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Broadcast News

Domestic Total Gross: $51,249,404
Distributor: FoxRelease Date: December 18, 1987
Genre: ComedyRuntime: 2 hrs. 13 min.
MPAA Rating: RProduction Budget: N/A

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%
> View All 13 Weekends
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.
View full award breakdown...
Genres
Genre Rank
News/Broadcasting 9
Charts
Chart Rank
All Time Domestic 1,615
Yearly 1987 18
Yearly Opening Weekends 1987 142
Yearly R Rated 1987 11
Opening Weeks 2,574
Opening Weekends 3,048
Eleventh Weekends 197
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 138
Best Picture Nomination Effect 105
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 1,894
Opening Weekends Adjusted 2,480
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted 154
Tenth Weekends Adjusted 183
 
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