History of the World: Part I

Name: History of the World: Part I
Director: Mel Brooks
Genre: Comedy, History, Musical
Released: 1981
Cast: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman

1981 • R • 1h 32m • Comedy, History, Musical • 20th Century Fox

Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!

🍅 62% 81%

3.34

6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$4.9M

Limited · 484 theaters

Domestic Total

$31.7M

Final

Domestic Legs6.5x

Budget$11M

1981 Rank#21

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Cast & Crew

Full Brooks filmography

Mel Brooks Director

Dom DeLuise Starring

Madeline Kahn Starring

Harvey Korman Starring

Cloris Leachman Starring

Gregory Hines Starring

ScreenplayMel Brooks Produced byMel Brooks CinematographyWoody Omens MusicJohn Morris Prod. DesignStuart Craig Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 12-14 3 $4.9M — 484 $10,109 $4.9M

3 Jun 26-28 9 $2.3M — 584 $3,902 $14.6M

4 Jul 3-5 9 $1.7M −24.2% 606 $2,850 $17.6M

5 Jul 10-12 12 $1.1M −36.3% 494 $2,227 $19.6M

6 Jul 17-19 14 $891.0K −19.0% 462 $1,929 $21.0M

8 Jul 31-Aug 2 16 — — — — $22.7M

9 Aug 7-9 19 $282.8K — 175 $1,616 $23.3M

Weekend grossWk 9 · $282.8K

$4.9M

$2.3M

$1.7M

$1.1M

$891.0K

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$282.8K

W1W3W4W5W6W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −19.0%

−24.2%

W3→4

−36.3%

W4→5

−19.0%

W5→6

Steepest −36.3%Best hold −19.0%

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