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1981 • R • 1h 48m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Filmways Pictures

Murder has a sound all of its own.

🍅 88% 81% MC 86 LB 4.1 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$13.70M
Final
Domestic legs4.6x
Budget$18M
1981 rank#56
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Cast & crew

Full Palma filmography
Brian De Palma Brian De Palma Director John Travolta John Travolta Starring John Lithgow John Lithgow Starring Dennis Franz Dennis Franz Starring
ScreenplayBrian De Palma, Bill Mesce Jr. Produced byGeorge Litto CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond MusicPino Donaggio Prod. DesignPaul Sylbert StudioFilmways Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 24-26 8 $3.0M — 708 $4,237 $3.0M
2 Jul 31-Aug 2 10 $2.2M −26.7% 650 $3,385 $6.2M
3 Aug 7-9 8 $2.0M −9.1% 500 $4,000 $7.8M
4 Aug 14-16 11 $1.4M −27.5% 428 $3,388 $10.0M
6 Aug 28-30 13 $522.0K — 242 $2,157 $13.7M
Weekend grossWk 6 · $522.0K
$3.0M
$2.2M
$2.0M
$1.4M
$522.0K
W1W2W3W4W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −27.5%
−26.7%
W1→2
−9.1%
W2→3
−27.5%
W3→4
Steepest −27.5%Best hold −9.1%

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