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Amadeus

1984 • R • 2h 40m • Biography, Drama, Music • Orion Pictures

The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture.

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4.37

8.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$505K

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$52M

Incl. 2002 re-release

Budget$18M

1984 Rank#51

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Cast & Crew

Full Forman filmography

Miloš Forman Director

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham Starring

Tom Hulce Starring

Simon Callow Starring

Jeffrey Jones Starring

ScreenplayPeter Shaffer Produced bySaul Zaentz CinematographyMiroslav Ondříček Music byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart StudioOrion Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 21-23 14 $505.3K — 25 $20,211 $655.4K

2 Sep 28-30 17 $500.9K −0.9% 25 $20,036 $1.4M

3 Oct 5-7 14 $782.0K +56.1% 66 $11,848 $2.5M

4 Oct 12-14 12 $1.0M +30.0% 118 $8,617 $3.6M

5 Oct 19-21 14 $936.7K −7.9% 124 $7,554 $5.0M

6 Oct 26-28 14 $866.7K −7.5% 110 $7,879 $6.2M

7 Nov 2-4 13 $887.5K +2.4% 111 $7,995 $7.5M

8 Nov 9-11 6 $1.6M +75.8% 419 $3,724 $9.3M

9 Nov 16-18 8 $1.4M −12.9% 407 $3,337 $11.2M

10 Nov 23-25 9 $1.7M +21.7% 372 $4,443 $13.6M

11 Nov 30-Dec 2 8 $1.1M −33.2% 382 $2,891 $15.1M

12 Dec 7-9 10 $634.8K −42.5% 337 $1,884 $16.0M

13 Dec 14-16 12 $399.3K −37.1% 244 $1,637 $16.7M

14 Dec 21-23 16 $439.0K +9.9% 124 $3,540 $17.4M

15 Dec 28-30 15 $960.6K +118.8% 139 $6,911 $18.6M

16 Jan 4-6 15 $656.8K −31.6% 140 $4,691 $19.5M

17 Jan 11-13 16 $680.9K +3.7% 144 $4,728 $20.5M

18 Jan 18-20 19 $494.5K −27.4% 154 $3,211 $21.3M

19 Jan 25-27 18 $572.5K +15.8% 155 $3,693 $22.1M

20 Feb 1-3 7 $1.3M +126.5% 514 $2,523 $23.6M

21 Feb 8-10 9 $1.5M +16.4% 501 $3,012 $25.6M

22 Feb 15-17 13 $1.2M −19.5% 374 $3,248 $27.3M

23 Feb 22-24 8 $1.1M −10.0% 478 $2,288 $28.7M

24 Mar 1-3 11 $1.0M −8.5% 435 $2,300 $30.1M

25 Mar 8-10 11 $831.1K −16.9% 387 $2,148 $31.3M

26 Mar 15-17 11 $916.1K +10.2% 390 $2,349 $32.7M

27 Mar 22-24 11 $1.4M +53.4% 489 $2,873 $34.5M

28 Mar 29-31 12 $2.0M +43.3% 546 $3,687 $37.5M

29 Apr 5-7 10 $2.0M −1.8% 802 $2,465 $40.5M

30 Apr 12-14 11 $1.4M −26.8% 685 $2,111 $42.9M

31 Apr 19-21 14 $991.4K −31.4% 564 $1,758 $44.4M

32 Apr 26-28 15 $790.2K −20.3% 521 $1,517 $45.6M

33 May 3-5 17 $650.3K −17.7% 461 $1,411 $46.6M

34 May 10-12 17 $538.6K −17.2% 406 $1,327 $47.4M

35 May 17-19 14 $587.7K +9.1% 456 $1,289 $48.2M

36 May 24-26 12 $626.8K +6.7% 321 $1,953 $49.1M

37 May 31-Jun 2 13 $389.1K −37.9% 331 $1,175 $49.7M

38 Jun 7-9 15 $277.9K −28.6% 256 $1,085 $50.1M

39 Jun 14-16 16 $209.8K −24.5% 179 $1,172 $50.5M

40 Jun 21-23 19 $115.1K −45.1% 103 $1,117 $50.7M

41 Jun 28-30 20 $107.8K −6.3% 102 $1,057 $50.9M

42 Jul 5-7 19 $108.7K +0.9% 78 $1,394 $51.0M

43 Jul 12-14 21 $90.3K −16.9% 74 $1,221 $51.2M

44 Jul 19-21 22 $78.0K −13.7% 64 $1,219 $51.4M

45 Jul 26-28 24 $61.4K −21.3% 43 $1,427 $51.4M

46 Aug 2-4 26 $49.6K −19.2% 43 $1,152 $51.5M

47 Aug 9-11 27 $55.2K +11.4% 37 $1,492 $51.6M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M

$505.3K

$500.9K

$782.0K

$1.0M

$936.7K

$866.7K

$887.5K

$1.6M

$1.4M

$1.7M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +21.7%

−0.9%

W1→2

+56.1%

W2→3

+30.0%

W3→4

−7.9%

W4→5

−7.5%

W5→6

+2.4%

W6→7

+75.8%

W7→8

−12.9%

W8→9

+21.7%

W9→10

Steepest −12.9%Biggest gain +75.8%

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