Elegy

Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life, which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood," thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.

Grosses

Domestic (24%)
$3,581,642
Summary Details
DistributorThe Samuel Goldwyn Company
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Opening$104,168
6 theaters
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 52 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release147 days/21 weeks
Widest Release142 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Aug 8-10
Beijing Olympics
34$104,168-6-$17,361$104,1681
Aug 15-17
Beijing Olympics
46$54,539-47.6%6-$9,089$214,89110
Aug 22-24
Beijing Olympics
21$492,268+802.6%92+86$5,350$739,35719
Aug 29-3125$624,069+26.8%139+47$4,489$1,553,6744
Aug 29-Sep 1
Labor Day wknd
25$789,716-139-$5,681$1,719,321-
Sep 5-724$481,331-22.9%142+3$3,389$2,340,7855
Sep 12-1427$266,657-44.6%136-6$1,960$2,776,4756
Sep 19-2130$203,570-23.7%134-2$1,519$3,070,3087
Sep 26-2839$121,347-40.4%101-33$1,201$3,266,7528
Oct 3-542$74,252-38.8%70-31$1,060$3,383,6379
Oct 10-1250$45,176-39.2%55-15$821$3,456,67610
Oct 17-1958$33,239-26.4%37-18$898$3,510,09111
Oct 24-2669$16,506-50.3%26-11$634$3,543,78912
Oct 31-Nov 272$14,377-12.9%21-5$684$3,565,96413
Nov 7-9101$3,324-76.9%9-12$369$3,577,21014