Killer of Sheep

Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.

Grosses

Domestic (97.1%)
$404,508
Summary Details
DistributorMilestone
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Opening$26,154
2 theaters
Running Time1 hr 20 min
GenresDrama
In Release277 days/39 weeks
Widest Release9 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Mar 30-Apr 554$44,957-2-$22,478$44,9571
Apr 6-1252$52,025+15.7%2-$26,012$96,9822
Apr 13-1970$22,997-55.8%2-$11,498$119,9793
Apr 20-2670$16,693-27.4%4+2$4,173$136,6724
Apr 27-May 376$13,702-17.9%3-1$4,567$150,3745
May 4-1067$20,866+52.3%5+2$4,173$171,2366
May 11-1781$12,773-38.8%5-$2,554$184,0137
May 18-2465$28,875+126.1%6+1$4,812$212,8888
May 25-3190$7,922-72.6%3-3$2,640$220,8099
Jun 1-764$19,818+150.2%4+1$4,954$240,34010
Jun 8-1466$21,986+10.9%5+1$4,397$262,61311
Jun 15-2156$24,463+11.3%5-$4,892$287,07612
Jun 22-2878$7,476-69.4%4-1$1,869$294,55313
Jun 29-Jul 557$17,598+135.4%6+2$2,933$312,15014
Jul 6-1276$6,000-65.9%3-3$2,000$318,15115
Jul 13-1971$7,054+17.6%5+2$1,410$325,20516
Jul 20-2686$3,021-57.2%5-$604$328,22617
Jul 27-Aug 291$2,814-6.9%4-1$703$331,04018
Aug 3-959$25,654+811.7%4-$6,413$356,69419
Aug 10-1676$9,545-62.8%6+2$1,590$366,23920
Aug 17-23105$1,944-79.6%2-4$972$368,18321
Aug 24-3096$5,023+158.4%2-$2,511$373,20622
Aug 31-Sep 6100$3,427-31.8%3+1$1,142$376,63323
Sep 7-1394$6,823+99.1%4+1$1,705$383,45624
Sep 14-20121$2,132-68.8%3-1$710$385,58825
Sep 21-27121$1,594-25.2%5+2$318$387,18226
Sep 28-Oct 4108$4,072+155.5%6+1$678$391,25427
Oct 5-11106$4,415+8.4%2-4$2,207$392,61128
Oct 12-18120$2,361-46.5%2-$1,180$398,03029
Oct 19-25105$5,268+123.1%4+2$1,317$403,29830
Oct 26-Nov 1123$1,210-77%2-2$605$404,50831