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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977 • PG • 2h 15m • Drama, Sci-Fi • Columbia Pictures

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🍅 91% 85% MC 90 LB 3.82 IMDb 7.6

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Box Office

Opening Weekend
$5.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$169.1M
All releases
Worldwide Total
$340.8M
$171.7M international
Budget$20M
1977 Rank#2
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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg
ScreenplaySteven Spielberg
Produced byJulia Phillips, Michael Phillips
CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond
Music byJohn Williams
StarringRichard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey
StudioColumbia Pictures

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