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1981 • R • 1h 53m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

As the temperature rises, the suspense begins.

🍅 96% 81% MC 77 LB 3.79 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$564.6K
Limited · 34 theaters
Domestic total
$24.10M
Final
Domestic legs8.0x from $3.0M first wide weekend
1981 rank#32
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Cast & crew

Full Kasdan filmography
Lawrence Kasdan Lawrence Kasdan Director William Hurt William Hurt Starring Kathleen Turner Kathleen Turner Starring Richard Crenna Richard Crenna Starring Mickey Rourke Mickey Rourke Starring
ScreenplayLawrence Kasdan Produced byFred T. Gallo CinematographyRichard H. Kline Music byJohn Barry StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 28-30 11 $564.6K — 34 $16,606 $564.6K
2 Sep 4-6 12 $712.2K +26.1% 34 $20,947 $1.6M
3 Sep 11-13 8 $376.8K −47.1% 34 $11,082 $2.1M
4 Sep 18-20 2 $3.0M +703.6% 764 $3,963 $5.3M
5 Sep 25-27 5 $2.2M −27.8% 814 $2,686 $8.6M
6 Oct 2-4 5 $2.1M −4.3% 747 $2,802 $11.6M
7 Oct 9-11 7 $1.7M −20.0% 755 $2,218 $14.2M
8 Oct 16-18 9 $1.3M −22.7% 636 $2,037 $15.9M
10 Oct 30-Nov 1 10 $672.5K — 476 $1,413 $18.7M
11 Nov 6-8 8 $876.5K +30.3% 532 $1,648 $19.9M
12 Nov 13-15 12 $700.3K −20.1% 451 $1,553 $21.0M
13 Nov 20-22 8 $576.2K −17.7% 387 $1,489 $21.8M
14 Nov 27-29 6 $714.8K +24.1% 348 $2,054 $22.8M
15 Dec 4-6 8 $488.9K −31.6% 436 $1,121 $23.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $672.5K
$564.6K
$712.2K
$376.8K
$3.0M
$2.2M
$2.1M
$1.7M
$1.3M
$672.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.7%
+26.1%
W1→2
−47.1%
W2→3
+703.6%
W3→4
−27.8%
W4→5
−4.3%
W5→6
−20.0%
W6→7
−22.7%
W7→8
Steepest −47.1%Biggest gain +703.6%

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