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The Big ChillFollow

1983 • R • 1h 45m • Comedy, Drama • Columbia Pictures

The story of eight old friends searching for something they lost, and finding that all they needed was each other.

🍅 70% 77% MC 61 LB 3.52 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$56.10M
Final
Domestic legs15.3x
1983 rank#13
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Cast & crew

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Lawrence Kasdan Lawrence Kasdan Director Tom Berenger Tom Berenger Starring Glenn Close Glenn Close Starring Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum Starring William Hurt William Hurt Starring Kevin Kline Kevin Kline Starring
ScreenplayLawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek Produced byMichael Shamberg CinematographyJohn Bailey StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 30-Oct 2 1 $3.7M — 722 $5,072 $3.8M
2 Oct 7-10 2 $4.1M +13.3% 723 $5,737 $9.2M
3 Oct 14-16 2 $3.3M −21.6% 727 $4,476 $13.4M
4 Oct 21-23 3 $3.2M −1.8% 725 $4,406 $17.8M
5 Oct 28-30 4 $2.7M −15.8% 808 $3,330 $21.4M
6 Nov 4-6 4 $3.0M +10.3% 829 $3,580 $25.3M
7 Nov 11-13 1 $2.9M −1.3% 830 $3,529 $29.1M
8 Nov 18-20 2 $2.2M −24.7% 826 $2,669 $31.9M
9 Nov 25-27 3 $2.9M +33.1% 825 $3,556 $36.2M
10 Dec 2-4 3 $2.0M −30.6% 832 $2,449 $38.6M
11 Dec 9-11 7 $1.1M −45.9% 793 $1,390 $40.1M
12 Dec 16-18 17 $452.4K −59.0% 393 $1,151 $40.9M
13 Dec 23-25 17 $562.2K +24.3% 356 $1,579 $41.7M
14 Dec 30-Jan 2 16 $1.4M +157.5% 525 $2,757 $43.7M
15 Jan 6-8 10 $1.7M +16.9% 710 $2,384 $45.6M
16 Jan 13-15 10 $1.5M −9.8% 734 $2,080 $47.7M
17 Jan 20-22 10 $1.1M −26.3% 743 $1,514 $49.2M
18 Jan 27-29 11 $1.1M −2.9% 692 $1,578 $50.3M
19 Feb 3-5 15 $883.5K −19.1% 612 $1,444 $51.5M
20 Feb 10-12 14 $735.8K −16.7% 584 $1,260 $52.4M
21 Feb 17-19 16 $760.8K +3.4% 463 $1,643 $53.4M
22 Feb 24-26 14 $641.1K −15.7% 529 $1,212 $54.3M
23 Mar 2-4 18 $413.5K −35.5% 327 $1,265 $54.9M
24 Mar 9-11 21 $314.7K −23.9% 248 $1,269 $55.4M
25 Mar 16-18 20 $251.5K −20.1% 210 $1,197 $55.8M
26 Mar 23-25 20 $205.5K −18.3% 165 $1,246 $56.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.0M
$3.7M
$4.1M
$3.3M
$3.2M
$2.7M
$3.0M
$2.9M
$2.2M
$2.9M
$2.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.6%
+13.3%
W1→2
−21.6%
W2→3
−1.8%
W3→4
−15.8%
W4→5
+10.3%
W5→6
−1.3%
W6→7
−24.7%
W7→8
+33.1%
W8→9
−30.6%
W9→10
Steepest −30.6%Biggest gain +33.1%

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