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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $135,265,915Details
International Box Office $66,734,085Details
Worldwide Box Office $202,000,000
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  1. Summary
  2. News
  3. Box Office
  4. International
  5. Video Sales
  6. Cast & Crew
  7. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$25,398,367 (18.8% of total gross)
Legs:5.33 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:67.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$13,500,000 (worldwide box office is 15.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,006 opening theaters/2,377 max. theaters, 10.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $292,007,695

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 451 $135,265,915
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,388 $66,734,085
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 801-900) 814 $202,000,000

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


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 30th, 1990 (Wide) by New Line
Video Release: September 5th, 1991 by Artisan Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 93 minutes
Franchise: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Keywords: Mutants, Live Action Cartoon, Independent/Other Comics
Source:Based on TV
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 227 $6,389,872 May 25, 1990 59
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day) 53 $14,064,921 Apr 13, 1990 17
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 21 $30,096,268 Apr 13, 1990 17
Biggest Domestic April Weekend 100 $18,813,741 Apr 6, 1990 10
Biggest Domestic March Weekend 89 $25,398,367 Mar 30, 1990 3
Top Based on TV Weekend Domestic 73 $25,398,367 Mar 30, 1990 3
Top New Line Weekend Domestic 25 $25,398,367 Mar 30, 1990 3

Leading Cast

Brian Tochi    Leonardo

Uncategorized

Elias Koteas    Casey Jones
Sam Rockwell    Head Thug
Corey Feldman    Donatello
Skeet Ulrich    Thug
Joe D'Onofrio    Movie Hoodlum #1

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

Production and Technical Credits

Steve Barron    Director

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 30, 1990 1 $25,398,367   2,006 $12,661   $25,398,367 1
Apr 6, 1990 1 $18,813,741 -26% 2,226 $8,452   $50,976,486 2
Apr 13, 1990 1 $14,064,921 -25% 2,337 $6,018   $72,901,666 3
Apr 20, 1990 1 $9,797,376 -30% 2,377 $4,122   $89,059,553 4
Apr 27, 1990 2 $6,914,351 -29% 2,377 $2,909   $98,030,628 5
May 4, 1990 2 $5,320,211 -23% 2,330 $2,283   $104,768,039 6
May 11, 1990 2 $3,672,384 -31% 2,267 $1,620   $109,585,273 7
May 18, 1990 4 $3,284,334 -11% 2,026 $1,621   $114,032,497 8
May 25, 1990 6 $2,986,188 -9% 1,970 $1,516   $118,050,765 9
Jun 1, 1990 7 $1,953,695 -35% 1,777 $1,099   $121,026,660 10
Jun 8, 1990 7 $1,592,152 -19% 1,588 $1,003   $123,245,613 11
Jun 15, 1990 10 $857,317 -46% 1,165 $736   $124,635,290 12

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 30, 1990 1 $32,162,745   2,006 $16,033   $32,162,745 1
Apr 6, 1990 1 $26,674,000 -17% 2,226 $11,983   $58,836,745 2
Apr 13, 1990 1 $20,425,432 -23% 2,337 $8,740   $79,262,177 3
Apr 20, 1990 1 $11,854,100 -42% 2,377 $4,987   $91,116,277 4
Apr 27, 1990 2 $8,331,551 -30% 2,377 $3,505   $99,447,828 5
May 4, 1990 2 $6,465,061 -22% 2,330 $2,775   $105,912,889 6
May 11, 1990 2 $4,835,274 -25% 2,267 $2,133   $110,748,163 7
May 18, 1990 4 $4,316,414 -11% 2,026 $2,131   $115,064,577 8
May 25, 1990 6 $4,008,388 -7% 1,970 $2,035   $119,072,965 9
Jun 1, 1990 7 $2,580,496 -36% 1,777 $1,452   $121,653,461 10
Jun 8, 1990 7 $2,124,512 -18% 1,588 $1,338   $123,777,973 11

Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Aug 3, 20141226,307 26,307$104,965$104,9651,196
Aug 10, 20141237,301 63,608$148,831$253,7961,197
Aug 17, 20141649,248 112,856$196,500$450,2951,198
Aug 24, 20142415,547 128,403$64,209$514,5051,199
Aug 31, 20141824,498 137,354$0$450,2951,200
Sep 7, 20141726,230 163,584$0$450,2951,201
Sep 14, 20142611,048 190,179$46,844$772,3051,202
Sep 21, 2014249,334 199,513$38,083$810,3871,203
Sep 28, 20141917,006 216,519$68,194$878,5821,204
Oct 12, 20142916,031 234,187$63,964$949,0771,206

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Aug 10, 2014204,319 54,699$30,014$302,6271,197

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