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The River WildFollow

1994 • PG-13 • 1h 51m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Universal Pictures

The vacation is over.

🍅 65% 52% MC 63 LB 3.36 IMDb 6.5
CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$46.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$94.20M
$47.40M international
Domestic legs4.6x
Budget$45M
1994 rank#29
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Cast & crew

Full Hanson filmography
Curtis Hanson Curtis Hanson Director Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Starring Kevin Bacon Kevin Bacon Starring David Strathairn David Strathairn Starring John C. Reilly John C. Reilly Starring Benjamin Bratt Benjamin Bratt Starring
ScreenplayDenis O'Neill Produced byDavid Foster, Lawrence Turman CinematographyRobert Elswit Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 30-Oct 2 1 $10.2M — 2,074 $4,925 $10.2M
2 Oct 7-9 2 $7.1M −30.4% 2,116 $3,360 $20.3M
3 Oct 14-16 4 $5.2M −26.4% 2,153 $2,430 $27.7M
4 Oct 21-23 5 $4.1M −21.6% 2,137 $1,920 $33.2M
5 Oct 28-30 6 $2.6M −37.5% 1,901 $1,350 $36.8M
6 Nov 4-6 7 $2.2M −16.0% 1,562 $1,380 $39.7M
7 Nov 11-13 9 $1.4M −36.1% 1,209 $1,140 $41.7M
8 Nov 18-20 16 $670.0K −51.4% 670 $1,000 $42.8M
9 Nov 25-27 21 $379.6K −43.3% 365 $1,040 $43.3M
10 Dec 2-4 25 $193.3K −49.1% 302 $640 $43.6M
11 Dec 9-11 32 $96.3K −50.2% 214 $450 $43.7M
12 Dec 16-18 16 $435.7K +352.4% 785 $555 $44.2M
13 Dec 23-25 28 $244.4K −43.9% 388 $630 $44.7M
14 Dec 30-Jan 1 25 $398.8K +63.1% 290 $1,375 $45.4M
15 Jan 6-8 27 $266.5K −33.2% 260 $1,025 $45.7M
16 Jan 13-15 30 $245.7K −7.8% 180 $1,365 $46.1M
17 Jan 20-22 33 $155.7K −36.6% 155 $1,005 $46.3M
18 Jan 27-29 35 $128.4K −17.6% 151 $850 $46.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $193.3K
$10.2M
$7.1M
$5.2M
$4.1M
$2.6M
$2.2M
$1.4M
$670.0K
$379.6K
$193.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.1%
−30.4%
W1→2
−26.4%
W2→3
−21.6%
W3→4
−37.5%
W4→5
−16.0%
W5→6
−36.1%
W6→7
−51.4%
W7→8
−43.3%
W8→9
−49.1%
W9→10
Steepest −51.4%Best hold −16.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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