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The World According to GarpFollow

1982 • R • 2h 16m • Comedy, Drama • Warner Bros.

Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life.

🍅 71% 78% MC 63 LB 3.49 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.90M
Limited · 357 theaters
Domestic total
$30.20M
Final
Domestic legs10.4x
1982 rank#24
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Cast & crew

Full Hill filmography
George Roy Hill George Roy Hill Director Robin Williams Robin Williams Starring Mary Beth Hurt Mary Beth Hurt Starring Glenn Close Glenn Close Starring John Lithgow John Lithgow Starring Hume Cronyn Hume Cronyn Starring
ScreenplaySteve Tesich Produced byGeorge Roy Hill, Robert Crawford Jr. CinematographyMiroslav Ondříček Music byDavid Shire StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 23-25 4 $2.9M — 357 $8,129 $2.9M
2 Jul 30-Aug 1 7 $2.4M −18.1% 365 $6,516 $7.2M
3 Aug 6-8 10 $1.8M −25.7% 368 $4,800 $10.4M
4 Aug 13-15 8 $2.4M +33.2% 521 $4,514 $14.0M
5 Aug 20-22 9 $1.9M −19.9% 553 $3,407 $17.3M
6 Aug 27-29 7 $1.6M −14.9% 558 $2,874 $20.0M
7 Sep 3-5 8 $1.9M +17.6% 560 $3,369 $22.7M
8 Sep 10-12 7 $1.2M −38.1% 557 $2,096 $24.3M
9 Sep 17-19 9 $900.5K −22.9% 509 $1,769 $25.6M
10 Sep 24-26 10 $781.0K −13.3% 507 $1,540 $26.7M
11 Oct 1-3 13 $575.5K −26.3% 446 $1,290 $27.6M
14 Oct 22-24 14 $315.8K — 332 $951 $29.6M
15 Oct 29-31 16 $187.4K −40.7% 222 $844 $29.9M
16 Nov 5-7 13 $204.8K +9.3% 239 $857 $30.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $781.0K
$2.9M
$2.4M
$1.8M
$2.4M
$1.9M
$1.6M
$1.9M
$1.2M
$900.5K
$781.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −13.3%
−18.1%
W1→2
−25.7%
W2→3
+33.2%
W3→4
−19.9%
W4→5
−14.9%
W5→6
+17.6%
W6→7
−38.1%
W7→8
−22.9%
W8→9
−13.3%
W9→10
Steepest −38.1%Biggest gain +33.2%

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