Philadelphia

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small-time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$77,446,440
Summary Details
DistributorTriStar Pictures
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Opening$143,433
4 theaters
Budget$26,000,000
Release Date (Wide)Dec 24, 1993 (Jan 14, 1994)
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 5 min
GenresDrama
In Release373 days/53 weeks
Widest Release1,604 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 24-2620$143,433-4-$35,858$143,4331
Dec 31-Jan 2, 199420$153,879+7.3%4-$38,469$555,6132
Jan 7-919$141,015-8.4%4-$35,253$838,6963
Jan 14-17
MLK wknd
1$13,817,010-1,245-$11,098$14,766,736-
Jan 21-231$8,830,605-1,295-$6,819$26,525,5815
Jan 28-302$7,316,408-17.1%1,562+267$4,684$36,600,3396
Feb 4-63$5,819,694-20.5%1,594+32$3,651$44,823,9517
Feb 11-13
Lillehammer Olympics
7$4,223,332-27.4%1,604+10$2,633$50,465,9438
Feb 18-21
Lillehammer Olympics
Presidents' Day wknd
10$4,020,975-1,449-$2,775$55,884,002-
Feb 25-27
Lillehammer Olympics
12$2,225,776-1,336-$1,666$58,794,58710
Mar 4-616$1,518,792-31.8%968-368$1,569$61,014,77911
Mar 11-1318$1,095,984-27.8%708-260$1,548$62,635,41912
Mar 18-2015$1,141,408+4.1%673-35$1,696$64,203,04313
Mar 25-278$1,941,168+70.1%888+215$2,186$66,821,92214
Apr 1-315$1,329,247-31.5%795-93$1,672$68,151,16915
Apr 8-1013$1,221,376-8.1%809+14$1,509$70,171,05716
Apr 15-1715$791,057-35.2%637-172$1,241$71,550,60717
Apr 22-2417$620,936-21.5%590-47$1,052$72,537,21118
May 13-1515$639,835-707-$905-21
May 20-2214$440,747-31.1%533-174$826$75,388,64622