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Places in the HeartFollow

1984 • PG • 1h 51m • Drama • TriStar Pictures

The story of a woman fighting for her children, for her land, for the greatest dream there is... the future.

🍅 90% 83% MC 70 LB 3.51 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$274.3K
Limited · 14 theaters
Domestic total
$34.90M
Final
Domestic legs8.5x from $4.1M first wide weekend
1984 rank#25
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Cast & crew

Sally Field Sally Field Starring Ed Harris Ed Harris Starring Amy Madigan Amy Madigan Starring John Malkovich John Malkovich Starring Danny Glover Danny Glover Starring
ScreenplayRobert Benton Produced byArlene Donovan CinematographyNéstor Almendros Music byJohn Kander StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 21-23 20 $274.3K — 14 $19,591 $274.3K
2 Sep 28-30 22 $254.5K −7.2% 14 $18,180 $661.6K
3 Oct 5-7 3 $4.1M +1522.1% 691 $5,975 $4.9M
4 Oct 12-14 3 $3.4M −16.7% 688 $5,000 $9.3M
5 Oct 19-21 2 $3.1M −8.9% 759 $4,128 $13.4M
6 Oct 26-28 4 $2.8M −11.0% 790 $3,530 $16.8M
7 Nov 2-4 2 $2.5M −9.2% 864 $2,931 $19.7M
8 Nov 9-11 4 $2.2M −12.0% 868 $2,568 $22.4M
9 Nov 16-18 7 $1.5M −33.6% 850 $1,740 $24.2M
10 Nov 23-25 8 $1.8M +24.4% 827 $2,225 $26.3M
11 Nov 30-Dec 2 9 $1.1M −40.7% 801 $1,362 $27.7M
12 Dec 7-9 11 $544.3K −50.1% 685 $795 $28.4M
13 Dec 14-16 16 $279.9K −48.6% 450 $622 $28.8M
14 Dec 21-23 23 $184.4K −34.1% 201 $917 $29.1M
15 Dec 28-30 23 $263.3K +42.8% 285 $924 $29.4M
16 Jan 4-6 18 $342.0K +29.9% 285 $1,200 $29.8M
17 Jan 11-13 21 $279.4K −18.3% 230 $1,215 $30.3M
18 Jan 18-20 29 $74.4K −73.4% 94 $791 $30.5M
19 Jan 25-27 30 $50.3K −32.3% 61 $825 $30.6M
20 Feb 1-3 30 $41.1K −18.4% 42 $978 $30.6M
21 Feb 8-10 14 $641.3K +1461.2% 501 $1,280 $31.2M
22 Feb 15-17 18 $430.4K −32.9% 223 $1,930 $31.9M
23 Feb 22-24 23 $232.8K −45.9% 266 $875 $32.2M
24 Mar 1-3 22 $266.0K +14.3% 195 $1,364 $32.6M
25 Mar 8-10 25 $163.2K −38.6% 219 $745 $32.8M
26 Mar 15-17 15 $318.0K +94.9% 265 $1,200 $33.2M
27 Mar 22-24 21 $236.0K −25.8% 235 $1,004 $33.5M
28 Mar 29-31 21 $327.6K +38.8% 201 $1,630 $34.0M
29 Apr 5-7 23 $214.0K −34.7% 214 $1,000 $34.3M
30 Apr 12-14 25 $160.9K −24.8% 134 $1,201 $34.6M
31 Apr 19-21 26 $106.5K −33.8% 106 $1,005 $34.8M
32 Apr 26-28 28 $79.1K −25.7% 76 $1,041 $34.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M
$274.3K
$254.5K
$4.1M
$3.4M
$3.1M
$2.8M
$2.5M
$2.2M
$1.5M
$1.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +24.4%
−7.2%
W1→2
+1522.1%
W2→3
−16.7%
W3→4
−8.9%
W4→5
−11.0%
W5→6
−9.2%
W6→7
−12.0%
W7→8
−33.6%
W8→9
+24.4%
W9→10
Steepest −33.6%Biggest gain +1522.1%

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