Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Revenge of the Nerds
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $40,874,452Details
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $557,980 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $557,980
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,513,090 (3.7% of total gross)
Legs:9.31 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:364 opening theaters/989 max. theaters, 11.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $131,138,862

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,289 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600) 3,577 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 401-500) 425 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 601-700) 620 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 704 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,092 $40,874,452

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: July 20th, 1984 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: May 6th, 2014 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 90 minutes
Franchise: Revenge of the Nerds
Comparisons: vs. Bachelor Party
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Keywords: College, Revenge, Fraternity/Sorority, Parties Gone Wild, Slobs vs. Snobs, House Music / Electronica, LGBTQ+, Voyeurism, Competitive Eating, Child Prodigy, Teenage Sex Comedy, Sex Crimes
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Twentieth Century Fox
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, Japanese

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 158 $12,050,821 Aug 31, 1984 45

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,289 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,240 $131,138,862
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,778 $40,874,452
Top 1984 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 18 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,076 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,907 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,108 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 401-500) 425 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 704 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 201-300) 250 $40,874,452

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 20, 1984 11 $1,513,090   364 $4,157   $1,513,090 1
Jul 27, 1984 13 $1,674,196 +11% 423 $3,958   $4,161,992 2
Aug 3, 1984 12 $1,592,746 -5% 439 $3,628   $6,670,759 3
Aug 10, 1984 4 $4,391,174 +176% 958 $4,584   $12,173,794 4
Aug 17, 1984 5 $3,666,836 -16% 971 $3,776   $18,479,763 5
Aug 24, 1984 5 $2,998,153 -18% 989 $3,031   $23,604,096 6
Aug 31, 1984 6 $3,684,329 +23% 974 $3,783   $28,764,667 7
Sep 7, 1984 6 $2,188,176 -41% 945 $2,316   $31,627,870 8
Sep 14, 1984 6 $1,984,597 -9% 908 $2,186   $34,257,675 9
Sep 21, 1984 9 $1,426,017 -28% 877 $1,626   $36,231,524 10
Sep 28, 1984 13 $887,160 -38% 670 $1,324   $37,535,225 11
Oct 5, 1984 16 $697,931 -21% 544 $1,283   $38,480,693 12
Oct 12, 1984 19 $474,189 -32% 483 $982   $39,094,711 13
Oct 19, 1984 21 $322,496 -32% 369 $874   $39,579,747 14
Oct 26, 1984 22 $240,498 -25% 298 $807   $39,956,785 15
Nov 2, 1984 21 $232,496 -3% 369 $630   $40,272,174 16
Nov 9, 1984 28 $183,030 -21% 236 $776   $40,537,542 17
Nov 16, 1984 31 $110,939 -39% 169 $656   $40,728,370 18
Nov 23, 1984 29 $88,399 -20% 125 $707   $40,870,674 19

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 20, 1984 10 $2,487,796   364 $6,835   $2,487,796 1
Jul 27, 1984 13 $2,590,217 +4% 423 $6,123   $5,078,013 2
Aug 3, 1984 10 $2,704,607 +4% 439 $6,161   $7,782,620 3
Aug 10, 1984 4 $7,030,307 +160% 958 $7,339   $14,812,927 4
Aug 17, 1984 5 $5,793,016 -18% 971 $5,966   $20,605,943 5
Aug 24, 1984 5 $4,474,395 -23% 989 $4,524   $25,080,338 6
Aug 31, 1984 6 $4,359,356 -3% 974 $4,476   $29,439,694 7
Sep 7, 1984 6 $2,833,384 -35% 945 $2,998   $32,273,078 8
Sep 14, 1984 6 $2,532,429 -11% 908 $2,789   $34,805,507 9
Sep 21, 1984 9 $1,842,558 -27% 877 $2,101   $36,648,065 10
Sep 28, 1984 13 $1,134,697 -38% 670 $1,694   $37,782,762 11
Oct 5, 1984 16 $837,760 -26% 544 $1,540   $38,620,522 12
Oct 12, 1984 19 $636,729 -24% 483 $1,318   $39,257,251 13
Oct 19, 1984 17 $459,036 -28% 369 $1,244   $39,716,287 14
Oct 26, 1984 22 $323,391 -30% 298 $1,085   $40,039,678 15
Nov 2, 1984 21 $314,834 -3% 369 $853   $40,354,512 16
Nov 9, 1984 27 $262,919 -16% 236 $1,114   $40,617,431 17
Nov 16, 1984 24 $164,844 -37% 169 $975   $40,782,275 18

Uncategorized

Ted McGinley    Stan Gable, Alpha Beta/President of Greek Council
Curtis Armstrong    Dudley 'Booger' Dawson, Tri-Lam
Donald Gibb    Fred "The Ogre" Palowakski, Alpha Beta
James Cromwell    Mr. Skolnick
John Goodman    Coach Harris
Robert Carradine    Louis Skolnick, Tri-Lam
Anthony Edwards    Gilbert Lowell, Tri-Lam

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jeff Kanew    Director
Thomas Newman    Composer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for July 15th, 2014

July 14th, 2014

There is actually a $100 million hit on this week's list of new releases, which puts it miles ahead of most of recent weeks. Unfortunately, that new release is Rio 2, which isn't terrible, but it certainly isn't Pick of the Week material either. Worse still, there is practically no depth this week and almost none of the new DVDs / Blu-rays are Pick of the Week contenders. Fortunately, "Weird Al" Yankovic comes to the rescue with Mandatory Fun, which is a CD, which I normally don't talk about. As far as DVDs and Blu-rays are concerned, Orphan Black: Season 2 on Blu-ray is clearly the best. More...

Featured Blu-ray review: Revenge of the Nerds

July 13th, 2014

Revenge of the Nerds came out in theaters 30 years ago and hit Blu-ray in February or May. Amazon seems to have been confused on this issue. The screener arrived late, possibly by a few months, but I finally got to the review this weekend. Was it worth the wait? The reviews were strong when it came out, but has it aged well? And is the Blu-ray worth checking out? More...


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  7. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,513,090 (3.7% of total gross)
Legs:9.31 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:364 opening theaters/989 max. theaters, 11.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $131,138,862

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,289 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600) 3,577 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 401-500) 425 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 601-700) 620 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 704 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,092 $40,874,452

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


Watch Now On

Hulu:Hulu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 20th, 1984 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: May 6th, 2014 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 90 minutes
Franchise: Revenge of the Nerds
Comparisons: vs. Bachelor Party
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: College, Revenge, Fraternity/Sorority, Parties Gone Wild, Slobs vs. Snobs, House Music / Electronica, LGBTQ+, Voyeurism, Competitive Eating, Child Prodigy, Teenage Sex Comedy, Sex Crimes
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Twentieth Century Fox
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, Japanese

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 158 $12,050,821 Aug 31, 1984 45

Uncategorized

Ted McGinley    Stan Gable, Alpha Beta/President of Greek Council
Curtis Armstrong    Dudley 'Booger' Dawson, Tri-Lam
Donald Gibb    Fred "The Ogre" Palowakski, Alpha Beta
James Cromwell    Mr. Skolnick
John Goodman    Coach Harris
Robert Carradine    Louis Skolnick, Tri-Lam
Anthony Edwards    Gilbert Lowell, Tri-Lam

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jeff Kanew    Director
Thomas Newman    Composer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for July 15th, 2014

July 14th, 2014

There is actually a $100 million hit on this week's list of new releases, which puts it miles ahead of most of recent weeks. Unfortunately, that new release is Rio 2, which isn't terrible, but it certainly isn't Pick of the Week material either. Worse still, there is practically no depth this week and almost none of the new DVDs / Blu-rays are Pick of the Week contenders. Fortunately, "Weird Al" Yankovic comes to the rescue with Mandatory Fun, which is a CD, which I normally don't talk about. As far as DVDs and Blu-rays are concerned, Orphan Black: Season 2 on Blu-ray is clearly the best. More...

Featured Blu-ray review: Revenge of the Nerds

July 13th, 2014

Revenge of the Nerds came out in theaters 30 years ago and hit Blu-ray in February or May. Amazon seems to have been confused on this issue. The screener arrived late, possibly by a few months, but I finally got to the review this weekend. Was it worth the wait? The reviews were strong when it came out, but has it aged well? And is the Blu-ray worth checking out? More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,289 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,240 $131,138,862
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,778 $40,874,452
Top 1984 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 18 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,076 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,907 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,108 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 401-500) 425 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 704 $40,874,452
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 201-300) 250 $40,874,452

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 20, 1984 11 $1,513,090   364 $4,157   $1,513,090 1
Jul 27, 1984 13 $1,674,196 +11% 423 $3,958   $4,161,992 2
Aug 3, 1984 12 $1,592,746 -5% 439 $3,628   $6,670,759 3
Aug 10, 1984 4 $4,391,174 +176% 958 $4,584   $12,173,794 4
Aug 17, 1984 5 $3,666,836 -16% 971 $3,776   $18,479,763 5
Aug 24, 1984 5 $2,998,153 -18% 989 $3,031   $23,604,096 6
Aug 31, 1984 6 $3,684,329 +23% 974 $3,783   $28,764,667 7
Sep 7, 1984 6 $2,188,176 -41% 945 $2,316   $31,627,870 8
Sep 14, 1984 6 $1,984,597 -9% 908 $2,186   $34,257,675 9
Sep 21, 1984 9 $1,426,017 -28% 877 $1,626   $36,231,524 10
Sep 28, 1984 13 $887,160 -38% 670 $1,324   $37,535,225 11
Oct 5, 1984 16 $697,931 -21% 544 $1,283   $38,480,693 12
Oct 12, 1984 19 $474,189 -32% 483 $982   $39,094,711 13
Oct 19, 1984 21 $322,496 -32% 369 $874   $39,579,747 14
Oct 26, 1984 22 $240,498 -25% 298 $807   $39,956,785 15
Nov 2, 1984 21 $232,496 -3% 369 $630   $40,272,174 16
Nov 9, 1984 28 $183,030 -21% 236 $776   $40,537,542 17
Nov 16, 1984 31 $110,939 -39% 169 $656   $40,728,370 18
Nov 23, 1984 29 $88,399 -20% 125 $707   $40,870,674 19

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 20, 1984 10 $2,487,796   364 $6,835   $2,487,796 1
Jul 27, 1984 13 $2,590,217 +4% 423 $6,123   $5,078,013 2
Aug 3, 1984 10 $2,704,607 +4% 439 $6,161   $7,782,620 3
Aug 10, 1984 4 $7,030,307 +160% 958 $7,339   $14,812,927 4
Aug 17, 1984 5 $5,793,016 -18% 971 $5,966   $20,605,943 5
Aug 24, 1984 5 $4,474,395 -23% 989 $4,524   $25,080,338 6
Aug 31, 1984 6 $4,359,356 -3% 974 $4,476   $29,439,694 7
Sep 7, 1984 6 $2,833,384 -35% 945 $2,998   $32,273,078 8
Sep 14, 1984 6 $2,532,429 -11% 908 $2,789   $34,805,507 9
Sep 21, 1984 9 $1,842,558 -27% 877 $2,101   $36,648,065 10
Sep 28, 1984 13 $1,134,697 -38% 670 $1,694   $37,782,762 11
Oct 5, 1984 16 $837,760 -26% 544 $1,540   $38,620,522 12
Oct 12, 1984 19 $636,729 -24% 483 $1,318   $39,257,251 13
Oct 19, 1984 17 $459,036 -28% 369 $1,244   $39,716,287 14
Oct 26, 1984 22 $323,391 -30% 298 $1,085   $40,039,678 15
Nov 2, 1984 21 $314,834 -3% 369 $853   $40,354,512 16
Nov 9, 1984 27 $262,919 -16% 236 $1,114   $40,617,431 17
Nov 16, 1984 24 $164,844 -37% 169 $975   $40,782,275 18

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600) 3,577 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,905 $40,874,452
Top 1984 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 19 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,774 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,032 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,800 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 601-700) 620 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,092 $40,874,452
All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 301-400) 310 $40,874,452