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The Killing Fields

1984 • R • 2h 21m • Drama, History, War • Warner Bros.

Here, only the silent survive.

🍅 91% 91% MC 76 LB 3.95 IMDb 7.8

The Killing Fields Box Office

Opening Weekend
$32.2K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$34.6M
Final
Domestic Legs1075.5x
Budget$16M
1984 Rank#26
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 2-4 31 $32K — $32K 1 $32.2K 1
Nov 9-11 34 $34K +5.5% $88K 1 $33.9K 2
Nov 16-18 34 $91K +167.5% $195K 3 $30.3K 3
Nov 23-25 28 $94K +3.3% $348K 3 $31.3K 4
Nov 30-Dec 2 23 $82K -12.8% $479K 3 $27.3K 5
Dec 7-9 25 $56K -31.2% $572K 3 $18.8K 6
Dec 14-16 28 $34K -40.5% $631K 3 $11.2K 7
Dec 21-23 24 $182K +443.5% $833K 12 $15.2K 8
Dec 28-30 22 $271K +48.7% $1.17M 12 $22.6K 9
Jan 4-6 23 $202K -25.6% $1.50M 13 $15.5K 10
Jan 11-13 23 $213K +5.8% $1.82M 13 $16.4K 11
Jan 18-20 16 $783K +267.1% $2.70M 76 $10.3K 12
Jan 25-27 13 $818K +4.5% $3.90M 76 $10.8K 13
Feb 1-3 2 $3.02M +268.9% $7.23M 657 $4.6K 14
Feb 8-10 3 $3.08M +1.9% $11.39M 663 $4.6K 15
Feb 15-17 4 $3.23M +5.1% $15.63M 658 $4.9K 16
Feb 22-24 4 $2.23M -31.1% $18.54M 658 $3.4K 17
Mar 1-3 6 $1.78M -20.0% $21.00M 651 $2.7K 18
Mar 8-10 7 $1.61M -9.7% $23.22M 607 $2.6K 19
Mar 15-17 6 $1.57M -2.6% $25.43M 650 $2.4K 20
Mar 22-24 10 $1.50M -4.1% $27.62M 609 $2.5K 21
Mar 29-31 17 $932K -38.0% $29.32M 375 $2.5K 22
Apr 5-7 15 $870K -6.6% $30.59M 456 $1.9K 23
Apr 12-14 19 $642K -26.3% $31.60M 415 $1.5K 24
Apr 19-21 19 $508K -20.9% $32.37M 386 $1.3K 25
Apr 26-28 20 $415K -18.4% $33.02M 346 $1.2K 26
May 3-5 24 $290K -29.9% $33.49M 285 $1.0K 27
May 10-12 25 $199K -31.6% $33.81M 223 $891 28
May 17-19 22 $303K +52.4% $34.21M 227 $1.3K 29
May 24-26 21 $178K -41.3% $34.42M 169 $1.1K 30
May 31-Jun 2 19 $135K -24.1% $34.61M 175 $771 31

Cast & Crew

Directed byRoland Joffé
ScreenplayBruce Robinson
Produced byDavid Puttnam, Iain Smith
CinematographyChris Menges
Music byMike Oldfield
StarringSam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, Spalding Gray, Athol Fugard
StudioWarner Bros.

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