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Children of a Lesser GodFollow

1986 • R • 1h 59m • Drama, Romance • Paramount Pictures

She is the most mysterious, independent, beautiful, angry person he has ever met. He is the first man who has ever gotten close enough to love her.

🍅 81% 78% MC 80 LB 3.55 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$1.90M
Limited · 215 theaters
Domestic total
$31.90M
Final
Domestic legs15.6x from $2.0M biggest weekend
1986 rank#32
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Cast & crew

Directed byRanda Haines ScreenplayHesper Anderson, Mark Medoff Produced byBurt Sugarman, Patrick J. Palmer CinematographyJohn Seale Music byMichael Convertino StarringWilliam Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf, John F. Cleary StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 3-5 5 $1.9M — 215 $8,879 $1.9M
2 Oct 10-12 8 $1.9M +1.0% 241 $8,002 $4.5M
3 Oct 17-19 6 $2.0M +5.7% 480 $4,248 $7.0M
4 Oct 24-26 8 $1.8M −11.2% 480 $3,773 $9.5M
5 Oct 31-Nov 2 7 $1.6M −13.2% 544 $2,890 $11.7M
6 Nov 7-9 9 $1.6M +0.6% 544 $2,907 $13.9M
7 Nov 14-16 7 $1.3M −15.8% 544 $2,448 $15.8M
8 Nov 21-23 10 $1.1M −15.2% 501 $2,254 $17.3M
9 Nov 28-30 20 $105.9K −90.6% 93 $1,139 $18.1M
10 Dec 5-7 12 $647.7K +511.5% 464 $1,396 $18.8M
11 Dec 12-14 14 $362.4K −44.0% 398 $910 $19.3M
12 Dec 19-21 16 $206.9K −42.9% 224 $924 $19.7M
13 Dec 26-28 15 $272.9K +31.9% 398 $686 $20.1M
14 Jan 2-4 15 $350.6K +28.5% 398 $881 $20.7M
15 Jan 9-11 22 $284.1K −19.0% 195 $1,457 $21.2M
16 Jan 16-18 28 $101.6K −64.2% 140 $726 $21.5M
17 Jan 23-25 25 $175.9K +73.1% 209 $842 $21.7M
18 Jan 30-Feb 1 29 $143.8K −18.2% 125 $1,150 $22.0M
27 Apr 3-5 14 $906.2K — 460 $1,970 $28.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $647.7K
$1.9M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$1.8M
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.3M
$1.1M
$105.9K
$647.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +511.5%
+1.0%
W1→2
+5.7%
W2→3
−11.2%
W3→4
−13.2%
W4→5
+0.6%
W5→6
−15.8%
W6→7
−15.2%
W7→8
−90.6%
W8→9
+511.5%
W9→10
Steepest −90.6%Biggest gain +511.5%

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