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The Quiet EarthFollow

1985 • R • 1h 31m • Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Skouras

The End of the World is Just the Beginning

🍅 75% 68% IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic total
$154K
Partial tracking
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Cast & crew

Directed byGeoff Murphy ScreenplayBill Baer, Bruno Lawrence, Sam Pillsbury Produced byDon Reynolds, Sam Pillsbury CinematographyJames Bartle MusicJohn Charles Prod. DesignJosephine Ford StarringBruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Anzac Wallace, Pete Smith, Tom Hyde, Norman Fletcher StudioSkouras

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 18-20 33 $9.8K — 1 $9,825 $9.8K
2 Oct 25-27 32 $11.3K +14.8% 1 $11,280 $27.7K
3 Nov 1-3 30 $11.8K +4.8% 2 $5,910 $45.5K
4 Nov 8-10 26 $20.9K +76.4% 3 $6,951 $74.3K
5 Nov 15-17 24 $68.3K +227.3% 7 $9,751 $153.8K
Weekend grossWk 5 · $68.3K
$9.8K
$11.3K
$11.8K
$20.9K
$68.3K
W1W2W3W4W5
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · +227.3%
+14.8%
W1→2
+4.8%
W2→3
+76.4%
W3→4
+227.3%
W4→5
Smallest gain +4.8%Biggest gain +227.3%

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