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The Year of Living DangerouslyFollow

1982 • PG • 1h 54m • Drama, Romance, War • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A love caught in the fire of revolution.

🍅 88% 77% MC 65 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$35K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic total
$10.28M
Final
Domestic legs6.0x from $1.7M first wide weekend
Budget$6M
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Cast & crew

Full Weir filmography
Peter Weir Peter Weir Director Mel Gibson Mel Gibson Starring Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver Starring Linda Hunt Linda Hunt Starring
ScreenplayC.J. Koch, David Williamson, Peter Weir Produced byJim McElroy CinematographyRussell Boyd MusicMaurice Jarre StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jan 21-23 19 $35.0K — 1 $35,000 $35.0K
2 Jan 28-30 18 $29.0K −17.3% 1 $28,958 $80.6K
3 Feb 4-6 19 $27.4K −5.4% 1 $27,398 $121.9K
4 Feb 11-13 19 $22.0K −19.5% 1 $22,049 $154.5K
5 Feb 18-20 12 $1.7M +7682.8% 690 $2,487 $1.9M
6 Feb 25-27 10 $1.3M −26.9% 679 $1,847 $3.5M
7 Mar 4-6 9 $932.4K −25.7% 290 $3,215 $4.8M
8 Mar 11-13 12 $802.8K −13.9% 290 $2,768 $5.9M
9 Mar 18-20 10 $633.6K −21.1% 290 $2,185 $6.7M
10 Mar 25-27 17 $408.8K −35.5% 190 $2,151 $7.3M
11 Apr 1-3 18 $320.2K −21.7% 169 $1,895 $7.7M
12 Apr 8-10 18 $450.3K +40.6% 385 $1,170 $8.3M
13 Apr 15-17 23 $196.0K −56.5% 190 $1,031 $8.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $408.8K
$35.0K
$29.0K
$27.4K
$22.0K
$1.7M
$1.3M
$932.4K
$802.8K
$633.6K
$408.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.5%
−17.3%
W1→2
−5.4%
W2→3
−19.5%
W3→4
+7682.8%
W4→5
−26.9%
W5→6
−25.7%
W6→7
−13.9%
W7→8
−21.1%
W8→9
−35.5%
W9→10
Steepest −35.5%Biggest gain +7682.8%

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