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Modern Times

1936 • G • 1h 27m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • United Artists

He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!

🍅 98% 95% MC 96 LB 4.25 IMDb 8.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$35.8K
Limited · 7 theaters
Domestic Total
$163K
2003 re-release
Worldwide Total
$227K
$63.8K international
Budget$1.5M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byCharlie Chaplin Written byCharlie Chaplin Produced byCharlie Chaplin CinematographyIra H. Morgan, Roland Totheroh Music byCharlie Chaplin StarringCharlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford, Chester Conklin StudioUnited Artists
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 26-28 56 $35.8K — 7 $5,116 $35.8K
2 Jan 2-4 84 $4.8K −86.7% 2 $2,387 $75.6K
3 Jan 9-11 73 $11.5K +141.1% 5 $2,301 $89.2K
4 Jan 16-18 94 $2.3K −80.4% 3 $753 $97.1K
5 Jan 23-25 85 $3.6K +57.6% 4 $890 $102.9K
6 Jan 30-Feb 1 79 $1.8K −48.4% 1 $1,839 $105.2K
13 Mar 19-21 92 $2.4K — 3 $809 $116.6K
14 Mar 26-28 105 $4.2K +73.1% 5 $841 $122.7K
18 Apr 23-25 121 $1.1K — 1 $1,100 $130.2K
19 Apr 30-May 2 105 $5.5K +401.4% 4 $1,379 $135.8K
22 May 21-23 122 $3.1K — 1 $3,075 $142.6K
23 May 28-30 134 $2.3K −26.1% 1 $2,272 $147.8K
31 Jul 23-25 109 $1.4K — 1 $1,404 $156.7K
44 Oct 22-24 117 $1.8K — 1 $1,809 $163.2K
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 6 · $1.8K
$35.8K
$4.8K
$11.5K
$2.3K
$3.6K
$1.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −48.4%
−86.7%
W1→2
+141.1%
W2→3
−80.4%
W3→4
+57.6%
W4→5
−48.4%
W5→6
Steepest −86.7%Biggest gain +141.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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