The Killing Fields

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$34,700,291
Summary Details
DistributorWarner Bros.
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Opening$32,181
1 theaters
Release Date (Wide)Nov 2, 1984 (Feb 1, 1985)
Running Time2 hr 21 min
GenresBiography Drama History War
In Release425 days/60 weeks
Widest Release663 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Nov 2-415$32,181-1-$32,181$32,1811
Nov 9-1116$33,948+5.5%1-$33,948$87,9812
Nov 16-1815$90,794+167.5%3+2$30,264$195,2903
Nov 23-25
Thanksgiving 3-Day
16$93,786+3.3%3-$31,262$348,2124
Nov 30-Dec 2
Post-Thanksgiving
15$81,806-12.8%3-$27,268$479,2855
Dec 7-916$56,308-31.2%3-$18,769$571,9966
Dec 14-1615$33,530-40.5%3-$11,176$631,3597
Dec 28-Jan 1, 1985
New Year's long wknd
19$271,002-12-$22,583--
Jan 4-623$201,613-13-$15,508$1,503,30910
Jan 11-1323$213,311+5.8%13-$16,408$1,815,41911
Jan 18-2017$782,986+267.1%76+63$10,302$2,696,31812
Jan 25-2716$818,450+4.5%76-$10,769$3,898,98813
Feb 1-32$3,019,640+268.9%657+581$4,596$6,918,62814
Feb 8-103$3,075,802+1.9%663+6$4,639$11,386,76515
Feb 15-18
Presidents' Day wknd
4$3,234,083-658-$4,915$15,631,365-
Feb 22-244$2,227,148-658-$3,384$18,539,18017
Mar 1-36$1,780,982-20%651-7$2,735$20,996,48218
Mar 8-107$1,608,401-9.7%607-44$2,649$23,222,22419
Mar 15-176$1,566,481-2.6%650+43$2,409$25,430,03320
Mar 22-2410$1,501,758-4.1%609-41$2,465$27,617,09521
Mar 29-3117$931,582-38%375-234$2,484$29,316,58222
Apr 5-715$870,489-6.6%456+81$1,908$30,593,03223