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The Red Violin

1999 • R • 2h 10m • Drama, Music, Mystery • Lionsgate
🍅 73% 91% MC 57 LB 3.65 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$47.4K
Limited · 10 theaters
Domestic Total
$10.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$10.0M
Domestic only
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Cast & Crew

Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson Starring Greta Scacchi Greta Scacchi Starring Jason Flemyng Jason Flemyng Starring Colm Feore Colm Feore Starring
ScreenplayDon McKellar, François Girard Produced byNiv Fichman CinematographyAlain Dostie Music byJohn Corigliano StudioLionsgate
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 6-8 22 $47.4K — 10 $4,741 $47.4K
9 Jan 1-3 52 $46.4K — 23 $2,015 $1.2M
10 Jan 8-10 44 $49.6K +7.0% 29 $1,709 $1.3M
12 Jan 22-24 52 $51.2K — 27 $1,897 $1.4M
13 Jan 29-31 52 $44.8K −12.5% 24 $1,867 $1.5M
14 Feb 5-7 50 $57.0K +27.2% 23 $2,478 $1.6M
15 Feb 12-15 Presidents' Day 53 $59.5K — 26 $2,286 $1.7M
16 Feb 19-21 52 $42.5K — 21 $2,025 $1.7M
17 Feb 26-28 59 $34.2K −19.5% 26 $1,316 $1.8M
19 Mar 12-14 59 $44.6K — 23 $1,938 $1.9M
20 Mar 19-21 55 $38.2K −14.4% 22 $1,734 $2.0M
32 Jun 11-13 41 $87.1K — 13 $6,702 $2.4M
33 Jun 18-20 27 $181.7K +108.6% 31 $5,862 $2.6M
34 Jun 25-27 12 $732.7K +303.1% 250 $2,930 $3.3M
35 Jul 2-4 12 $882.9K +20.5% 261 $3,382 $4.6M
36 Jul 9-11 14 $518.2K −41.3% 241 $2,150 $5.5M
37 Jul 16-18 21 $393.0K −24.2% 205 $1,917 $6.0M
38 Jul 23-25 25 $332.6K −15.4% 160 $2,078 $6.5M
39 Jul 30-Aug 1 27 $274.7K −17.4% 144 $1,907 $7.1M
40 Aug 6-8 34 $184.1K −33.0% 117 $1,573 $7.4M
41 Aug 13-15 36 $160.2K −13.0% 109 $1,469 $7.5M
42 Aug 20-22 39 $143.1K −10.7% 95 $1,506 $7.7M
43 Aug 27-29 44 $114.7K −19.9% 86 $1,333 $7.9M
44 Sep 3-5 31 $301.2K +162.7% 235 $1,281 $8.4M
45 Sep 10-12 40 $163.4K −45.8% 178 $918 $8.6M
46 Sep 17-19 39 $135.9K −16.8% 144 $943 $9.3M
47 Sep 24-26 45 $88.9K −34.6% 131 $678 $9.5M
48 Oct 1-3 50 $55.3K −37.8% 77 $718 $9.6M
49 Oct 8-10 50 $53.6K −3.1% 70 $765 $9.7M
50 Oct 15-17 55 $39.4K −26.6% 68 $578 $9.8M
52 Oct 29-31 49 $62.0K — 66 $939 $9.9M
53 Nov 5-7 54 $49.5K −20.1% 52 $952 $10.0M
54 Nov 12-14 56 $45.4K −8.4% 49 $926 $10.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $49.6K
$47.4K
$46.4K
$49.6K
W1W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +7.0%
+7.0%
W9→10
Smallest gain +7.0%Biggest gain +7.0%

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