First Monday in October (1981)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $12,000,000Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,714,682 (22.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:525 opening theaters/525 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $46,532,366

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,901-5,000) 4,987 $12,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 7,001-7,100) 7,005 $12,000,000

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 21st, 1981 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Comparisons: vs. An American Werewolf in London
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Production Countries: United States

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 264 $8,345,287 Sep 4, 1981 17

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 21, 1981 4 $2,714,682   525 $5,171   $2,714,682 1
Aug 28, 1981 5 $2,003,856 -26% 525 $3,817   $5,654,507 2
Sep 4, 1981 5 $2,053,088 +2% 525 $3,911   $8,201,232 3
Sep 11, 1981 5 $924,468 -55% 525 $1,761   $9,434,570 4

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 21, 1981 5 $3,650,651   525 $6,954   $3,650,651 1
Aug 28, 1981 5 $2,497,493 -32% 525 $4,757   $6,148,144 2
Sep 4, 1981 6 $2,361,958 -5% 525 $4,499   $8,510,102 3

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Uncategorized

Jill Clayburgh    Justice Ruth Hagadorn Loomis
Noble Willingham    Nebreska Attorney
Walter Matthau    Justice Dan Snow

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Ronald Neame    Director

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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,714,682 (22.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:525 opening theaters/525 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $46,532,366

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,901-5,000) 4,987 $12,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 7,001-7,100) 7,005 $12,000,000

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 21st, 1981 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Comparisons: vs. An American Werewolf in London
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Production Countries: United States

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 264 $8,345,287 Sep 4, 1981 17

Uncategorized

Jill Clayburgh    Justice Ruth Hagadorn Loomis
Noble Willingham    Nebreska Attorney
Walter Matthau    Justice Dan Snow

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Ronald Neame    Director

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 21, 1981 4 $2,714,682   525 $5,171   $2,714,682 1
Aug 28, 1981 5 $2,003,856 -26% 525 $3,817   $5,654,507 2
Sep 4, 1981 5 $2,053,088 +2% 525 $3,911   $8,201,232 3
Sep 11, 1981 5 $924,468 -55% 525 $1,761   $9,434,570 4

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 21, 1981 5 $3,650,651   525 $6,954   $3,650,651 1
Aug 28, 1981 5 $2,497,493 -32% 525 $4,757   $6,148,144 2
Sep 4, 1981 6 $2,361,958 -5% 525 $4,499   $8,510,102 3

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records