The Silence of the Lambs

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$130,742,922
Summary Details
DistributorOrion Pictures
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Opening$13,766,814
1,497 theaters
Budget$19,000,000
Running Time1 hr 58 min
GenresCrime Drama Thriller
In Release321 days/45 weeks
Widest Release1,642 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Feb 15-18
Presidents' Day wknd
1$13,766,814-1,497-$9,196$13,766,8141
Feb 22-241$11,947,765-1,515-$7,886$30,895,9582
Mar 1-31$10,616,383-11.1%1,535+20$6,916$45,454,1753
Mar 8-101$8,893,306-16.2%1,586+51$5,607$58,125,4704
Mar 15-171$7,656,361-13.9%1,600+14$4,785$68,885,8355
Mar 22-242$6,687,991-12.6%1,608+8$4,159$78,258,4856
Mar 29-312$5,780,994-13.6%1,616+8$3,577$87,119,3517
Apr 5-72$4,760,714-17.6%1,627+11$2,926$94,425,3278
Apr 12-143$4,146,846-12.9%1,635+8$2,536$100,088,4539
Apr 19-214$3,476,287-16.2%1,642+7$2,117$104,928,78610
Apr 26-286$2,590,546-25.5%1,627-15$1,592$108,662,85311
May 3-56$2,540,581-1.9%1,619-8$1,569$112,193,97312
May 10-125$1,964,271-22.7%1,574-45$1,247$115,093,02313
May 17-197$1,871,178-4.7%1,444-130$1,295$117,814,71714
May 24-27
Memorial Day wknd
13$1,292,143-883-$1,463$119,828,381-
May 31-Jun 214$1,039,120-987-$1,052$121,185,74616
Jun 7-912$735,303-29.2%835-152$880$122,474,49817
Jun 14-1613$726,501-1.2%803-32$904$123,688,62718
Jun 21-2313$722,362-0.6%672-131$1,074$124,925,08819
Jun 28-3013$538,161-25.5%579-93$929$125,890,89220
Jul 5-713$496,158-7.8%460-119$1,078$126,748,45321
Jul 12-1415$363,055-26.8%400-60$907$127,310,94922
Jul 19-2115$313,280-13.7%334-66$937$127,911,45023
Jul 26-2816$295,908-5.5%276-58$1,072$128,510,01724
Aug 2-419$280,745-5.1%254-22$1,105$129,004,55925
Aug 9-1121$189,457-32.5%200-54$947$129,412,23726
Aug 16-1820$174,580-7.9%166-34$1,051$129,749,48927
Aug 23-2519$105,523-39.6%124-42$850$129,953,41328
Aug 30-Sep 2
Labor Day wknd
21$116,143-130-$893$130,157,016-
Sep 6-815$92,765-121-$766$130,280,72630
Sep 13-1514$87,831-5.3%123+2$714$130,433,75531
Sep 20-2217$73,381-16.5%123-$596$130,549,10932
Sep 27-2915$55,467-24.4%108-15$513$130,643,28633
Oct 4-621$57,285+3.3%66-42$867$130,719,20834