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The Remains of the DayFollow

1993 • PG • 2h 14m • Drama, Romance • Columbia Pictures
🍅 96% 89% MC 86 LB 3.97 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$1.50M
Limited · 94 theaters
Domestic total
$23.20M
Final
Worldwide total
$23.20M
Domestic only
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Cast & crew

Full Ivory filmography
James Ivory James Ivory Director Anthony Hopkins Anthony Hopkins Starring Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Starring James Fox James Fox Starring Christopher Reeve Christopher Reeve Starring Hugh Grant Hugh Grant Starring
ScreenplayRuth Prawer Jhabvala Based on the novel byKazuo Ishiguro Produced byMike Nichols, John Calley, Ismail Merchant CinematographyTony Pierce-Roberts Music byRichard Robbins StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 5-7 13 $1.5M — 94 $16,265 $1.5M
2 Nov 12-14 11 $1.8M +16.1% 195 $9,107 $4.0M
3 Nov 19-21 7 $2.7M +53.8% 517 $5,282 $7.4M
4 Nov 26-28 11 $2.2M −19.4% 517 $4,256 $10.7M
5 Dec 3-5 11 $1.2M −44.4% 517 $2,364 $12.5M
6 Dec 10-12 12 $717.7K −41.3% 491 $1,461 $13.6M
14 Feb 4-6 21 $228.9K — 174 $1,315 $19.5M
20 Mar 18-20 22 $221.2K — 211 $1,048 $21.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 6 · $717.7K
$1.5M
$1.8M
$2.7M
$2.2M
$1.2M
$717.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −41.3%
+16.1%
W1→2
+53.8%
W2→3
−19.4%
W3→4
−44.4%
W4→5
−41.3%
W5→6
Steepest −44.4%Biggest gain +53.8%

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