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A Soldier's StoryFollow

1984 • PG • 1h 41m • Drama, Mystery • Columbia Pictures

Alone, far from home, and far from justice, he has three days to learn the truth about a murder...

🍅 91% 82% MC 66 LB 3.62 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$156.4K
Limited · 5 theaters
Domestic total
$22.10M
Final
Domestic legs10.3x from $2.1M biggest weekend
1984 rank#47
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Cast & crew

Full Jewison filmography
Norman Jewison Norman Jewison Director David Alan Grier David Alan Grier Starring Denzel Washington Denzel Washington Starring
ScreenplayCharles Fuller Produced byNorman Jewison, Patrick Palmer, Ronald L. Schwary CinematographyRussell Boyd Music byHerbie Hancock StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 14-16 22 $156.4K — 5 $31,277 $156.4K
2 Sep 21-23 23 $166.4K +6.4% 6 $27,734 $417.7K
3 Sep 28-30 19 $378.9K +127.7% 19 $19,943 $898.7K
4 Oct 5-7 7 $2.0M +435.5% 217 $9,350 $3.1M
5 Oct 12-14 6 $1.6M −23.5% 223 $6,957 $5.1M
6 Oct 19-21 7 $1.6M +1.7% 289 $5,462 $7.2M
7 Oct 26-28 11 $1.3M −16.4% 316 $4,176 $9.0M
8 Nov 2-4 5 $2.1M +62.2% 580 $3,690 $11.5M
9 Nov 9-11 5 $1.7M −19.4% 581 $2,969 $13.8M
10 Nov 16-18 10 $1.2M −31.7% 510 $2,310 $15.5M
11 Nov 23-25 11 $1.5M +24.0% 479 $3,049 $17.5M
12 Nov 30-Dec 2 11 $943.5K −35.4% 479 $1,970 $18.8M
13 Dec 7-9 13 $360.0K −61.8% 341 $1,056 $19.3M
14 Dec 14-16 18 $154.6K −57.0% 166 $932 $19.6M
15 Dec 21-23 26 $134.4K −13.1% 52 $2,585 $19.8M
16 Dec 28-30 24 $230.6K +71.6% 61 $3,780 $20.1M
17 Jan 4-6 24 $172.2K −25.3% 67 $2,569 $20.2M
18 Jan 11-13 27 $127.9K −25.7% 46 $2,780 $20.4M
19 Jan 18-20 28 $76.7K −40.0% 41 $1,870 $20.5M
20 Jan 25-27 28 $66.2K −13.6% 32 $2,069 $20.6M
21 Feb 1-3 28 $51.8K −21.8% 27 $1,918 $20.7M
22 Feb 8-10 16 $598.3K +1055.4% 531 $1,127 $21.3M
23 Feb 15-17 25 $256.7K −57.1% 156 $1,645 $21.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M
$156.4K
$166.4K
$378.9K
$2.0M
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.3M
$2.1M
$1.7M
$1.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.7%
+6.4%
W1→2
+127.7%
W2→3
+435.5%
W3→4
−23.5%
W4→5
+1.7%
W5→6
−16.4%
W6→7
+62.2%
W7→8
−19.4%
W8→9
−31.7%
W9→10
Steepest −31.7%Biggest gain +435.5%

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