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1981 • PG • 1h 52m • Adventure, Drama, History • Paramount Pictures

From a place you never heard of...a story you'll never forget.

🍅 91% 83% MC 65 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$60K
Limited · 2 theaters
Domestic total
$5.73M
Final
Budget$3M
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Cast & crew

Directed byPeter Weir ScreenplayDavid Williamson Produced byPatricia Lovell, Robert Stigwood CinematographyRussell Boyd MusicBrian May, Jean-Michel Jarre, Tommaso Albinoni StarringMel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Charles Lathalu Yunipingu, Heath Harris StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 28-30 16 $59.8K — 2 $29,879 $59.8K
2 Sep 4-6 16 $141.4K +136.6% 4 $35,346 $247.0K
3 Sep 11-13 9 $100.2K −29.1% 6 $16,696 $402.1K
4 Sep 18-20 12 $190.5K +90.2% 15 $12,703 $663.2K
5 Sep 25-27 18 — — 20 — $922.1K
6 Oct 2-4 13 $256.6K — 47 $5,460 $1.3M
8 Oct 16-18 16 $349.5K — 113 $3,093 $2.2M
10 Oct 30-Nov 1 14 $208.4K — 111 $1,878 $2.9M
11 Nov 6-8 12 $308.3K +47.9% 132 $2,336 $3.3M
12 Nov 13-15 15 $234.7K −23.9% 115 $2,041 $3.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $208.4K
$59.8K
$141.4K
$100.2K
$190.5K
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$256.6K
$349.5K
$208.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +90.2%
+136.6%
W1→2
−29.1%
W2→3
+90.2%
W3→4
Steepest −29.1%Biggest gain +136.6%

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