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The Great SilenceFollow

1968 • NR • 1h 47m • Drama, Western • Film Movement

His voice was the silence of death!

🍅 100% 89% IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$9K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic total
$53K
Final
Domestic legs6.1x
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Cast & crew

Directed bySergio Corbucci ScreenplayBruno Corbucci, Mario Amendola, Sergio Corbucci, Vittoriano Petrilli Produced byAttilio Riccio CinematographySilvano Ippoliti MusicEnnio Morricone StarringJean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, Carlo D'Angelo StudioFilm Movement

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 30-Apr 1 68 $8.8K — 1 $8,755 $10.3K
2 Apr 6-8 74 $5.2K −40.8% 3 $1,729 $23.8K
5 Apr 27-29 75 $4.1K — 5 $814 $32.5K
6 May 4-6 81 $2.1K −47.5% 3 $713 $37.3K
7 May 11-13 105 $260 −87.8% 2 $130 $38.6K
8 May 18-20 90 $1.6K +511.5% 1 $1,590 $40.2K
10 Jun 1-3 97 $710 — 1 $710 $41.5K
12 Jun 15-17 77 $1.5K — 2 $735 $43.2K
14 Jun 29-Jul 1 78 $1.5K — 2 $747 $45.9K
15 Jul 6-8 81 $1.0K −31.3% 1 $1,026 $48.2K
18 Jul 27-29 79 $685 — 1 $685 $49.7K
22 Aug 24-26 85 $1.8K — 2 $892 $53.1K
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $710
$8.8K
$5.2K
$4.1K
$2.1K
$260
$1.6K
$710
W1W2W5W6W7W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +511.5%
−40.8%
W1→2
−47.5%
W5→6
−87.8%
W6→7
+511.5%
W7→8
Steepest −87.8%Biggest gain +511.5%

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