Places in the Heart
In north Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.
DistributorTriStar Pictures
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Opening$274,279
14 theaters
14 theaters
Release Date
(Wide)Sep 21, 1984 (Oct 5, 1984)
Running Time1 hr 51 min
GenresDrama
In Release467 days/66 weeks
Widest Release868 theaters
IMDbPro
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| Date | Rank | Weekly | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21-27 | 15 | $407,108 | - | 14 | - | $29,079 | $407,108 | 1 |
| Sep 28-Oct 4 | 17 | $332,848 | -18.2% | 14 | - | $23,774 | $739,956 | 2 |
| Oct 5-11 | 3 | $5,098,296 | +1,431.7% | 691 | +677 | $7,378 | $5,838,252 | 3 |
| Oct 12-18 | 2 | $4,419,997 | -13.3% | 688 | -3 | $6,424 | $10,258,249 | 4 |
| Oct 19-25 | 3 | $3,764,738 | -14.8% | 759 | +71 | $4,960 | $14,022,987 | 5 |
| Oct 26-Nov 1 | 4 | $3,123,653 | -17% | 790 | +31 | $3,953 | $17,146,640 | 6 |
| Nov 2-8 | 3 | $3,010,938 | -3.6% | 864 | +74 | $3,484 | $20,157,578 | 7 |
| Nov 9-15 | 4 | $2,542,499 | -15.6% | 868 | +4 | $2,929 | $22,700,077 | 8 |
| Nov 16-22 | 10 | $1,719,916 | -32.4% | 850 | -18 | $2,023 | $24,419,993 | 9 |
| Nov 23-29 | 8 | $2,189,899 | +27.3% | 827 | -23 | $2,648 | $26,609,892 | 10 |
| Nov 30-Dec 6 | 10 | $1,250,557 | -42.9% | 801 | -26 | $1,561 | $27,860,449 | 11 |
| Dec 7-13 | 12 | $678,968 | -45.7% | 685 | -116 | $991 | $28,539,417 | 12 |
| Jan 11-17 | 19 | $379,450 | - | 230 | -55 | $1,649 | $30,410,488 | 17 |
| Jan 18-24 | 27 | $94,354 | -75.1% | 94 | -136 | $1,003 | $30,504,842 | 18 |
