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1981 • PG • 1h 56m • Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy • AVCO Embassy Pictures

…they didn't make history, they stole it!

🍅 92% 77% MC 79 LB 3.54 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$37.40M
Final
Domestic legs5.7x
Budget$12M
1981 rank#12
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Cast & crew

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Terry Gilliam Terry Gilliam Director John Cleese John Cleese Starring Sean Connery Sean Connery Starring Shelley Duvall Shelley Duvall Starring Katherine Helmond Katherine Helmond Starring Ian Holm Ian Holm Starring
ScreenplayTerry Gilliam, Michael Palin Produced byTerry Gilliam CinematographyPeter Biziou Music byMike Moran StudioAVCO Embassy Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 6-8 1 $6.5M — 821 $7,926 $6.5M
2 Nov 13-15 1 $5.5M −15.5% 832 $6,611 $12.9M
3 Nov 20-22 1 $3.7M −32.7% 981 $3,772 $16.8M
4 Nov 27-29 1 $5.0M +35.1% 1,046 $4,780 $23.5M
5 Dec 4-6 3 $2.2M −56.9% 1,000 $2,155 $25.8M
9 Jan 1-3 10 $2.4M — 890 $2,678 $33.6M
10 Jan 8-10 11 $1.2M −51.2% 696 $1,673 $35.0M
11 Jan 15-17 11 $627.1K −46.1% 640 $980 $37.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M
$6.5M
$5.5M
$3.7M
$5.0M
$2.2M
$2.4M
$1.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.2%
−15.5%
W1→2
−32.7%
W2→3
+35.1%
W3→4
−56.9%
W4→5
−51.2%
W9→10
Steepest −56.9%Biggest gain +35.1%

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