Children of HeavenFollow

Name: Children of Heaven
Director: Majid Majidi
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Released: 1997
Cast: Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Mohammad Amir Naji, Fereshte Sarabandi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi

1997 • PG • 1h 29m • Drama, Family, Sport • Miramax

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🍅 83% 95%

4.23

8.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.1K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$933.9K

Final

Worldwide total

$1.60M

$694.6K international

Domestic legs14.2x from $66K biggest weekend

Budget$180K

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Cast & crew

Directed byMajid Majidi ScreenplayMajid Majidi Produced byAmir Esfandiari, Mohammad Esfandiari CinematographyParviz Malekzaade Music byKeivan Jahanshahi StarringAmir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Mohammad Amir Naji, Fereshte Sarabandi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 22-24 54 $20.1K — 3 $6,700 $20.1K

2 Jan 29-31 54 $21.0K +4.4% 3 $6,997 $49.9K

3 Feb 5-7 48 $37.7K +79.7% 8 $4,715 $96.2K

4 Feb 12-14 49 $65.8K +74.4% 8 $8,223 $180.4K

5 Feb 19-21 44 $54.7K −16.8% 10 $5,472 $253.0K

6 Feb 26-28 48 $46.7K −14.6% 12 $3,895 $324.6K

7 Mar 5-7 60 $41.9K −10.3% 12 $3,494 $387.8K

8 Mar 12-14 55 $47.7K +13.9% 14 $3,410 $452.3K

9 Mar 19-21 51 $48.0K +0.5% 18 $2,666 $533.7K

10 Mar 26-28 51 $58.4K +21.8% 16 $3,652 $626.6K

11 Apr 2-4 54 $50.9K −12.8% 18 $2,829 $706.6K

12 Apr 9-11 60 $30.3K −40.5% 15 $2,021 $760.6K

13 Apr 16-18 63 $29.2K −3.6% 19 $1,537 $803.1K

14 Apr 23-25 72 $19.2K −34.2% 18 $1,068 $836.5K

15 Apr 30-May 2 80 $14.8K −23.2% 21 $703 $859.9K

16 May 7-9 80 $12.5K −15.4% 24 $521 $882.1K

17 May 14-16 85 $9.0K −28.1% 23 $391 $903.5K

18 May 21-23 78 $12.3K +37.1% 22 $560 $925.4K

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $58.4K

$20.1K

$21.0K

$37.7K

$65.8K

$54.7K

$46.7K

$41.9K

$47.7K

$48.0K

$58.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +21.8%

+4.4%

W1→2

+79.7%

W2→3

+74.4%

W3→4

−16.8%

W4→5

−14.6%

W5→6

−10.3%

W6→7

+13.9%

W7→8

+0.5%

W8→9

+21.8%

W9→10

Steepest −16.8%Biggest gain +79.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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