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The NaturalFollow

1984 • PG • 2h 12m • Drama, Sport • TriStar Pictures

He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.

🍅 83% 88% MC 61 LB 3.54 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$48.00M
Final
Domestic legs9.4x
1984 rank#15
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Cast & crew

Full Levinson filmography
Barry Levinson Barry Levinson Director Robert Redford Robert Redford Starring Robert Duvall Robert Duvall Starring Glenn Close Glenn Close Starring Kim Basinger Kim Basinger Starring Wilford Brimley Wilford Brimley Starring
ScreenplayRoger Towne, Phil Dusenberry Produced byMark Johnson CinematographyCaleb Deschanel Music byRandy Newman StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 11-13 1 $5.1M — 989 $5,145 $5.1M
2 May 18-20 1 $5.4M +6.6% 989 $5,484 $12.7M
3 May 25-27 2 $6.9M +27.6% 989 $6,998 $21.5M
4 Jun 1-3 3 $3.4M −50.5% 1,012 $3,384 $26.3M
5 Jun 8-10 6 $2.5M −27.5% 982 $2,528 $30.2M
6 Jun 15-17 6 $2.5M +0.8% 992 $2,523 $33.6M
7 Jun 22-24 8 $2.1M −17.5% 970 $2,129 $36.7M
8 Jun 29-Jul 1 11 $1.5M −27.7% 702 $2,126 $39.0M
9 Jul 6-8 11 $1.6M +5.6% 807 $1,953 $41.1M
10 Jul 13-15 13 $1.0M −35.7% 672 $1,509 $42.8M
11 Jul 20-22 17 $841.5K −17.0% 560 $1,503 $44.0M
12 Jul 27-29 17 $657.8K −21.8% 414 $1,589 $45.0M
13 Aug 3-5 19 $653.0K −0.7% 350 $1,866 $45.8M
14 Aug 10-12 21 $293.7K −55.0% 267 $1,100 $46.3M
15 Aug 17-19 21 $247.2K −15.8% 206 $1,200 $46.9M
16 Aug 24-26 19 $207.8K −16.0% 196 $1,060 $47.2M
17 Aug 31-Sep 2 23 $184.5K −11.2% 114 $1,618 $47.4M
18 Sep 7-9 18 $193.8K +5.0% 228 $850 $47.6M
19 Sep 14-16 19 $273.6K +41.2% 304 $900 $48.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M
$5.1M
$5.4M
$6.9M
$3.4M
$2.5M
$2.5M
$2.1M
$1.5M
$1.6M
$1.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.7%
+6.6%
W1→2
+27.6%
W2→3
−50.5%
W3→4
−27.5%
W4→5
+0.8%
W5→6
−17.5%
W6→7
−27.7%
W7→8
+5.6%
W8→9
−35.7%
W9→10
Steepest −50.5%Biggest gain +27.6%

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