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Name: Central Station
Director: Walter Salles
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998
Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Soia Lira, Othon Bastos

1998 • R • 1h 53m • Drama • Sony Pictures Classics

Between hope and solitude, two lives cross and reinvent themselves

🍅 94% 95%

4.35

8.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$36K

3-day opening, 2 theaters

Domestic total

$6.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$17.00M

$11.00M international

Domestic legs167.2x

Budget$2.9M

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Cast & crew

Directed byWalter Salles ScreenplayJoão Emanuel Carneiro, Marcos Bernstein Produced byArthur Cohn, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre CinematographyWalter Carvalho Music byAntônio Pinto, Jaques Morelenbaum StarringFernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Soia Lira, Othon Bastos StudioSony Pictures Classics

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 20-22 50 $35.7K — 2 $17,855 $35.7K

2 Nov 27-29 44 $76.0K +112.8% 7 $10,856 $143.2K

3 Dec 4-6 42 $60.0K −21.0% 7 $8,576 $228.5K

4 Dec 11-13 49 $35.0K −41.7% 6 $5,833 $285.4K

5 Dec 18-20 41 $57.3K +63.8% 6 $9,553 $360.2K

6 Dec 25-27 38 $124.3K +116.8% 19 $6,542 $483.9K

7 Jan 1-3 36 $140.2K +12.8% 20 $7,008 $695.0K

8 Jan 8-10 36 $121.2K −13.5% 21 $5,772 $852.7K

9 Jan 15-17 40 $151.7K +25.1% 22 $6,894 $1.0M

10 Jan 22-24 38 $130.5K −14.0% 24 $5,437 $1.2M

11 Jan 29-31 33 $167.2K +28.2% 25 $6,689 $1.4M

12 Feb 5-7 33 $212.4K +27.0% 37 $5,740 $1.7M

13 Feb 12-14 29 $453.6K +113.6% 93 $4,878 $2.3M

14 Feb 19-21 31 $331.7K −26.9% 110 $3,016 $2.7M

15 Feb 26-28 32 $306.9K −7.5% 118 $2,601 $3.1M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $130.5K

$35.7K

$76.0K

$60.0K

$35.0K

$57.3K

$124.3K

$140.2K

$121.2K

$151.7K

$130.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.0%

+112.8%

W1→2

−21.0%

W2→3

−41.7%

W3→4

+63.8%

W4→5

+116.8%

W5→6

+12.8%

W6→7

−13.5%

W7→8

+25.1%

W8→9

−14.0%

W9→10

Steepest −41.7%Biggest gain +116.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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