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A Christmas StoryFollow

1983 • PG • 1h 33m • Comedy, Family • MGM/UA Entertainment

A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.

🍅 87% 89% MC 77 LB 3.54 IMDb 7.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$20.80M
All releases
Budget$3.3M
1983 rank#47
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Cast & crew

Directed byBob Clark ScreenplayJean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark Produced byRené Dupont, Bob Clark CinematographyReginald H. Morris Music byCarl Zittrer, Paul Zaza StarringPeter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 18-20 3 $2.1M — 886 $2,338 $2.1M
2 Nov 25-27 1 $3.9M +90.0% 938 $4,196 $7.3M
3 Dec 2-4 2 $2.7M −32.4% 924 $2,879 $10.5M
4 Dec 9-11 6 $1.8M −33.3% 854 $2,077 $12.8M
5 Dec 16-18 16 $580.6K −67.3% 552 $1,052 $13.8M
6 Dec 23-25 16 $690.9K +19.0% 796 $868 $14.9M
7 Dec 30-Jan 1 17 $838.1K +21.3% 642 $1,305 $16.2M
8 Jan 6-8 19 $372.7K −55.5% 493 $756 $16.7M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $372.7K
$2.1M
$3.9M
$2.7M
$1.8M
$580.6K
$690.9K
$838.1K
$372.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −55.5%
+90.0%
W1→2
−32.4%
W2→3
−33.3%
W3→4
−67.3%
W4→5
+19.0%
W5→6
+21.3%
W6→7
−55.5%
W7→8
Steepest −67.3%Biggest gain +90.0%

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