Children of the Corn

Name: Children of the Corn
Director: Fritz Kiersch
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1984
Cast: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains

1984 • R • 1h 33m • Horror, Thriller • New World

And a child shall lead them...

🍅 38% 40%

2.69

5.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$2.0M

Limited · 350 theaters

Domestic Total

$14.6M

Final

Domestic Legs5.3x

1984 Rank#63

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Cast & Crew

Directed byFritz Kiersch ScreenplayGeorge Goldsmith Produced byDonald P. Borchers, Terrence Kirby CinematographyJoão Fernandes MusicJonathan Elias StarringPeter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains, Anne Marie McEvoy StudioNew World

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 9-11 4 $2.0M — 350 $5,837 $2.0M

2 Mar 16-18 5 $2.8M +35.0% 653 $4,222 $5.4M

3 Mar 23-25 8 $1.7M −37.6% 650 $2,647 $7.4M

4 Mar 30-Apr 1 9 $1.4M −17.0% 556 $2,568 $9.1M

5 Apr 6-8 14 $619.5K −56.6% 294 $2,107 $10.1M

6 Apr 13-15 18 $251.1K −59.5% 182 $1,380 $10.4M

7 Apr 20-22 16 $315.4K +25.6% 177 $1,782 $10.8M

8 Apr 27-29 8 $1.5M +387.6% 582 $2,643 $12.4M

9 May 4-6 13 $1.0M −34.3% 421 $2,400 $13.8M

10 May 11-13 19 $253.0K −75.0% 208 $1,216 $14.4M

11 May 18-20 22 $80.0K −68.4% 96 $833 $14.5M

12 May 25-28 21 $43.1K −46.1% 31 $1,391 $14.6M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $253.0K

$2.0M

$2.8M

$1.7M

$1.4M

$619.5K

$251.1K

$315.4K

$1.5M

$1.0M

$253.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −75.0%

+35.0%

W1→2

−37.6%

W2→3

−17.0%

W3→4

−56.6%

W4→5

−59.5%

W5→6

+25.6%

W6→7

+387.6%

W7→8

−34.3%

W8→9

−75.0%

W9→10

Steepest −75.0%Biggest gain +387.6%

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