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1983 • R • 2h 11m • Biography, Drama, History • 20th Century Fox

On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there.

🍅 78% 79% MC 65 LB 3.66 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$1.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$35.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$37.80M
$2.10M international
Domestic legs10.0x from $3.5M first wide weekend
1983 rank#19
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Cast & crew

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Mike Nichols Mike Nichols Director Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Starring Kurt Russell Kurt Russell Starring Cher Cher Starring Craig T. Nelson Craig T. Nelson Starring
ScreenplayNora Ephron, Alice Arlen Produced byMike Nichols, Michael Hausman CinematographyMiroslav Ondříček Music byGeorges Delerue Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 16-18 12 $1.2M — 257 $4,741 $1.6M
2 Dec 23-25 13 $1.4M +17.5% 257 $5,569 $3.7M
3 Dec 30-Jan 1 8 $3.0M +109.6% 287 $10,453 $7.9M
4 Jan 6-8 7 $2.1M −28.8% 287 $7,447 $10.8M
5 Jan 13-15 6 $2.3M +9.2% 350 $6,666 $13.9M
6 Jan 20-22 3 $2.5M +6.4% 556 $4,463 $17.1M
7 Jan 27-29 1 $3.5M +42.9% 816 $4,347 $21.5M
8 Feb 3-5 2 $2.7M −24.8% 839 $3,177 $25.2M
9 Feb 10-12 3 $1.9M −29.0% 843 $2,244 $27.7M
10 Feb 17-19 7 $1.7M −8.0% 791 $2,200 $30.0M
11 Feb 24-26 10 $1.1M −38.1% 687 $1,568 $31.4M
12 Mar 2-4 13 $744.0K −30.9% 527 $1,412 $32.5M
13 Mar 9-11 17 $552.2K −25.8% 478 $1,155 $33.3M
14 Mar 16-18 16 $404.3K −26.8% 388 $1,042 $34.0M
15 Mar 23-25 15 $442.4K +9.4% 388 $1,140 $34.6M
16 Mar 30-Apr 1 21 $261.6K −40.9% 279 $938 $35.0M
17 Apr 6-8 21 $245.0K −6.4% 288 $851 $35.4M
18 Apr 13-15 23 $88.2K −64.0% 150 $588 $35.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M
$1.2M
$1.4M
$3.0M
$2.1M
$2.3M
$2.5M
$3.5M
$2.7M
$1.9M
$1.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.0%
+17.5%
W1→2
+109.6%
W2→3
−28.8%
W3→4
+9.2%
W4→5
+6.4%
W5→6
+42.9%
W6→7
−24.8%
W7→8
−29.0%
W8→9
−8.0%
W9→10
Steepest −29.0%Biggest gain +109.6%

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