Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Heaven Can Wait
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $98,800,000Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$3,652,486 (3.7% of total gross)
Legs:27.05 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$15,000,000 (worldwide box office is 6.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:540 opening theaters/540 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $455,155,553

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 801-900) 830 $98,800,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,835 $98,800,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 101-200) 136 $98,800,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 201-300) 270 $98,800,000

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: June 28th, 1978 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Video Release: July 27th, 1999 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 101 minutes
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Keywords: Football, Reincarnation, Heaven and Hell, 1979 Oscars Best Picture Nominee
Source:Based on Play
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 30, 1978 1 $3,652,486   540 $6,764   $4,192,799 1

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Leading Cast

Warren Beatty    Joe Pendleton/Leo Farnsworth/Tom Jarrett
Julie Christie    Betty Logan

Uncategorized

Buck Henry    The Escort
Dyan Cannon    Julia Farnsworth
Vincent Gardenia    Det. Lt. Krim
R.G. Armstrong    General Manager
James Mason    Mr. Jordan
Charles Grodin    Tony Abbott
Jack Warden    Max Corkle

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Production and Technical Credits

Warren Beatty    Director
Craig Huston    Second Assistant Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$3,652,486 (3.7% of total gross)
Legs:27.05 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$15,000,000 (worldwide box office is 6.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:540 opening theaters/540 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $455,155,553

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 801-900) 830 $98,800,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,835 $98,800,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 101-200) 136 $98,800,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 201-300) 270 $98,800,000

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


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Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: June 28th, 1978 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Video Release: July 27th, 1999 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 101 minutes
Comparisons: vs. La science des rêves
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Keywords: Football, Reincarnation, Heaven and Hell, 1979 Oscars Best Picture Nominee
Source:Based on Play
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Warren Beatty    Joe Pendleton/Leo Farnsworth/Tom Jarrett
Julie Christie    Betty Logan

Uncategorized

Buck Henry    The Escort
Dyan Cannon    Julia Farnsworth
Vincent Gardenia    Det. Lt. Krim
R.G. Armstrong    General Manager
James Mason    Mr. Jordan
Charles Grodin    Tony Abbott
Jack Warden    Max Corkle

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

Production and Technical Credits

Warren Beatty    Director
Craig Huston    Second Assistant Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 30, 1978 1 $3,652,486   540 $6,764   $4,192,799 1

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records