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1983 • PG • 1h 51m • Comedy, Drama • Warner Bros.
🍅 100% 87% MC 83 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$24K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic total
$5.77M
Final
Domestic legs8.1x from $709K biggest weekend
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Cast & crew

Directed byBill Forsyth ScreenplayBill Forsyth Produced byDavid Puttnam CinematographyChris Menges MusicMark Knopfler Prod. DesignRoger Murray-Leach StarringBurt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi, Jennifer Black StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 18-20 24 $23.6K — 1 $23,567 $23.6K
4 Mar 11-13 24 $35.0K — 2 $17,505 $58.6K
5 Mar 18-20 24 $62.8K +79.3% 5 $12,557 $136.1K
6 Mar 25-27 30 $96.5K +53.6% 11 $8,769 $259.8K
7 Apr 1-3 28 $21.2K −78.0% 30 $707 $523.5K
8 Apr 8-10 20 $291.4K +1274.7% 41 $7,107 $900.5K
9 Apr 15-17 20 $389.6K +33.7% 80 $4,870 $1.4M
10 Apr 22-24 15 $709.0K +82.0% 179 $3,961 $2.2M
11 Apr 29-May 1 16 $618.2K −12.8% 190 $3,254 $3.0M
12 May 6-8 17 $485.6K −21.4% 184 $2,639 $3.7M
13 May 13-15 12 $516.3K +6.3% 207 $2,494 $4.4M
14 May 20-22 14 $455.6K −11.8% 198 $2,301 $5.0M
15 May 27-29 14 $575.8K +26.4% 173 $3,328 $5.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $709.0K
$23.6K
$35.0K
$62.8K
$96.5K
$21.2K
$291.4K
$389.6K
$709.0K
W1W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +82.0%
+79.3%
W4→5
+53.6%
W5→6
−78.0%
W6→7
+1274.7%
W7→8
+33.7%
W8→9
+82.0%
W9→10
Steepest −78.0%Biggest gain +1274.7%

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