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Mississippi BurningFollow

1988 • R • 2h 8m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Orion Pictures

1964. When America was at war with itself.

🍅 79% 90% MC 65 LB 3.92 IMDb 7.8
CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$225K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$34.60M
Final
Domestic legs8.6x from $4.0M biggest weekend
1988 rank#32
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Cast & crew

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Alan Parker Alan Parker Director Gene Hackman Gene Hackman Starring Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe Starring Frances McDormand Frances McDormand Starring Brad Dourif Brad Dourif Starring R. Lee Ermey R. Lee Ermey Starring
ScreenplayChris Gerolmo Produced byFrederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry CinematographyPeter Biziou Music byTrevor Jones StudioOrion Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
6 Jan 13-15 7 $4.0M — 551 $7,333 $5.7M
7 Jan 20-22 7 $2.7M −34.4% 568 $4,670 $10.1M
8 Jan 27-29 5 $3.5M +33.7% 1,058 $3,351 $14.7M
9 Feb 3-5 8 $2.5M −30.2% 1,074 $2,305 $18.3M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $2.5M
$4.0M
$2.7M
$3.5M
$2.5M
W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −30.2%
−34.4%
W6→7
+33.7%
W7→8
−30.2%
W8→9
Steepest −34.4%Biggest gain +33.7%

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