How Best Defense performed
Budget
$18.0M
Worldwide Gross
$19.3M
Gross Profit
$1.3M
Return
1.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Wylie
Dudley Moore
Wylie
Landry
Eddie Murphy
Landry
Laura
Kate Capshaw
Laura
Loparino
George Dzundza
Loparino
Claire
Helen Shaver
Claire
Brank
Mark Arnott
Brank
Joyner
Peter Michael Goetz
Joyner
Holtzman
Tom Noonan
Holtzman
Jeff
David Rasche
Jeff
Chief Agent
Paul Comi
Chief Agent
Colonel Zayas
Darryl Henriques
Colonel Zayas
First Agent
Joel Polis
First Agent
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