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The Cotton ClubFollow

1984 • R • 2h 8m • Crime, Drama, Music • Orion Pictures

Where deals were made, lives were traded and the legends of jazz lit up the night.

🍅 76% 57% MC 68 LB 3.40 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$25.90M
Final
Domestic legs8.9x
Budget$48M
1984 rank#37
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Cast & crew

Full Coppola filmography
Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola Director Richard Gere Richard Gere Starring Gregory Hines Gregory Hines Starring Diane Lane Diane Lane Starring Bob Hoskins Bob Hoskins Starring James Remar James Remar Starring
ScreenplayWilliam Kennedy, Francis Ford Coppola Produced byRobert Evans CinematographyStephen Goldblatt Music byJohn Barry StudioOrion Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 14-16 5 $2.9M — 808 $3,594 $2.9M
2 Dec 21-23 8 $3.2M +8.8% 808 $3,911 $7.4M
3 Dec 28-30 9 $4.4M +40.8% 809 $5,499 $13.3M
4 Jan 4-6 9 $2.6M −42.4% 771 $3,323 $16.7M
5 Jan 11-13 8 $1.9M −24.0% 743 $2,619 $19.5M
6 Jan 18-20 9 $1.1M −42.6% 693 $1,612 $21.3M
7 Jan 25-27 10 $1.1M +1.7% 654 $1,736 $22.8M
8 Feb 1-3 14 $688.9K −39.3% 490 $1,406 $23.9M
9 Feb 8-10 19 $398.0K −42.2% 355 $1,121 $24.6M
10 Feb 15-17 27 $197.2K −50.5% 153 $1,289 $25.0M
11 Feb 22-24 26 $190.0K −3.6% 222 $856 $25.2M
12 Mar 1-3 28 $136.5K −28.2% 140 $975 $25.3M
13 Mar 8-10 24 $185.4K +35.8% 147 $1,261 $25.7M
14 Mar 15-17 27 $112.3K −39.4% 114 $985 $25.8M
15 Mar 22-24 31 $47.3K −57.8% 60 $789 $25.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $197.2K
$2.9M
$3.2M
$4.4M
$2.6M
$1.9M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$688.9K
$398.0K
$197.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.5%
+8.8%
W1→2
+40.8%
W2→3
−42.4%
W3→4
−24.0%
W4→5
−42.6%
W5→6
+1.7%
W6→7
−39.3%
W7→8
−42.2%
W8→9
−50.5%
W9→10
Steepest −50.5%Biggest gain +40.8%

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