Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$116,395,460
Summary Details
DistributorColumbia Pictures
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Budget$20,000,000
Release Date (Wide)Nov 16, 1977 (Feb 3, 1978)
Running Time2 hr 18 min
GenresDrama Sci-Fi
In Release411 days/58 weeks
Widest Release650 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Dec 23-292$6,053,118-571+299$10,600$24,695,3177