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Quest for Fire

1981 • R • 1h 40m • Adventure, Drama • Belstar Productions

A Science Fantasy Adventure

🍅 88% 75% MC 79 LB 3.51 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Domestic Total
$21.0M
Final
Budget$12.5M
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Cast & Crew

Full Annaud filmography
Jean-Jacques Annaud Jean-Jacques Annaud Director Everett McGill Everett McGill Starring Ron Perlman Ron Perlman Starring Rae Dawn Chong Rae Dawn Chong Starring
ScreenplayGérard Brach Produced byJohn Kemeny, Denis Héroux CinematographyClaude Agostini MusicPhilippe Sarde Prod. DesignBrian Morris StudioBelstar Productions
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
6 Mar 19-21 5 $2.2M — 223 $9,737 $6.3M
7 Mar 26-28 6 $2.0M −9.3% 250 $7,880 $9.2M
8 Apr 2-4 9 $2.0M +1.2% 393 $5,075 $11.8M
9 Apr 9-11 8 $1.7M −16.2% 416 $4,019 $14.4M
10 Apr 16-18 8 $1.1M −31.4% 401 $2,860 $16.1M
11 Apr 23-25 9 $956.6K −16.6% 426 $2,245 $17.5M
12 Apr 30-May 2 11 $636.2K −33.5% 340 $1,871 $18.6M
13 May 7-9 10 $590.8K −7.2% 309 $1,912 $19.4M
14 May 14-16 11 $379.3K −35.8% 296 $1,281 $20.1M
15 May 21-23 15 $224.9K −40.7% 230 $978 $20.5M
16 May 28-31 15 $319.2K +41.9% 184 $1,735 $21.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M
$2.2M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$1.7M
$1.1M
W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.4%
−9.3%
W6→7
+1.2%
W7→8
−16.2%
W8→9
−31.4%
W9→10
Steepest −31.4%Biggest gain +1.2%

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