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The Killing FieldsFollow

1984 • R • 2h 21m • Drama, History, War • Warner Bros.

Here, only the silent survive.

🍅 91% 91% MC 76 LB 3.95 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$32.2K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic total
$34.60M
Final
Domestic legs11.5x from $3.0M first wide weekend
Budget$16M
1984 rank#26
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Cast & crew

Full Joffé filmography
Roland Joffé Roland Joffé Director Sam Waterston Sam Waterston Starring John Malkovich John Malkovich Starring Julian Sands Julian Sands Starring Craig T. Nelson Craig T. Nelson Starring
ScreenplayBruce Robinson Produced byDavid Puttnam, Iain Smith CinematographyChris Menges Music byMike Oldfield StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 2-4 31 $32.2K — 1 $32,181 $32.2K
2 Nov 9-11 34 $33.9K +5.5% 1 $33,948 $88.0K
3 Nov 16-18 34 $90.8K +167.5% 3 $30,265 $195.3K
4 Nov 23-25 28 $93.8K +3.3% 3 $31,262 $348.2K
5 Nov 30-Dec 2 23 $81.8K −12.8% 3 $27,268 $479.3K
6 Dec 7-9 25 $56.3K −31.2% 3 $18,769 $572.0K
7 Dec 14-16 28 $33.5K −40.5% 3 $11,177 $631.4K
8 Dec 21-23 24 $182.2K +443.5% 12 $15,187 $833.2K
9 Dec 28-30 22 $271.0K +48.7% 12 $22,584 $1.2M
10 Jan 4-6 23 $201.6K −25.6% 13 $15,509 $1.5M
11 Jan 11-13 23 $213.3K +5.8% 13 $16,409 $1.8M
12 Jan 18-20 16 $783.0K +267.1% 76 $10,302 $2.7M
13 Jan 25-27 13 $818.5K +4.5% 76 $10,769 $3.9M
14 Feb 1-3 2 $3.0M +268.9% 657 $4,596 $7.2M
15 Feb 8-10 3 $3.1M +1.9% 663 $4,639 $11.4M
16 Feb 15-17 4 $3.2M +5.1% 658 $4,915 $15.6M
17 Feb 22-24 4 $2.2M −31.1% 658 $3,385 $18.5M
18 Mar 1-3 6 $1.8M −20.0% 651 $2,736 $21.0M
19 Mar 8-10 7 $1.6M −9.7% 607 $2,650 $23.2M
20 Mar 15-17 6 $1.6M −2.6% 650 $2,410 $25.4M
21 Mar 22-24 10 $1.5M −4.1% 609 $2,466 $27.6M
22 Mar 29-31 17 $931.6K −38.0% 375 $2,484 $29.3M
23 Apr 5-7 15 $870.5K −6.6% 456 $1,909 $30.6M
24 Apr 12-14 19 $641.9K −26.3% 415 $1,547 $31.6M
25 Apr 19-21 19 $507.7K −20.9% 386 $1,315 $32.4M
26 Apr 26-28 20 $414.5K −18.4% 346 $1,198 $33.0M
27 May 3-5 24 $290.4K −29.9% 285 $1,019 $33.5M
28 May 10-12 25 $198.6K −31.6% 223 $891 $33.8M
29 May 17-19 22 $302.7K +52.4% 227 $1,333 $34.2M
30 May 24-26 21 $177.7K −41.3% 169 $1,052 $34.4M
31 May 31-Jun 2 19 $134.9K −24.1% 175 $771 $34.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $201.6K
$32.2K
$33.9K
$90.8K
$93.8K
$81.8K
$56.3K
$33.5K
$182.2K
$271.0K
$201.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.6%
+5.5%
W1→2
+167.5%
W2→3
+3.3%
W3→4
−12.8%
W4→5
−31.2%
W5→6
−40.5%
W6→7
+443.5%
W7→8
+48.7%
W8→9
−25.6%
W9→10
Steepest −40.5%Biggest gain +443.5%

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