The Right Stuff

The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$21,192,102
Summary Details
DistributorWarner Bros.
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Opening$1,601,167
229 theaters
Release Date (Wide)Oct 21, 1983 (Feb 17, 1984) - Mar 15, 1984
Running Time3 hr 13 min
GenresAdventure Biography Drama History
In Release438 days/62 weeks
Widest Release627 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Oct 21-237$1,601,167-229-$6,991$1,601,1671
Oct 28-306$1,565,168-2.2%229-$6,834$3,773,1212
Nov 4-67$1,485,106-5.1%229-$6,485$5,767,9083
Nov 11-137$1,373,154-7.5%229-$5,996$7,572,2684
Nov 18-2011$927,452-32.5%229-$4,050$8,793,6245
Nov 25-27
Thanksgiving 3-Day
9$1,190,368+28.3%233+4$5,108$10,493,7656
Dec 2-4
Post-Thanksgiving
11$681,997-42.7%235+2$2,902$11,378,1937
Dec 9-1112$368,225-46%184-51$2,001$11,922,9878
Jan 20-2217$267,910-92-$2,912-14
Jan 27-2915$278,022+3.8%92-$3,021$15,183,99115
Feb 10-1216$195,817-87-$2,250-17
Feb 17-20
Presidents' Day wknd
10$1,608,243-627-$2,564$17,413,836-
Feb 24-266$1,318,438-624-$2,112$19,153,70419
Mar 2-410$896,726-32%566-58$1,584$20,360,56920