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A River Runs Through It

1992 • PG • 2h 3m • Drama • Columbia Pictures

Nothing perfect lasts forever. Except in our memories.

🍅 80% 83% MC 68 LB 3.65 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$298K
Limited · 12 theaters
Domestic Total
$43.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$43.4M
Domestic only
Domestic Legs10.2x
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Cast & Crew

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Robert Redford Robert Redford Director Brad Pitt Brad Pitt Starring Tom Skerritt Tom Skerritt Starring Brenda Blethyn Brenda Blethyn Starring
ScreenplayRichard Friedenberg Produced byRobert Redford, Patrick Markey CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot Music byMark Isham StudioColumbia Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 9-12 Indigenous Peoples' Day 15 $298.3K — 12 $24,856 $298.3K
2 Oct 16-18 14 $472.0K — 24 $19,665 $859.4K
3 Oct 23-25 9 $1.6M +236.1% 130 $12,202 $2.6M
4 Oct 30-Nov 1 2 $4.3M +168.2% 795 $5,350 $7.5M
5 Nov 6-8 3 $5.0M +18.6% 1,008 $5,004 $14.1M
6 Nov 13-15 3 $3.9M −22.2% 1,062 $3,695 $19.7M
7 Nov 20-22 5 $3.0M −23.4% 1,080 $2,783 $23.8M
8 Nov 27-29 7 $3.1M +2.8% 1,080 $2,861 $28.3M
9 Dec 4-6 8 $1.4M −53.9% 1,043 $1,366 $30.4M
10 Dec 11-13 10 $732.4K −48.6% 777 $942 $31.5M
13 Jan 1-3 14 $1.2M — 665 $1,763 —
14 Jan 8-10 14 $1.0M −12.8% 740 $1,381 $36.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $732.4K
$298.3K
$472.0K
$1.6M
$4.3M
$5.0M
$3.9M
$3.0M
$3.1M
$1.4M
$732.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.6%
+236.1%
W2→3
+168.2%
W3→4
+18.6%
W4→5
−22.2%
W5→6
−23.4%
W6→7
+2.8%
W7→8
−53.9%
W8→9
−48.6%
W9→10
Steepest −53.9%Biggest gain +236.1%

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