The Manchurian Candidate

In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.

Grosses

Domestic (68.6%)
$65,955,630
Summary Details
DistributorParamount Pictures
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Opening$20,018,620
2,867 theaters
Budget$80,000,000
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 9 min
GenresDrama Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller
In Release161 days/23 weeks
Widest Release2,867 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 30-Aug 13$20,018,620-2,867-$6,982$20,018,6201
Aug 6-84$10,256,421-48.8%2,867-$3,577$37,965,3272
Aug 13-15
Athens Olympics
7$6,013,857-41.4%2,612-255$2,302$47,989,2783
Aug 20-22
Athens Olympics
8$4,017,560-33.2%1,920-692$2,092$54,543,2474
Aug 27-29
Athens Olympics
12$2,838,802-29.3%1,484-436$1,912$59,012,2925
Sep 3-516$2,008,527-29.2%1,085-399$1,851$61,916,0946
Sep 3-6
Labor Day wknd
16$2,591,543-1,085-$2,388$62,499,110-
Sep 10-1217$1,012,147-49.6%886-199$1,142$63,884,3437
Sep 17-1918$563,061-44.4%628-258$896$64,818,5508
Sep 24-2624$251,118-55.4%389-239$645$65,260,2369
Oct 1-337$92,376-63.2%156-233$592$65,432,56910
Oct 8-1039$54,984-40.5%85-71$646$65,520,41111
Oct 8-11
Indig. Peoples' Day wknd
28$63,446-85-$746$65,528,873-
Oct 15-1754$38,447-30.1%49-36$784$65,581,46312
Oct 22-2433$102,881+167.6%208+159$494$65,700,51813
Oct 29-3137$64,766-37%140-68$462$65,808,59414
Nov 5-739$56,489-12.8%109-31$518$65,898,48715
Nov 12-1455$24,930-55.9%50-59$498$65,948,71116