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The Secret of NIMHFollow

1982 • G • 1h 23m • Adventure, Animation, Drama • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Right before your eyes, and beyond your wildest dreams.

🍅 93% 86% MC 76 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$387K
Limited · 88 theaters
Domestic total
$10.14M
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Cast & crew

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Don Bluth Don Bluth Director Derek Jacobi Derek Jacobi Starring Dom DeLuise Dom DeLuise Starring
ScreenplayDon Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy, Will Finn Produced byDon Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy MusicJerry Goldsmith StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 2-4 17 $386.5K — 88 $4,392 $386.5K
2 Jul 9-11 15 $504.4K +30.5% 230 $2,193 $1.2M
3 Jul 16-18 13 $1.4M +182.6% 700 $2,036 $3.1M
4 Jul 23-25 14 $1.1M −25.4% 615 $1,729 $5.4M
5 Jul 30-Aug 1 16 $1.1M +3.1% 559 $1,962 $7.0M
6 Aug 6-8 20 $760.2K −30.7% 481 $1,580 $9.1M
7 Aug 13-15 26 $300.0K −60.5% 253 $1,186 $9.8M
8 Aug 20-22 27 $211.3K −29.6% 228 $927 $10.1M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $211.3K
$386.5K
$504.4K
$1.4M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$760.2K
$300.0K
$211.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −29.6%
+30.5%
W1→2
+182.6%
W2→3
−25.4%
W3→4
+3.1%
W4→5
−30.7%
W5→6
−60.5%
W6→7
−29.6%
W7→8
Steepest −60.5%Biggest gain +182.6%

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