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Broadcast News
Domestic Total Gross:
$51,249,404
Distributor:
Fox
Release Date:
December 18, 1987
Genre:
Comedy
Runtime:
2 hrs. 13 min.
MPAA Rating:
R
Production Budget:
N/A
Summary
Weekend
Weekly
Foreign
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Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic:
$51,249,404
76.1%
+
Foreign:
$16,081,905
23.9%
=
Worldwide:
$67,331,309
Domestic Summary
Release Dates:
December 18, 1987
(limited)
December 25, 1987
(wide)
Limited Opening Weekend:
$197,542
(7 theaters, $28,220 average)
Wide Opening Weekend:
$5,449,920
(#4 rank, 677 theaters, $8,050 average)
% of Total Gross:
10.6%
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Widest Release:
848 theaters
The Players
Director:
James L. Brooks
Writer:
James L. Brooks
Actors:
Albert Brooks
John Cusack*
Holly Hunter
William Hurt
Jack Nicholson*
Cinematographer
:
Michael Ballhaus
(director of photography)
* Denotes minor role
1987 Academy Awards®
Nominated for Seven Oscars.
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Genres
Genre
Rank
News/Broadcasting
9
Charts
Chart
Rank
All Time Domestic
1,639
Yearly 1987
18
Yearly Opening Weekends 1987
142
Yearly R Rated 1987
11
Opening Weeks
2,613
Opening Weekends
3,096
Eleventh Weekends
199
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases
142
Best Picture Nomination Effect
107
BOM Users' Grades (1987 Releases)
10
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)
Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on March 22, 1988)
168
Yearly (Wide) 1987
17
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1987
36
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1987
34
Opening Weeks Adjusted
1,918
Opening Weekends Adjusted
2,507
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted
156
Tenth Weekends Adjusted
184
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