Movie Comparison: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) vs. Back to the Future (1985)

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  Bill & Ted’s
Excellent
Adventure
Back to the
Future
Domestic Title Bill & Ted's
Excellent
Adventure
Domestic Release Date Feb 17, 1989Jul 3, 1985
Production Budget $10,000,000$19,000,000
Opening Weekend Theaters 1,1961,419
Maximum Theaters 1,3211,815
Theatrical Engagements 11,42236,970
Domestic Opening Weekend $6,167,651$11,332,134
Domestic Box Office $40,485,039$215,136,452
Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Box Office
$109,380,628$625,701,190
International Box Office $25,072$173,250,370
Worldwide Box Office $40,510,111$388,386,822
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  1. Daily Comparison
  2. Weekend Comparison
  3. Week Comparison
  Bill & Ted’s
Excellent
Adventure
Back to the
Future
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$3,700,000 /
$7,300,000
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$11,600,000
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$14,950,134
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  Bill & Ted’s
Excellent
Adventure
Back to the
Future
Opening Weekend $6,167,651 /
$6,167,651
$11,332,134 /
$14,950,134
2nd Weekend $4,658,485 /
$11,951,461
$10,555,133 /
$32,580,763
3rd Weekend $4,451,440 /
$17,430,283
$10,320,610 /
$50,237,618
4th Weekend $3,351,941 /
$21,788,556
$9,489,297 /
$66,662,305
5th Weekend $2,505,550 /
$25,176,761
$8,687,291 /
$81,939,179
6th Weekend $2,102,517 /
$28,596,383
$8,241,309 /
$95,961,602
7th Weekend $1,973,375 /
$31,728,748
$7,332,083 /
$109,409,078
8th Weekend $1,405,830 /
$33,691,074
$6,754,583 /
$119,819,868
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$132,754,418
10th Weekend $629,694 /
$36,023,198
$5,214,465 /
$138,482,268
11th Weekend - /
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$4,134,287 /
$145,018,950
12th Weekend - /
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$3,924,150 /
$150,200,665
13th Weekend $290,725 /
$37,788,317
$4,109,134 /
$155,386,500
14th Weekend - /
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$159,616,579
15th Weekend - /
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$163,697,727
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$167,098,722
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$170,026,643
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$173,052,725
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$175,869,057
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$178,466,175
  Bill & Ted’s
Excellent
Adventure
Back to the
Future
Opening Week $7,292,976 /
$7,292,976
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2nd Week $5,685,867 /
$12,978,843
$18,407,630 /
$22,025,630
3rd Week $5,457,772 /
$18,436,615
$17,891,378 /
$39,917,008
4th Week $4,234,596 /
$22,671,211
$17,256,000 /
$57,173,008
5th Week $3,822,655 /
$26,493,866
$16,078,880 /
$73,251,888
6th Week $3,261,507 /
$29,755,373
$14,468,405 /
$87,720,293
7th Week $2,529,871 /
$32,285,244
$14,356,702 /
$102,076,995
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$113,065,285
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$10,639,465 /
$123,704,750
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$133,267,803
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$140,884,663
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$146,276,515
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$151,277,366
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$156,233,921
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$160,409,689
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$164,217,602
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$167,782,332
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$170,650,413
19th Week - /
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$2,957,766 /
$173,608,179
20th Week - /
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$2,910,335 /
$176,518,514

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.