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Educating RitaFollow

1983 • PG • 1h 46m • Comedy, Drama • Sony Pictures

Sometimes students end up being the best teachers.

🍅 81% 81% MC 54 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$74K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$14.69M
Final
Domestic legs12.0x
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Cast & crew

Directed byLewis Gilbert ScreenplayWilly Russell Produced byLewis Gilbert CinematographyFrank Watts StarringMichael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman, Jeananne Crowley, Malcolm Douglas StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 23-25 30 $73.5K — 3 $24,506 $128.1K
2 Sep 30-Oct 2 27 $82.0K +11.6% 3 $27,339 $255.4K
3 Oct 7-9 25 $136.9K +66.9% 14 $9,779 $430.3K
4 Oct 14-16 23 $128.7K −6.0% 18 $7,152 $588.9K
5 Oct 21-23 22 $120.8K −6.2% 18 $6,712 $762.7K
6 Oct 28-30 8 $1.1M +827.1% 396 $2,828 $1.9M
7 Nov 4-6 9 $1.2M +7.5% 406 $2,965 $3.6M
8 Nov 11-13 8 $1.2M +1.6% 407 $3,005 $5.2M
9 Nov 18-20 13 $853.4K −30.2% 368 $2,319 $6.4M
10 Nov 25-27 11 $1.1M +26.8% 391 $2,768 $7.8M
11 Dec 2-4 8 $754.0K −30.3% 405 $1,862 $8.7M
12 Dec 9-11 11 $396.7K −47.4% 395 $1,004 $9.3M
13 Dec 16-18 22 $145.1K −63.4% 146 $994 $9.6M
14 Dec 23-25 23 $130.6K −10.0% 84 $1,554 $9.8M
15 Dec 30-Jan 1 22 $310.7K +138.0% 110 $2,825 $10.2M
16 Jan 6-8 17 $408.8K +31.6% 207 $1,975 $10.7M
17 Jan 13-15 19 $392.9K −3.9% 243 $1,617 $11.2M
18 Jan 20-22 18 $310.6K −20.9% 236 $1,316 $11.6M
19 Jan 27-29 21 $304.9K −1.8% 249 $1,225 $12.1M
20 Feb 3-5 19 $344.2K +12.9% 254 $1,355 $12.5M
21 Feb 10-12 20 $282.6K −17.9% 269 $1,051 $12.9M
22 Feb 17-19 20 $244.7K −13.4% 150 $1,631 $13.3M
23 Feb 24-26 19 $329.0K +34.5% 295 $1,115 $13.7M
24 Mar 2-4 21 $212.3K −35.5% 179 $1,186 $14.1M
25 Mar 9-11 25 $120.0K −43.5% 122 $984 $14.3M
26 Mar 16-18 23 $102.5K −14.6% 93 $1,103 $14.5M
27 Mar 23-25 24 $89.2K −13.0% 79 $1,129 $14.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M
$73.5K
$82.0K
$136.9K
$128.7K
$120.8K
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$853.4K
$1.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +26.8%
+11.6%
W1→2
+66.9%
W2→3
−6.0%
W3→4
−6.2%
W4→5
+827.1%
W5→6
+7.5%
W6→7
+1.6%
W7→8
−30.2%
W8→9
+26.8%
W9→10
Steepest −30.2%Biggest gain +827.1%

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