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Paris, TexasFollow

1984 • R • 2h 27m • Drama • 20th Century Fox

A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.

🍅 95% 93% MC 81 LB 4.37 IMDb 8.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$23K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$2.50M
Incl. 2024 re-release
Worldwide total
$3.10M
$565K international
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Cast & crew

Full Wenders filmography
Wim Wenders Wim Wenders Director Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton Starring Dean Stockwell Dean Stockwell Starring
Written bySam Shepard, adaptation by L. M. Kit Carson Produced byDon Guest CinematographyRobby Müller Music byRy Cooder Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 9-11 35 $22.7K — 3 $7,570 $22.7K
10 Jan 11-13 31 $58.6K — 7 $8,369 $547.8K
11 Jan 18-20 31 $52.0K −11.2% 8 $6,504 $622.7K
12 Jan 25-27 31 $36.3K −30.2% 8 $4,542 $683.1K
13 Feb 1-3 27 $75.5K +107.8% 12 $6,290 $777.4K
14 Feb 8-10 32 $60.8K −19.5% 12 $5,065 $868.7K
15 Feb 15-17 36 $50.0K −17.7% 13 $3,849 $938.8K
16 Feb 22-24 30 $79.6K +59.1% 25 $3,183 $1.0M
17 Mar 1-3 33 $76.5K −3.9% 24 $3,188 $1.1M
18 Mar 8-10 32 $70.9K −7.4% 20 $3,544 $1.2M
19 Mar 15-17 30 $58.8K −17.0% 19 $3,095 $1.3M
20 Mar 22-24 30 $53.4K −9.1% 25 $2,137 $1.4M
21 Mar 29-31 30 $57.2K +7.1% 21 $2,726 $1.5M
22 Apr 5-7 30 $41.5K −27.6% 16 $2,592 $1.5M
23 Apr 12-14 31 $38.6K −6.9% 14 $2,757 $1.6M
24 Apr 19-21 32 $38.8K +0.6% 12 $3,235 $1.6M
25 Apr 26-28 32 $42.2K +8.6% 20 $2,108 $1.7M
26 May 3-5 33 $38.2K −9.3% 18 $2,125 $1.8M
27 May 10-12 30 $66.1K +72.8% 23 $2,874 $1.8M
28 May 17-19 27 $58.9K −10.9% 26 $2,265 $1.9M
29 May 24-26 25 $54.2K −8.0% 26 $2,084 $2.0M
30 May 31-Jun 2 22 $75.2K +38.7% 30 $2,505 $2.1M
31 Jun 7-9 24 $33.5K −55.4% 22 $1,523 $2.2M
2078 Aug 30-Sep 1 — $16.7K — 2 $8,334 $2.2M
2079 Sep 6-8 — $37.5K +124.8% 12 $3,122 $2.2M
2080 Sep 13-15 — $25.2K −32.6% 13 $1,941 $2.3M
2081 Sep 20-22 — $9.4K −62.9% 11 $851 $2.3M
2082 Sep 27-29 — $4.8K −48.8% 4 $1,200 $2.4M
2083 Oct 4-6 — $23.2K +384.2% 7 $3,319 $2.5M
2084 Oct 11-13 — $3.5K −84.8% 7 $505 $2.5M
2085 Oct 18-20 — $5.5K +55.1% 4 $1,372 $2.5M
2086 Oct 25-27 — $1.1K −80.8% 2 $526 $2.5M
2087 Nov 1-3 — $1.6K +55.2% 2 $816 $2.5M
2088 Nov 8-10 — $2.8K +73.2% 2 $1,412 $2.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $58.6K
$22.7K
$58.6K
W1W10

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