Movie Comparison: Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) vs. The Goonies (1985)

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  Can’t Buy
Me Love
The Goonies
Domestic Release Date Aug 14, 1987Jun 7, 1985
Production Budget   
Opening Weekend Theaters 1,2561,705
Maximum Theaters 1,2831,705
Theatrical Engagements 8,70614,113
Domestic Opening Weekend $4,754,732$9,105,913
Domestic Box Office $31,623,833$62,947,466
Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Box Office
$87,187,950$188,127,763
International Box Office $858,679
Worldwide Box Office $31,623,833$63,806,145
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Me Love
The Goonies
Opening Weekend $4,754,732 /
$4,754,732
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2nd Weekend $4,041,831 /
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$32,581,948
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Me Love
The Goonies
Opening Week $8,219,396 /
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2nd Week $6,485,519 /
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3rd Week $4,022,763 /
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Note: A theatrical engagement is defined as the movie playing in a single theater for one week. So, for example, a film that plays in 3,000 theaters in its first week and 2,000 theaters in its second week will have had 5,000 theatrical engagements.