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Out of Africa

1985 • PG • 2h 41m • Biography, Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

Based on a true story.

🍅 62% 82% MC 69 LB 3.44 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$3.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$79.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$258.2M
$179.1M international
Domestic Legs21.7x
Budget$28M
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Cast & Crew

Directed bySydney Pollack ScreenplayKurt Luedtke Produced bySydney Pollack, Kim Jorgensen CinematographyDavid Watkin Music byJohn Barry StarringRobert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 20-22 4 $3.6M — 922 $3,945 $3.7M
2 Dec 27-29 4 $6.5M +78.8% 922 $7,055 $14.2M
3 Jan 3-5 2 $6.4M −2.2% 928 $6,854 $26.7M
4 Jan 10-12 1 $5.1M −19.2% 922 $5,572 $34.2M
5 Jan 17-19 3 $5.2M +1.1% 923 $5,625 $41.4M
6 Jan 24-26 4 $3.2M −38.4% 924 $3,460 $46.3M
7 Jan 31-Feb 2 5 $3.3M +3.2% 997 $3,310 $50.8M
8 Feb 7-9 4 $3.5M +7.5% 1,102 $3,220 $55.3M
9 Feb 14-16 5 $3.7M +3.2% 1,042 $3,514 $60.0M
10 Feb 21-23 6 $2.3M −36.9% 1,023 $2,259 $63.1M
11 Feb 28-Mar 2 9 $1.8M −22.7% 909 $1,965 $65.5M
12 Mar 7-9 9 $1.5M −14.0% 796 $1,930 $67.7M
13 Mar 14-16 10 $1.4M −11.4% 720 $1,890 $69.7M
14 Mar 21-23 11 $1.3M −3.0% 750 $1,760 $71.5M
15 Mar 28-30 7 $2.0M +51.7% 885 $2,262 $74.5M
16 Apr 4-6 7 $1.9M −5.9% 913 $2,064 $77.3M
17 Apr 11-13 10 $1.3M −30.3% 780 $1,685 $79.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.3M
$3.6M
$6.5M
$6.4M
$5.1M
$5.2M
$3.2M
$3.3M
$3.5M
$3.7M
$2.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.9%
+78.8%
W1→2
−2.2%
W2→3
−19.2%
W3→4
+1.1%
W4→5
−38.4%
W5→6
+3.2%
W6→7
+7.5%
W7→8
+3.2%
W8→9
−36.9%
W9→10
Steepest −38.4%Biggest gain +78.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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