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1979 • Not Rated • 2h 41m • Drama, Sci-Fi • Mosfilm

There's no need to speak. You must only...concentrate and recall all your past life. When a man thinks of the past, he becomes kinder.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$21K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic total
$270K
2017 US restoration
Domestic legs12.4x from $22K biggest weekend

Cast & crew

Directed byAndrei Tarkovsky ScreenplayArkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky CinematographyAlexander Knyazhinsky Music byEduard Artemyev StarringAlexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Alisa Freindlich, Nikolai Grinko StudioMosfilm

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 5-7 50 $20.5K — 1 $20,540 $20.5K
2 May 12-14 64 $9.5K −53.7% 1 $9,506 $42.2K
3 May 19-21 49 $21.9K +129.9% 5 $4,371 $73.5K
4 May 26-28 46 $21.3K −2.7% 6 $3,543 $112.3K
5 Jun 2-4 53 $12.3K −42.1% 4 $3,080 $138.6K
6 Jun 9-11 53 $10.2K −17.6% 3 $3,385 $164.1K
7 Jun 16-18 69 $6.6K −35.3% 2 $3,283 $182.6K
8 Jun 23-25 65 $7.8K +19.5% 4 $1,961 $197.9K
9 Jun 30-Jul 2 66 $5.2K −33.6% 3 $1,737 $206.9K
10 Jul 7-9 55 $10.0K +91.5% 4 $2,494 $226.7K
11 Jul 14-16 76 $3.3K −66.9% 2 $1,649 $234.7K
12 Jul 21-23 82 $2.2K −33.9% 1 $2,179 $240.3K
13 Jul 28-30 91 $1.0K −52.9% 1 $1,027 $247.5K
14 Aug 4-6 83 $1.7K +67.6% 1 $1,721 $249.9K
15 Aug 11-13 99 $1.6K −8.1% 1 $1,581 $254.6K
16 Aug 18-20 103 $1.2K −22.5% 1 $1,225 $258.4K
17 Aug 25-27 114 $542 −55.8% 1 $542 $259.7K
18 Sep 1-3 87 $4.1K +659.6% 2 $2,058 $268.1K
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $10.0K
$20.5K
$9.5K
$21.9K
$21.3K
$12.3K
$10.2K
$6.6K
$7.8K
$5.2K
$10.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +91.5%
−53.7%
W1→2
+129.9%
W2→3
−2.7%
W3→4
−42.1%
W4→5
−17.6%
W5→6
−35.3%
W6→7
+19.5%
W7→8
−33.6%
W8→9
+91.5%
W9→10
Steepest −53.7%Biggest gain +129.9%

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