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Chariots of FireFollow

1981 • PG • 2h 5m • Drama, History, Sport • Warner Bros.

This is the story of two men who run, not to run, but to prove something to the world. They will sacrifice anything to achieve their goals... except their honor.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$68.9K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$61.60M
Final
Domestic legs17.9x from $3.4M first wide weekend
Budget$5.5M
1981 rank#6

Cast & crew

Alice Krige Alice Krige Starring Ian Holm Ian Holm Starring John Gielgud John Gielgud Starring
ScreenplayColin Welland Produced byDavid Puttnam CinematographyDavid Watkin Music byVangelis StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 25-27 17 $68.9K — 3 $22,969 $68.9K
2 Oct 2-4 14 $92.6K +34.4% 3 $30,880 $198.7K
3 Oct 9-11 12 $117.1K +26.4% 6 $19,514 $607.3K
4 Oct 16-18 19 $119.7K +2.2% 6 $19,949 $765.0K
6 Oct 30-Nov 1 15 $174.5K — 11 $15,864 $1.2M
7 Nov 6-8 13 $199.7K +14.5% 11 $18,157 $1.5M
8 Nov 13-15 17 $189.7K −5.0% 11 $17,247 $1.8M
9 Nov 20-22 10 $175.8K −7.3% 11 $15,984 $2.0M
10 Nov 27-29 8 $230.4K +31.0% 11 $20,945 $2.4M
11 Dec 4-6 12 $133.1K −42.2% 11 $12,099 $2.6M
15 Jan 1-3 15 $418.5K — 35 $11,956 $2.8M
16 Jan 8-10 13 $331.0K −20.9% 34 $9,736 $6.8M
17 Jan 15-17 15 $359.5K +8.6% 36 $9,987 $7.3M
18 Jan 22-24 16 $259.5K −27.8% 36 $7,207 $7.7M
19 Jan 29-31 16 $476.6K +83.7% 70 $6,809 $8.2M
20 Feb 5-7 5 $1.7M +250.3% 283 $5,900 $10.1M
21 Feb 12-14 4 $2.2M +33.3% 292 $7,619 $12.8M
22 Feb 19-21 4 $1.7M −24.1% 293 $5,765 $15.0M
23 Feb 26-28 4 $1.6M −3.1% 293 $5,586 $17.2M
24 Mar 5-7 2 $2.2M +36.2% 442 $5,044 $19.9M
25 Mar 12-14 4 $2.0M −9.4% 447 $4,519 $22.7M
26 Mar 19-21 7 $1.8M −9.6% 435 $4,199 $25.3M
27 Mar 26-28 7 $1.8M −0.6% 422 $4,302 $28.1M
28 Apr 2-4 5 $3.3M +80.7% 553 $5,933 $32.6M
29 Apr 9-11 3 $3.4M +4.7% 753 $4,561 $37.6M
30 Apr 16-18 3 $2.8M −18.1% 810 $3,471 $41.9M
31 Apr 23-25 3 $2.1M −25.8% 805 $2,591 $45.0M
32 Apr 30-May 2 5 $1.7M −20.0% 798 $2,091 $47.4M
33 May 7-9 4 $1.8M +5.0% 758 $2,311 $49.8M
34 May 14-16 5 $1.4M −21.3% 747 $1,845 $51.9M
35 May 21-23 7 $1.3M −6.3% 660 $1,957 $53.7M
36 May 28-30 8 $1.7M +34.4% 653 $2,659 $56.0M
37 Jun 4-6 11 $912.4K −47.4% 592 $1,541 $57.3M
38 Jun 11-13 14 $649.4K −28.8% 501 $1,296 $58.3M
39 Jun 18-20 15 $492.8K −24.1% 462 $1,067 $59.2M
40 Jun 25-27 17 $377.6K −23.4% 320 $1,180 $59.9M
41 Jul 2-4 15 $462.4K +22.4% 322 $1,436 $60.6M
42 Jul 9-11 16 $355.2K −23.2% 335 $1,060 $61.1M
43 Jul 16-18 21 $231.6K −34.8% 236 $981 $61.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $230.4K
$68.9K
$92.6K
$117.1K
$119.7K
$174.5K
$199.7K
$189.7K
$175.8K
$230.4K
W1W2W3W4W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +31.0%
+34.4%
W1→2
+26.4%
W2→3
+2.2%
W3→4
+14.5%
W6→7
−5.0%
W7→8
−7.3%
W8→9
+31.0%
W9→10
Steepest −7.3%Biggest gain +34.4%

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