A Christmas Story

Name: A Christmas Story
Director: Bob Clark
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1983
Cast: Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz

1983 • PG • 1h 33m • Comedy, Family • MGM/UA Entertainment

A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.

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3.54

7.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$2.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$20.8M

All releases

Budget$3.3M

1983 Rank#47

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBob Clark ScreenplayJean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark Produced byRené Dupont, Bob Clark CinematographyReginald H. Morris Music byCarl Zittrer, Paul Zaza StarringPeter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 18-20 3 $2.1M — 886 $2,338 $2.1M

2 Nov 25-27 1 $3.9M +90.0% 938 $4,196 $7.3M

3 Dec 2-4 2 $2.7M −32.4% 924 $2,879 $10.5M

4 Dec 9-11 6 $1.8M −33.3% 854 $2,077 $12.8M

5 Dec 16-18 16 $580.6K −67.3% 552 $1,052 $13.8M

6 Dec 23-25 16 $690.9K +19.0% 796 $868 $14.9M

7 Dec 30-Jan 1 17 $838.1K +21.3% 642 $1,305 $16.2M

8 Jan 6-8 19 $372.7K −55.5% 493 $756 $16.7M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $372.7K

$2.1M

$3.9M

$2.7M

$1.8M

$580.6K

$690.9K

$838.1K

$372.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −55.5%

+90.0%

W1→2

−32.4%

W2→3

−33.3%

W3→4

−67.3%

W4→5

+19.0%

W5→6

+21.3%

W6→7

−55.5%

W7→8

Steepest −67.3%Biggest gain +90.0%

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