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1994 • R • 1h 39m • Crime, Drama • Fine Line Features

Their People Once Were Warriors. But Once... Was a Long Time Ago

🍅 93% 95% MC 77 IMDb 7.9

Box office summary

Domestic total
$2.20M
Final
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Cast & crew

Directed byLee Tamahori ScreenplayRiwia Brown Produced byRobin Scholes CinematographyStuart Dryburgh MusicMurray Grindlay, Murray McNabb StarringRena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga, Taungaroa Emile, Rachael Morris Jr. StudioFine Line Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
2 Mar 3-5 42 $114.4K — 19 $6,019 $160.7K
3 Mar 10-12 40 $123.5K +8.0% 29 $4,260 $328.5K
4 Mar 17-19 40 $104.2K −15.6% 39 $2,672 $479.5K
5 Mar 24-26 40 $85.7K −17.7% 39 $2,198 $617.6K
6 Mar 31-Apr 2 46 $64.9K −24.3% 28 $2,317 $718.3K
8 Apr 14-16 49 $53.0K — 33 $1,607 $871.3K
15 Jun 2-4 54 $22.3K — 17 $1,314 $1.2M
17 Jun 16-18 61 $16.2K — 21 $772 $1.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 8 · $53.0K
$114.4K
$123.5K
$104.2K
$85.7K
$64.9K
$53.0K
W2W3W4W5W6W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −24.3%
+8.0%
W2→3
−15.6%
W3→4
−17.7%
W4→5
−24.3%
W5→6
Steepest −24.3%Biggest gain +8.0%

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