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Gandhi

1982 • PG • 3h 11m • Biography, Drama, History • Columbia Pictures

His triumph changed the world forever.

🍅 89% 92% MC 79 LB 3.74 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$2.3M
3-day wide opening
Domestic Total
$52.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$127.8M
$75M international
Domestic Legs15.5x
Budget$22M
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Cast & Crew

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Richard Attenborough Richard Attenborough Director Ben Kingsley Ben Kingsley Starring Candice Bergen Candice Bergen Starring John Gielgud John Gielgud Starring Martin Sheen Martin Sheen Starring
ScreenplayJohn Briley Produced byRichard Attenborough, Terence A. Clegg, Suresh Jindal, Rani Dubé CinematographyBilly Williams, Ronnie Taylor Music byRavi Shankar, George Fenton StudioColumbia Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 10-12 13 $131.2K — 4 $32,788 $183.6K
2 Dec 17-19 19 $122.7K −6.4% 4 $30,686 $408.6K
3 Dec 24-26 18 $189.5K +54.4% 6 $31,581 $718.8K
4 Dec 31-Jan 2 17 $318.9K +68.3% 12 $26,575 $1.3M
5 Jan 7-9 16 $271.5K −14.9% 12 $22,626 $1.8M
6 Jan 14-16 15 $314.1K +15.7% 16 $19,629 $2.3M
7 Jan 21-23 4 $2.3M +640.2% 350 $6,642 $4.8M
8 Jan 28-30 4 $2.4M +3.6% 357 $6,746 $8.3M
9 Feb 4-6 4 $2.3M −2.6% 357 $6,570 $11.7M
10 Feb 11-13 4 $1.7M −26.5% 357 $4,830 $14.1M
11 Feb 18-20 2 $3.4M +97.7% 531 $6,419 $18.3M
12 Feb 25-27 2 $2.7M −19.4% 734 $3,742 $22.0M
13 Mar 4-6 2 $2.3M −14.4% 766 $3,068 $25.3M
14 Mar 11-13 3 $2.3M −3.6% 760 $2,981 $28.4M
15 Mar 18-20 4 $1.9M −16.7% 672 $2,810 $31.2M
16 Mar 25-27 9 $1.6M −17.1% 461 $3,396 $33.7M
17 Apr 1-3 10 $1.5M −5.2% 495 $2,999 $35.7M
18 Apr 8-10 6 $2.2M +46.8% 805 $2,706 $38.6M
19 Apr 15-17 4 $2.9M +32.7% 825 $3,505 $42.5M
20 Apr 22-24 4 $2.1M −28.2% 747 $2,780 $45.5M
21 Apr 29-May 1 7 $1.3M −37.2% 579 $2,251 $47.4M
22 May 6-8 8 $823.2K −36.8% 411 $2,003 $48.6M
23 May 13-15 8 $837.8K +1.8% 390 $2,148 $49.7M
24 May 20-22 11 $582.7K −30.4% 346 $1,684 $50.5M
25 May 27-29 13 $827.4K +42.0% 305 $2,713 $51.7M
26 Jun 3-5 15 $466.6K −43.6% 280 $1,667 $52.3M
27 Jun 10-12 16 $300.7K −35.6% 275 $1,094 $52.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M
$131.2K
$122.7K
$189.5K
$318.9K
$271.5K
$314.1K
$2.3M
$2.4M
$2.3M
$1.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.5%
−6.4%
W1→2
+54.4%
W2→3
+68.3%
W3→4
−14.9%
W4→5
+15.7%
W5→6
+640.2%
W6→7
+3.6%
W7→8
−2.6%
W8→9
−26.5%
W9→10
Steepest −26.5%Biggest gain +640.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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