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1985 • R • 1h 52m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

A big city cop. A small country boy. They have nothing in common... but a murder.

🍅 92% 80% MC 76 LB 3.70 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$65.50M
Final
Domestic legs14.4x
Budget$12M
1985 rank#10
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Cast & crew

Full Weir filmography
Peter Weir Peter Weir Director Harrison Ford Harrison Ford Starring Kelly McGillis Kelly McGillis Starring Lukas Haas Lukas Haas Starring Danny Glover Danny Glover Starring
ScreenplayEarl W. Wallace, William Kelley Produced byEdward S. Feldman CinematographyJohn Seale Music byMaurice Jarre StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 8-10 2 $4.5M — 876 $5,183 $4.5M
2 Feb 15-18 2 $6.5M +43.1% 957 $6,789 $12.8M
3 Feb 22-24 2 $5.2M −20.5% 957 $5,396 $19.3M
4 Mar 1-3 2 $4.8M −7.2% 1,165 $4,113 $25.6M
5 Mar 8-10 1 $4.5M −6.0% 1,169 $3,855 $31.6M
6 Mar 15-17 2 $4.4M −1.9% 1,169 $3,781 $37.7M
7 Mar 22-24 7 $3.8M −15.1% 1,115 $3,367 $43.0M
8 Mar 29-31 10 $2.4M −36.4% 978 $2,440 $46.4M
9 Apr 5-7 8 $2.4M +1.2% 895 $2,699 $49.8M
10 Apr 12-14 9 $1.8M −24.0% 775 $2,369 $52.6M
11 Apr 19-21 11 $1.4M −25.4% 686 $1,998 $54.5M
12 Apr 26-28 10 $1.2M −14.6% 638 $1,835 $56.1M
13 May 3-5 12 $1.1M −9.6% 632 $1,674 $57.6M
14 May 10-12 11 $918.5K −13.2% 565 $1,626 $58.9M
15 May 17-19 9 $1.1M +21.2% 649 $1,715 $60.4M
16 May 24-27 9 $1.1M −4.2% 526 $2,028 $61.8M
17 May 31-Jun 2 10 $741.1K −30.5% 531 $1,396 $62.8M
18 Jun 7-9 8 $728.0K −1.8% 501 $1,453 $63.8M
19 Jun 14-16 11 $600.7K −17.5% 383 $1,569 $64.8M
20 Jun 21-23 15 $423.2K −29.5% 314 $1,348 $65.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M
$4.5M
$6.5M
$5.2M
$4.8M
$4.5M
$4.4M
$3.8M
$2.4M
$2.4M
$1.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.0%
+43.1%
W1→2
−20.5%
W2→3
−7.2%
W3→4
−6.0%
W4→5
−1.9%
W5→6
−15.1%
W6→7
−36.4%
W7→8
+1.2%
W8→9
−24.0%
W9→10
Steepest −36.4%Biggest gain +43.1%

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