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Gorillas in the Mist

1988 • PG-13 • 2h 9m • Biography, Drama • Universal Pictures

At the far ends of the earth she found a reason to live, and a cause to fight for.

🍅 84% 75% LB 3.50 IMDb 7.0

Gorillas in the Mist Box Office

Opening Weekend
$367K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$24.7M
Final
Domestic Legs67.4x
1988 Rank#41
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 23-25 13 $367K — $367K 15 $24.5K 1
Sep 30-Oct 2 1 $3.45M +840.6% $3.99M 558 $6.2K 2
Oct 7-9 3 $4.04M +17.1% $9.20M 1,081 $3.7K 3
Oct 14-16 4 $2.63M -34.9% $12.66M 1,085 $2.4K 4
Oct 21-23 5 $2.19M -16.8% $15.69M 1,073 $2.0K 5
Oct 28-30 4 $1.55M -29.0% $17.87M 1,054 $1.5K 6
Nov 4-6 9 $1.37M -11.7% $19.78M 967 $1.4K 7

Cast & Crew

Directed byMichael Apted
ScreenplayAnna Hamilton Phelan
Produced byArne Glimcher, Terence A. Clegg
CinematographyJohn Seale
Music byMaurice Jarre
StarringSigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson, Constantin Alexandrov, Waigwa Wachira, Iain Glen
StudioUniversal Pictures

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