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The Right StuffFollow

1983 • PG • 3h 13m • Adventure, Drama, History • Warner Bros.

How the future began.

🍅 96% 90% MC 91 LB 4.02 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$1.60M
Limited · 229 theaters
Domestic total
$21.50M
Final
Domestic legs13.4x from $1.6M first wide weekend
Budget$27M
1983 rank#32
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Cast & crew

Full Kaufman filmography
Philip Kaufman Philip Kaufman Director Sam Shepard Sam Shepard Starring Scott Glenn Scott Glenn Starring Ed Harris Ed Harris Starring Dennis Quaid Dennis Quaid Starring Barbara Hershey Barbara Hershey Starring
ScreenplayPhilip Kaufman Produced byIrwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff CinematographyCaleb Deschanel Music byBill Conti StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 21-23 7 $1.6M — 229 $6,992 $1.6M
2 Oct 28-30 6 $1.6M −2.2% 229 $6,835 $3.8M
3 Nov 4-6 7 $1.5M −5.1% 229 $6,485 $5.8M
4 Nov 11-13 7 $1.4M −7.5% 229 $5,996 $7.6M
5 Nov 18-20 11 $927.5K −32.5% 229 $4,050 $8.8M
6 Nov 25-27 9 $1.2M +28.3% 233 $5,109 $10.5M
7 Dec 2-4 11 $682.0K −42.7% 235 $2,902 $11.4M
8 Dec 9-11 12 $368.2K −46.0% 184 $2,001 $11.9M
9 Dec 16-18 20 $171.1K −53.5% 91 $1,880 $12.2M
10 Dec 23-25 21 $277.0K +61.9% 91 $3,044 $12.6M
11 Dec 30-Jan 1 20 $529.6K +91.2% 100 $5,296 $13.4M
12 Jan 6-8 18 $384.8K −27.3% 99 $3,887 $13.9M
13 Jan 13-15 18 $402.8K +4.7% 96 $4,195 $14.4M
14 Jan 20-22 20 $267.9K −33.5% 92 $2,912 $14.8M
15 Jan 27-29 22 $278.0K +3.8% 92 $3,022 $15.2M
16 Feb 3-5 21 $239.5K −13.8% 89 $2,691 $15.5M
17 Feb 10-12 21 $195.8K −18.2% 87 $2,251 $15.7M
18 Feb 17-19 10 $1.6M +721.3% 627 $2,565 $17.4M
19 Feb 24-26 6 $1.3M −18.0% 624 $2,113 $19.2M
20 Mar 2-4 10 $896.7K −32.0% 566 $1,584 $20.4M
21 Mar 9-11 15 $578.6K −35.5% 454 $1,274 $21.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $277.0K
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.5M
$1.4M
$927.5K
$1.2M
$682.0K
$368.2K
$171.1K
$277.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +61.9%
−2.2%
W1→2
−5.1%
W2→3
−7.5%
W3→4
−32.5%
W4→5
+28.3%
W5→6
−42.7%
W6→7
−46.0%
W7→8
−53.5%
W8→9
+61.9%
W9→10
Steepest −53.5%Biggest gain +61.9%

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