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The NeverEnding Story

1984 • PG • 1h 34m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!

🍅 84% 81% MC 49 LB 3.63 IMDb 7.3

The NeverEnding Story Box Office

Opening Weekend
$4.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$21.3M
Final
Domestic Legs4.9x
Budget$27M
1984 Rank#50
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 20-22 4 $4.33M — $4.33M 950 $4.6K 1
Jul 27-29 6 $3.30M -23.7% $9.99M 950 $3.5K 2
Aug 3-5 7 $2.25M -31.8% $14.06M 891 $2.5K 3
Aug 10-12 10 $1.33M -40.9% $16.76M 719 $1.9K 4
Aug 17-19 16 $627K -52.9% $18.19M 367 $1.7K 5
Aug 24-26 17 $563K -10.3% $19.17M 449 $1.3K 6
Aug 31-Sep 2 18 $655K +16.5% $20.16M 385 $1.7K 7

Cast & Crew

Directed byWolfgang Petersen
ScreenplayWolfgang Petersen, Herman Weigel
Produced byBernd Eichinger, Dieter Geissler
CinematographyJost Vacano
Music byKlaus Doldinger, Giorgio Moroder
StarringNoah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Moses Gunn, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney, Alan Oppenheimer
StudioWarner Bros.

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