Wall Street (1987)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $43,848,100Details
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $2,373,484
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $589,091
Total $2,962,575
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,104,611 (9.4% of total gross)
Legs:9.84 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$16,500,000 (worldwide box office is 2.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:730 opening theaters/989 max. theaters, 7.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $125,232,101

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 11th, 1987 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: November 7th, 2000 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R
Running Time: 125 minutes
Franchise: Wall Street
Cast, crew, or production detail: Directing Yourself, Intertitle, Relatives Playing Relatives
Plot point: Class Warfare, White Collar Crime
Social setting: Wall Street
Subgenre: Crime Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 11, 1987 3 $4,104,611   730 $5,623   $4,104,611 1
Dec 18, 1987 5 $3,067,206 -25% 743 $4,128   $8,514,908 2
Dec 25, 1987 5 $4,407,619 +44% 987 $4,466   $14,722,326 3
Jan 1, 1988 6 $4,454,390 +1% 989 $4,504   $22,467,080 4
Jan 8, 1988 6 $2,817,932 -37% 988 $2,852   $26,643,104 5
Jan 15, 1988 10 $2,065,196 -27% 967 $2,136   $29,808,822 6
Jan 22, 1988 12 $1,543,464 -25% 883 $1,748   $32,069,634 7
Jan 29, 1988 10 $1,278,457 -17% 934 $1,369   $33,849,454 8

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 11, 1987 3 $5,447,702   730 $7,463   $5,447,702 1
Dec 18, 1987 5 $4,867,005 -11% 743 $6,550   $10,314,707 2
Dec 25, 1987 6 $7,697,983 +58% 987 $7,799   $18,012,690 3
Jan 1, 1988 5 $5,812,482 -24% 989 $5,877   $23,825,172 4
Jan 8, 1988 5 $3,918,454 -33% 988 $3,966   $27,743,626 5
Jan 15, 1988 11 $2,782,544 -29% 967 $2,878   $30,526,170 6
Jan 22, 1988 10 $2,044,827 -27% 883 $2,316   $32,570,997 7

Sean Young    Kate Gekko
John C. McGinley    Marvin
Terence Stamp    Sir Larry Wildman
James Spader    Roger Barnes
Hal Holbrook    Lou Mannheim
Grant Shaud    Young broker
Daryl Hannah    Darien Taylor
Saul Rubinek    Harold Salt
Paul Guilfoyle    Stone Livingston

Leading

Charlie Sheen    Bud Fox
Michael Douglas    Gordon Gekko

Supporting

Martin Sheen    Carl Fox

Cameo

Oliver Stone    Trader - Office

Production and Technical Credits

Oliver Stone    Director
Robert Richardson    Director of Photography
Susan Bode    Set Decorator

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:$4,104,611 (9.4% of total gross)
Legs:9.84 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$16,500,000 (worldwide box office is 2.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:730 opening theaters/989 max. theaters, 7.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $125,232,101

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 11th, 1987 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: November 7th, 2000 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R
Running Time: 125 minutes
Franchise: Wall Street
Cast, crew, or production detail: Directing Yourself, Intertitle, Relatives Playing Relatives
Plot point: Class Warfare, White Collar Crime
Social setting: Wall Street
Subgenre: Crime Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 11, 1987 3 $4,104,611   730 $5,623   $4,104,611 1
Dec 18, 1987 5 $3,067,206 -25% 743 $4,128   $8,514,908 2
Dec 25, 1987 5 $4,407,619 +44% 987 $4,466   $14,722,326 3
Jan 1, 1988 6 $4,454,390 +1% 989 $4,504   $22,467,080 4
Jan 8, 1988 6 $2,817,932 -37% 988 $2,852   $26,643,104 5
Jan 15, 1988 10 $2,065,196 -27% 967 $2,136   $29,808,822 6
Jan 22, 1988 12 $1,543,464 -25% 883 $1,748   $32,069,634 7
Jan 29, 1988 10 $1,278,457 -17% 934 $1,369   $33,849,454 8

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 11, 1987 3 $5,447,702   730 $7,463   $5,447,702 1
Dec 18, 1987 5 $4,867,005 -11% 743 $6,550   $10,314,707 2
Dec 25, 1987 6 $7,697,983 +58% 987 $7,799   $18,012,690 3
Jan 1, 1988 5 $5,812,482 -24% 989 $5,877   $23,825,172 4
Jan 8, 1988 5 $3,918,454 -33% 988 $3,966   $27,743,626 5
Jan 15, 1988 11 $2,782,544 -29% 967 $2,878   $30,526,170 6
Jan 22, 1988 10 $2,044,827 -27% 883 $2,316   $32,570,997 7

Sean Young    Kate Gekko
John C. McGinley    Marvin
Terence Stamp    Sir Larry Wildman
James Spader    Roger Barnes
Hal Holbrook    Lou Mannheim
Grant Shaud    Young broker
Daryl Hannah    Darien Taylor
Saul Rubinek    Harold Salt
Paul Guilfoyle    Stone Livingston

Leading

Charlie Sheen    Bud Fox
Michael Douglas    Gordon Gekko

Supporting

Martin Sheen    Carl Fox

Cameo

Oliver Stone    Trader - Office

Production and Technical Credits

Oliver Stone    Director
Robert Richardson    Director of Photography
Susan Bode    Set Decorator

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.