Nuns on the Run

Nuns on the Run

“From now on, it's every nun for himself!”

March 16, 1990PG-131h 29mTMDB ★ 5.9

Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss, the drug dealers they robbed, the police, and Brian's angry girlfriend, the duo take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior that they're nuns, a charade they're forced to maintain as their enemies arrive.

Genres

Comedy, Crime

Studio

Handmade Films

Language

en

Status

Released

Box Office

How Nuns on the Run performed

Budget

N/A

Worldwide Gross

$11.0M

Gross Profit

N/A

Return

N/A

Opening Wknd (est.)

$2M

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$5M$6M

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.

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