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1982 • R • 2h 31m • Drama, Romance, War • Universal Pictures

Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.

🍅 75% 85% MC 68 LB 3.66 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$202.1K
Limited · 9 theaters
Domestic total
$25.20M
Final
Domestic legs11.6x from $2.2M biggest weekend
1982 rank#27
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Cast & crew

Full Pakula filmography
Alan J. Pakula Alan J. Pakula Director Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Starring Kevin Kline Kevin Kline Starring Peter MacNicol Peter MacNicol Starring Josh Mostel Josh Mostel Starring
ScreenplayAlan J. Pakula Produced byAlan J. Pakula, Keith Barish CinematographyNéstor Almendros Music byMarvin Hamlisch StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 10-12 12 $202.1K — 9 $22,459 $202.1K
2 Dec 17-19 17 $170.5K −15.7% 9 $18,941 $524.7K
3 Dec 24-26 19 $176.1K +3.3% 10 $17,613 $833.1K
4 Dec 31-Jan 2 19 $243.0K +38.0% 10 $24,300 $1.3M
5 Jan 7-9 17 $224.7K −7.5% 10 $22,471 $1.7M
6 Jan 14-16 16 $205.9K −8.4% 10 $20,591 $2.0M
7 Jan 21-23 7 $1.8M +767.4% 215 $8,307 $3.9M
8 Jan 28-30 7 $1.6M −9.3% 213 $7,604 $6.3M
9 Feb 4-6 7 $1.3M −21.7% 212 $5,981 $8.2M
10 Feb 11-13 6 $1.5M +15.5% 398 $3,680 $10.0M
11 Feb 18-20 7 $2.2M +48.4% 414 $5,249 $12.8M
12 Feb 25-27 5 $1.9M −11.9% 459 $4,172 $15.1M
14 Mar 11-13 6 $1.2M — 489 $2,449 $18.7M
15 Mar 18-20 7 $860.4K −28.2% 415 $2,073 $20.0M
16 Mar 25-27 15 $521.3K −39.4% 223 $2,338 $20.9M
17 Apr 1-3 16 $417.5K −19.9% 198 $2,109 $21.5M
18 Apr 8-10 13 $764.8K +83.2% 334 $2,290 $22.4M
19 Apr 15-17 11 $1.1M +45.8% 457 $2,440 $23.9M
20 Apr 22-24 13 $955.5K −14.3% 548 $1,744 $25.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M
$202.1K
$170.5K
$176.1K
$243.0K
$224.7K
$205.9K
$1.8M
$1.6M
$1.3M
$1.5M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +15.5%
−15.7%
W1→2
+3.3%
W2→3
+38.0%
W3→4
−7.5%
W4→5
−8.4%
W5→6
+767.4%
W6→7
−9.3%
W7→8
−21.7%
W8→9
+15.5%
W9→10
Steepest −21.7%Biggest gain +767.4%

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