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Gorillas in the MistFollow

1988 • PG-13 • 2h 9m • Biography, Drama • Universal Pictures

At the far ends of the earth she found a reason to live, and a cause to fight for.

🍅 84% 75% LB 3.50 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$367K
Limited · 15 theaters
Domestic total
$24.70M
Final
Domestic legs6.1x from $4.0M first wide weekend
1988 rank#41
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Cast & crew

Full Apted filmography
Michael Apted Michael Apted Director Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver Starring Bryan Brown Bryan Brown Starring Iain Glen Iain Glen Starring
ScreenplayAnna Hamilton Phelan Produced byArne Glimcher, Terence A. Clegg CinematographyJohn Seale Music byMaurice Jarre StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 23-25 13 $366.9K — 15 $24,462 $366.9K
2 Sep 30-Oct 2 1 $3.5M +840.6% 558 $6,185 $4.0M
3 Oct 7-9 3 $4.0M +17.1% 1,081 $3,740 $9.2M
4 Oct 14-16 4 $2.6M −34.9% 1,085 $2,425 $12.7M
5 Oct 21-23 5 $2.2M −16.8% 1,073 $2,040 $15.7M
6 Oct 28-30 4 $1.6M −29.0% 1,054 $1,475 $17.9M
7 Nov 4-6 9 $1.4M −11.7% 967 $1,420 $19.8M
Weekend grossWk 7 · $1.4M
$366.9K
$3.5M
$4.0M
$2.6M
$2.2M
$1.6M
$1.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −11.7%
+840.6%
W1→2
+17.1%
W2→3
−34.9%
W3→4
−16.8%
W4→5
−29.0%
W5→6
−11.7%
W6→7
Steepest −34.9%Biggest gain +840.6%

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