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Terms of EndearmentFollow

1983 • PG • 2h 12m • Comedy, Drama • Paramount Pictures

Come to laugh, come to cry, come to care, come to terms.

🍅 81% 83% MC 79 LB 3.82 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$108.40M
Final
Domestic legs25.5x from $4.2M first wide weekend
1983 rank#2
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Cast & crew

Full Brooks filmography
James L. Brooks James L. Brooks Director Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine Starring Debra Winger Debra Winger Starring Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson Starring Danny DeVito Danny DeVito Starring Jeff Daniels Jeff Daniels Starring
ScreenplayJames L. Brooks Produced byJames L. Brooks CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak Music byMichael Gore StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 25-27 2 $3.5M — 260 $13,457 $4.6M
2 Dec 2-4 1 $3.1M −10.7% 260 $12,021 $8.9M
3 Dec 9-11 3 $4.2M +35.8% 945 $4,493 $14.3M
4 Dec 16-18 3 $3.4M −19.4% 945 $3,621 $19.5M
5 Dec 23-25 2 $4.3M +25.4% 1,027 $4,177 $25.8M
6 Dec 30-Jan 1 1 $9.1M +111.1% 1,027 $8,820 $39.8M
7 Jan 6-8 1 $6.2M −31.2% 1,027 $6,071 $48.4M
8 Jan 13-15 1 $5.2M −16.4% 1,020 $5,109 $55.8M
9 Jan 20-22 1 $3.5M −33.5% 986 $3,515 $60.7M
10 Jan 27-29 2 $3.4M −2.4% 903 $3,747 $65.4M
11 Feb 3-5 1 $3.0M −10.0% 870 $3,501 $69.6M
12 Feb 10-12 2 $2.3M −25.2% 847 $2,689 $72.7M
13 Feb 17-19 3 $4.5M +97.2% 1,259 $3,569 $78.0M
14 Feb 24-26 4 $2.8M −37.5% 1,238 $2,269 $81.8M
15 Mar 2-4 6 $2.1M −25.6% 1,114 $1,875 $84.8M
16 Mar 9-11 6 $1.9M −9.9% 958 $1,965 $87.4M
17 Mar 16-18 7 $1.6M −16.7% 831 $1,886 $89.8M
18 Mar 23-25 9 $1.3M −19.7% 730 $1,724 $91.7M
19 Mar 30-Apr 1 12 $899.3K −28.5% 545 $1,650 $93.0M
20 Apr 6-8 10 $1.1M +21.9% 509 $2,153 $94.5M
21 Apr 13-15 7 $2.3M +110.0% 918 $2,507 $97.5M
22 Apr 20-22 10 $1.6M −29.9% 850 $1,899 $100.4M
23 Apr 27-29 10 $1.1M −29.4% 655 $1,740 $102.3M
24 May 4-6 14 $855.8K −24.9% 467 $1,833 $103.7M
25 May 11-13 16 $568.2K −33.6% 404 $1,406 $104.5M
26 May 18-20 18 $446.5K −21.4% 350 $1,276 $105.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.4M
$3.5M
$3.1M
$4.2M
$3.4M
$4.3M
$9.1M
$6.2M
$5.2M
$3.5M
$3.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −2.4%
−10.7%
W1→2
+35.8%
W2→3
−19.4%
W3→4
+25.4%
W4→5
+111.1%
W5→6
−31.2%
W6→7
−16.4%
W7→8
−33.5%
W8→9
−2.4%
W9→10
Steepest −33.5%Biggest gain +111.1%

Records held

All records
#12 Most weekends in the top 10All-time 22 weekends #20 Most weeks at #1All-time 6 weeks

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