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NellFollow

1994 • PG-13 • 1h 52m • Drama • 20th Century Fox

Her heart. Her soul. Her language are a mystery... A mystery called Nell

🍅 60% 64% LB 3.09 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$63K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$33.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$106.60M
$73.00M international
Domestic legs10.6x from $3.2M first wide weekend
1994 rank#41
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Cast & crew

Full Apted filmography
Michael Apted Michael Apted Director Jodie Foster Jodie Foster Starring Liam Neeson Liam Neeson Starring Natasha Richardson Natasha Richardson Starring Jeremy Davies Jeremy Davies Starring
ScreenplayWilliam Nicholson, Mark Handley Produced byJodie Foster, Graham Place, Renée Missel CinematographyDante Spinotti MusicMark Isham Prod. DesignJon Hutman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 16-18 33 $62.7K — 2 $31,332 $95.3K
2 Dec 23-25 10 $3.2M +4941.9% 835 $3,784 $3.3M
3 Dec 30-Jan 1 9 $5.9M +87.9% 878 $6,761 $12.5M
4 Jan 6-8 5 $4.6M −22.3% 1,201 $3,842 $18.7M
5 Jan 13-16 11 $3.5M −24.0% 1,236 $2,836 $23.8M
6 Jan 20-22 12 $2.1M −40.9% 1,210 $1,712 $26.6M
7 Jan 27-29 14 $1.3M −39.2% 1,131 $1,114 $28.5M
8 Feb 3-5 21 $749.5K −40.5% 840 $892 $29.7M
9 Feb 10-12 25 $446.8K −40.4% 606 $737 $30.4M
10 Feb 17-20 25 $479.2K +7.3% 516 $929 $31.1M
11 Feb 24-26 22 $412.6K −13.9% 547 $754 $31.7M
12 Mar 3-5 23 $370.6K −10.2% 506 $732 $32.2M
13 Mar 10-12 24 $338.0K −8.8% 461 $733 $32.7M
14 Mar 17-19 30 $203.4K −39.8% 319 $638 $33.0M
15 Mar 24-26 31 $176.7K −13.1% 243 $727 $33.3M
16 Mar 31-Apr 2 36 $103.0K −41.7% 180 $572 $33.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $479.2K
$62.7K
$3.2M
$5.9M
$4.6M
$3.5M
$2.1M
$1.3M
$749.5K
$446.8K
$479.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +7.3%
+4941.9%
W1→2
+87.9%
W2→3
−22.3%
W3→4
−24.0%
W4→5
−40.9%
W5→6
−39.2%
W6→7
−40.5%
W7→8
−40.4%
W8→9
+7.3%
W9→10
Steepest −40.9%Biggest gain +4941.9%

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