, 1986 19 $107,217 +1,771% 264 $406   $2,156,850 8
Oct 24, 1986 25 $20,422 -81% 106 $193   $2,209,013 9

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Weekly Box Office Performance

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 12,401-12,500) 12,457 $2,315,000
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 11,201-11,300) 11,272 $2,315,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 301-400) 314 $2,315,000

Uncategorized

Paul Freeman    Walter Faraday
Madonna    Gloria Tatlock
Sean Penn    Glendon Wasey
Richard Griffiths    Willie Tuttle
Victor Wong    Ho Chong

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Production and Technical Credits

Michael Kamen    Composer

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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$729,885 (31.5% of total gross)
Legs:3.17 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$17,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:401 opening theaters/401 max. theaters, 4.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $6,726,601

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 7,701-7,800) 7,738 $2,315,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 12,401-12,500) 12,457 $2,315,000

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 29th, 1986 (Wide) by MGM
Comparisons: vs. Victor Frankenstein
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Production Countries: United Kingdom

Uncategorized

Paul Freeman    Walter Faraday
Madonna    Gloria Tatlock
Sean Penn    Glendon Wasey
Richard Griffiths    Willie Tuttle
Victor Wong    Ho Chong

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Michael Kamen    Composer

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 7,701-7,800) 7,738 $2,315,000
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 6,401-6,500) 6,492 $6,726,601
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 6,901-7,000) 6,903 $2,315,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 301-400) 305 $2,315,000

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 29, 1986 16 $729,885   401 $1,820   $729,885 1
Sep 5, 1986 21 $238,554 -67% 353 $676   $1,110,062 2
Sep 12, 1986 22 $32,456 -86% 40 $811   $1,223,348 3
Sep 19, 1986 15 $470,113 +1,348% 350 $1,343   $1,708,114 4
Sep 26, 1986 20 $109,783 -77% 177 $620   $1,954,326 5
Oct 3, 1986 22 $36,948 -66% 102 $362   $2,027,594 6
Oct 10, 1986 26 $5,730 -84% 15 $382   $2,048,536 7
Oct 17, 1986 19 $107,217 +1,771% 264 $406   $2,156,850 8
Oct 24, 1986 25 $20,422 -81% 106 $193   $2,209,013 9

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 12,401-12,500) 12,457 $2,315,000
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 11,201-11,300) 11,272 $2,315,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 301-400) 314 $2,315,000