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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertFollow

1994 • R • 1h 43m • Comedy, Music • Gramercy Pictures

Finally, a comedy that will change the way you think, the way you feel, and most importantly... the way you dress.

🍅 94% 88% MC 70 LB 3.96 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$219K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$11.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$12.40M
$1.40M international
Domestic legs50.4x
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Cast & crew

Hugo Weaving Hugo Weaving Starring Guy Pearce Guy Pearce Starring Terence Stamp Terence Stamp Starring
ScreenplayStephan Elliott Produced byMichael Hamlyn, Al Clark CinematographyBrian J. Breheny Prod. DesignOwen Paterson StudioGramercy Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 12-14 14 $219.4K — 7 $31,348 $295.9K
18 Dec 9-11 41 $48.5K — 49 $990 $10.0M
19 Dec 16-18 36 $53.4K +10.2% 53 $1,008 $10.2M
20 Dec 23-25 50 $39.2K −26.7% 31 $1,264 $10.1M
21 Dec 30-Jan 1 46 $83.0K +111.8% 35 $2,371 $10.3M
22 Jan 6-8 45 $66.8K −19.5% 42 $1,591 $10.4M
23 Jan 13-16 47 $57.4K −14.0% 34 $1,689 $10.5M
25 Jan 27-29 50 $43.5K — 41 $1,061 $10.6M
26 Feb 3-5 48 $40.3K −7.2% 36 $1,121 $10.7M

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