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Best Defense

Best Defense

Director:
Willard Huyck
Key stars:
Dudley Moore
Eddie Murphy
Kate Capshaw
George Dzundza
Helen Shaver
Mark Arnott
Peter Michael Goetz
Tom Noonan

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Runtime

94 minutes
(1 hours 34 minutes)

Release Dates

United States
20th July 1984
Sweden
19th April 1985
Finland
24th May 1985
West Germany
24th May 1985
Denmark
27th May 1985
Spain
19th June 1985
United States
20th July 1984

Sweden
19th April 1985

Finland
24th May 1985

West Germany
24th May 1985

Denmark
27th May 1985

Spain
19th June 1985

Netherlands
20th June 1985

Mexico
25th July 1985

Norway
25th July 1985

Australia
1st August 1985

France
14th August 1985

Ireland
23rd August 1985

Japan
5th October 1985

Portugal
21st November 1986

Brazil
28th June 2004

Greece
30th November 2004

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Certificates


15

R

14

13+

K-12

Tous publics

16

L

A

15

6

R13

16

M/12

M18

15

R

12
Total grosses

Total UK gross
£590,518
4625
X
4626
Best Defense
4627
Amour
 
 

Genres


Comedy
Comedy
War
War
UK box office flow (top 15)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
3
20th July 1984
3
27th July 1984
3
3rd August 1984
3
10th August 1984
4
17th August 1984
4
24th August 1984
6
31st August 1984
7
7th September 1984
8
14th September 1984
UK box office history for 'Best Defense'
reverse list
Weekend 20th July 1984 ↩
Week 1
  1. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    £575,717
  2. Supergirl
    £234,277
  3. Best Defense
    £193,621
  4. Splash
    £129,599
  5. Police Academy
    £71,446
  6. Breakin'
    £49,520
Weekend 27th July 1984 ↩
Week 2
  1. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
    £650,554
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    £217,145
  3. Best Defense
    £121,013
  4. Supergirl
    £117,139
  5. Splash
    £86,399
  6. Police Academy
    £39,692
  7. Breakin'
    £27,511
Weekend 3rd August 1984 ↩
Week 3
  1. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
    £342,397
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    £178,097
  3. Best Defense
    £93,087
  4. Supergirl
    £58,570
  5. Splash
    £57,599
  6. Police Academy
    £22,051
  7. Breakin'
    £21,162
Weekend 10th August 1984 ↩
Week 4
  1. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
    £180,209
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    £102,065
  3. Best Defense
    £42,312
  4. Splash
    £38,399
  5. Supergirl
    £29,285
  6. Police Academy
    £12,251
Weekend 17th August 1984 ↩
Week 5
  1. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
    £94,847
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    £34,710
  3. Splash
    £20,210
  4. Best Defense
    £19,233
  5. Supergirl
    £14,643
  6. Police Academy
    £6,806
Weekend 24th August 1984 ↩
Week 6
  1. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
    £55,792
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    £23,140
  3. Splash
    £10,637
  4. Best Defense
    £8,742
  5. Supergirl
    £7,322
  6. Police Academy
    £3,781
Weekend 31st August 1984 ↩
Week 7
  1. The Karate Kid
    £991,896
  2. Purple Rain
    £436,218
  3. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
    £29,364
  4. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    £15,427
  5. Splash
    £5,598
  6. Best Defense
    £3,974
  7. Police Academy
    £2,101
Weekend 7th September 1984 ↩
Week 8
  1. Cannonball Run II
    £547,329
  2. The Karate Kid
    £495,948
  3. Purple Rain
    £218,109
  4. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
    £19,576
  5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    £10,285
  6. Splash
    £3,293
  7. Best Defense
    £1,806
  8. Police Academy
    £1,167
Weekend 14th September 1984 ↩
Week 9
  1. Bachelor Party
    £662,024
  2. The Karate Kid
    £381,498
  3. Cannonball Run II
    £273,665
  4. Purple Rain
    £259,055
  5. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
    £13,051
  6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    £6,857
  7. Splash
    £1,937
  8. Best Defense
    £1,129