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Kramer vs. KramerFollow

1979 • PG • 1h 45m • Drama • Columbia Pictures

There are three sides to this love story.

🍅 90% 89% MC 77 LB 4.09 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Domestic total
$106.30M
Final
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Cast & crew

Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman Starring Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Starring Jane Alexander Jane Alexander Starring JoBeth Williams JoBeth Williams Starring
ScreenplayRobert Benton Produced byStanley R. Jaffe, Richard Fischoff CinematographyNéstor Almendros Music byJohn Kander, Herb Harris StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
5 Jan 18-20 1 $3.0M — 555 $5,405 $31.4M
6 Jan 25-27 1 $3.0M +0.0% 669 $4,484 $37.5M
7 Feb 1-3 2 $2.9M −3.3% 717 $4,045 $43.3M
8 Feb 8-10 1 $2.7M −6.9% 759 $3,557 $48.6M
9 Feb 15-17 1 $2.8M +3.7% — — $54.0M
10 Feb 22-24 1 $2.4M −14.3% — — $58.5M
11 Feb 29-Mar 2 1 $2.2M −8.3% 764 $2,880 $61.1M
12 Mar 7-9 2 $2.0M −9.1% 760 $2,632 $65.2M
13 Mar 14-16 1 $1.8M −10.0% 733 $2,456 $68.8M
14 Mar 21-23 1 $1.6M −11.1% 680 $2,353 $71.6M
15 Mar 28-30 1 $1.8M +12.5% 561 $3,209 $75.0M
16 Apr 4-6 1 $1.7M −5.6% — — $78.4M
17 Apr 11-13 1 $1.6M −5.9% — — $81.6M
18 Apr 18-20 1 $1.8M +12.5% 898 $2,004 $84.7M
19 Apr 25-27 2 $1.4M −22.2% 500 $2,800 $90.0M
20 May 2-4 1 $1.1M −21.4% — — $92.6M
21 May 9-11 3 $900.0K −18.2% 500 $1,800 $95.0M
22 May 16-18 2 $800.0K −11.1% 500 $1,600 $97.0M
23 May 23-25 3 $800.0K +0.0% 500 $1,600 $99.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.4M
$3.0M
$3.0M
$2.9M
$2.7M
$2.8M
$2.4M
W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.3%
+0.0%
W5→6
−3.3%
W6→7
−6.9%
W7→8
+3.7%
W8→9
−14.3%
W9→10
Steepest −14.3%Biggest gain +3.7%

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