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Children of Heaven

1997 • PG • 1h 29m • Drama, Family, Sport • Miramax

A Little Secret... Their Biggest Adventure!

🍅 83% 95% MC 77 LB 4.23 IMDb 8.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$20.1K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic Total
$933.9K
Final
Worldwide Total
$1.6M
$694.6K international
Domestic Legs14.2x
Budget$180K
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Cast & Crew

Directed byMajid Majidi ScreenplayMajid Majidi Produced byAmir Esfandiari, Mohammad Esfandiari CinematographyParviz Malekzaade Music byKeivan Jahanshahi StarringAmir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Mohammad Amir Naji, Fereshte Sarabandi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi StudioMiramax
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jan 22-24 54 $20.1K — 3 $6,700 $20.1K
2 Jan 29-31 54 $21.0K +4.4% 3 $6,997 $49.9K
3 Feb 5-7 48 $37.7K +79.7% 8 $4,715 $96.2K
4 Feb 12-14 49 $65.8K +74.4% 8 $8,223 $180.4K
5 Feb 19-21 44 $54.7K −16.8% 10 $5,472 $253.0K
6 Feb 26-28 48 $46.7K −14.6% 12 $3,895 $324.6K
7 Mar 5-7 60 $41.9K −10.3% 12 $3,494 $387.8K
8 Mar 12-14 55 $47.7K +13.9% 14 $3,410 $452.3K
9 Mar 19-21 51 $48.0K +0.5% 18 $2,666 $533.7K
10 Mar 26-28 51 $58.4K +21.8% 16 $3,652 $626.6K
11 Apr 2-4 54 $50.9K −12.8% 18 $2,829 $706.6K
12 Apr 9-11 60 $30.3K −40.5% 15 $2,021 $760.6K
13 Apr 16-18 63 $29.2K −3.6% 19 $1,537 $803.1K
14 Apr 23-25 72 $19.2K −34.2% 18 $1,068 $836.5K
15 Apr 30-May 2 80 $14.8K −23.2% 21 $703 $859.9K
16 May 7-9 80 $12.5K −15.4% 24 $521 $882.1K
17 May 14-16 85 $9.0K −28.1% 23 $391 $903.5K
18 May 21-23 78 $12.3K +37.1% 22 $560 $925.4K
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $58.4K
$20.1K
$21.0K
$37.7K
$65.8K
$54.7K
$46.7K
$41.9K
$47.7K
$48.0K
$58.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +21.8%
+4.4%
W1→2
+79.7%
W2→3
+74.4%
W3→4
−16.8%
W4→5
−14.6%
W5→6
−10.3%
W6→7
+13.9%
W7→8
+0.5%
W8→9
+21.8%
W9→10
Steepest −16.8%Biggest gain +79.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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