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History of the World: Part IFollow

1981 • R • 1h 32m • Comedy, History, Musical • 20th Century Fox

Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!

🍅 62% 81% MC 47 LB 3.34 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.90M
Limited · 484 theaters
Domestic total
$31.70M
Final
Domestic legs6.5x
Budget$11M
1981 rank#21
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Cast & crew

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Mel Brooks Mel Brooks Director Dom DeLuise Dom DeLuise Starring Madeline Kahn Madeline Kahn Starring Harvey Korman Harvey Korman Starring Cloris Leachman Cloris Leachman Starring Gregory Hines Gregory Hines Starring
ScreenplayMel Brooks Produced byMel Brooks CinematographyWoody Omens MusicJohn Morris Prod. DesignStuart Craig Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 12-14 3 $4.9M — 484 $10,109 $4.9M
3 Jun 26-28 9 $2.3M — 584 $3,902 $14.6M
4 Jul 3-5 9 $1.7M −24.2% 606 $2,850 $17.6M
5 Jul 10-12 12 $1.1M −36.3% 494 $2,227 $19.6M
6 Jul 17-19 14 $891.0K −19.0% 462 $1,929 $21.0M
8 Jul 31-Aug 2 16 — — — — $22.7M
9 Aug 7-9 19 $282.8K — 175 $1,616 $23.3M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $282.8K
$4.9M
$2.3M
$1.7M
$1.1M
$891.0K
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$282.8K
W1W3W4W5W6W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −19.0%
−24.2%
W3→4
−36.3%
W4→5
−19.0%
W5→6
Steepest −36.3%Best hold −19.0%

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