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The Purple Rose of CairoFollow

1985 • PG • 1h 22m • Comedy, Fantasy, Romance • Orion Pictures

She's finally met the man of her dreams. He's not real, but you can't have everything.

🍅 93% 88% MC 75 LB 3.97 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$114K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$10.60M
Final
Domestic legs11.4x from $933K biggest weekend
1985 rank#73
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Cast & crew

Full Allen filmography
Woody Allen Woody Allen Director Mia Farrow Mia Farrow Starring Jeff Daniels Jeff Daniels Starring Danny Aiello Danny Aiello Starring Dianne Wiest Dianne Wiest Starring Milo O'Shea Milo O'Shea Starring
ScreenplayWoody Allen Produced byRobert Greenhut CinematographyGordon Willis MusicDick Hyman StudioOrion Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 1-3 29 $114.1K — 3 $38,032 $114.1K
2 Mar 8-10 27 $139.4K +22.2% 4 $34,862 $330.8K
3 Mar 15-17 26 $127.9K −8.3% 4 $31,970 $547.1K
4 Mar 22-24 14 $925.3K +623.6% 89 $10,397 $1.5M
5 Mar 29-31 16 $932.7K +0.8% 125 $7,462 $2.8M
6 Apr 5-7 17 $776.3K −16.8% 124 $6,261 $3.9M
7 Apr 12-14 20 $638.2K −17.8% 143 $4,463 $4.8M
8 Apr 19-21 16 $883.7K +38.5% 419 $2,109 $5.9M
9 Apr 26-28 16 $721.0K −18.4% 373 $1,933 $6.9M
10 May 3-5 18 $494.5K −31.4% 241 $2,052 $7.7M
11 May 10-12 23 $400.1K −19.1% 214 $1,870 $8.2M
12 May 17-19 20 $457.8K +14.4% 463 $989 $8.8M
13 May 24-27 17 $390.1K −14.8% 187 $2,086 $9.4M
14 May 31-Jun 2 16 $248.1K −36.4% 171 $1,451 $9.8M
15 Jun 7-9 18 $162.9K −34.3% 122 $1,336 $10.0M
16 Jun 14-16 18 $126.4K −22.5% 90 $1,404 $10.2M
17 Jun 21-23 20 $78.9K −37.6% 61 $1,293 $10.3M
18 Jun 28-30 21 $75.4K −4.5% 61 $1,235 $10.5M
19 Jul 5-7 21 $49.9K −33.8% 29 $1,720 $10.5M
20 Jul 12-14 25 $28.2K −43.5% 33 $854 $10.6M
21 Jul 19-21 28 $18.7K −33.6% 19 $985 $10.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $494.5K
$114.1K
$139.4K
$127.9K
$925.3K
$932.7K
$776.3K
$638.2K
$883.7K
$721.0K
$494.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.4%
+22.2%
W1→2
−8.3%
W2→3
+623.6%
W3→4
+0.8%
W4→5
−16.8%
W5→6
−17.8%
W6→7
+38.5%
W7→8
−18.4%
W8→9
−31.4%
W9→10
Steepest −31.4%Biggest gain +623.6%

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