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2010: The Year We Make ContactFollow

1984 • PG • 1h 56m • Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars.

🍅 68% 61% MC 53 LB 3.23 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$41.00M
Final
Domestic legs5.5x
1984 rank#17
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Cast & crew

Roy Scheider Roy Scheider Starring John Lithgow John Lithgow Starring Helen Mirren Helen Mirren Starring Bob Balaban Bob Balaban Starring
ScreenplayPeter Hyams Produced byPeter Hyams CinematographyPeter Hyams MusicDavid Shire Prod. DesignAlbert Brenner StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 7-9 2 $7.4M — 1,126 $6,566 $7.4M
2 Dec 14-16 4 $4.1M −44.0% 1,126 $3,675 $13.9M
3 Dec 21-23 4 $4.2M +1.5% 1,194 $3,517 $19.5M
4 Dec 28-30 3 $6.6M +57.1% 1,213 $5,438 $27.5M
5 Jan 4-6 4 $3.1M −52.9% 1,091 $2,846 $31.5M
6 Jan 11-13 6 $2.1M −31.7% 929 $2,282 $34.4M
7 Jan 18-20 10 $1.1M −47.6% 705 $1,577 $36.1M
8 Jan 25-27 12 $894.8K −19.5% 573 $1,562 $37.4M
9 Feb 1-3 15 $619.8K −30.7% 503 $1,232 $38.2M
10 Feb 8-10 20 $391.9K −36.8% 369 $1,062 $38.8M
11 Feb 15-18 24 $263.6K −32.7% 250 $1,054 $39.2M
12 Feb 22-24 25 $217.8K −17.4% 266 $819 $39.5M
13 Mar 1-3 25 $195.6K −10.2% 257 $761 $39.8M
14 Mar 8-10 26 $147.1K −24.8% 209 $704 $40.0M
15 Mar 15-17 25 $130.0K −11.7% 199 $653 $40.2M
16 Mar 22-24 27 $73.9K −43.1% 129 $573 $40.3M
17 Mar 29-31 36 $20.4K −72.4% 96 $213 $40.4M
18 Apr 5-7 32 $28.8K +40.8% 79 $364 $40.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $391.9K
$7.4M
$4.1M
$4.2M
$6.6M
$3.1M
$2.1M
$1.1M
$894.8K
$619.8K
$391.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.8%
−44.0%
W1→2
+1.5%
W2→3
+57.1%
W3→4
−52.9%
W4→5
−31.7%
W5→6
−47.6%
W6→7
−19.5%
W7→8
−30.7%
W8→9
−36.8%
W9→10
Steepest −52.9%Biggest gain +57.1%

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