Amadeus

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$51,564,280
Summary Details
DistributorOrion Pictures
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Opening$505,276
25 theaters
Release Date (Wide)Sep 21, 1984 (Apr 5, 1985) - Aug 15, 1985
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 40 min
GenresBiography Drama Music
In Release467 days/66 weeks
Widest Release802 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Sep 21-2313$505,276-25-$20,211$505,2761
Sep 28-3014$500,910-0.9%25-$20,036$1,404,0572
Oct 5-8
Indig. Peoples' Day wknd
14$781,958-66-$11,847$2,541,918-
Oct 12-1412$1,016,836-118-$8,617$3,627,0884
Oct 19-2114$936,675-7.9%124+6$7,553$4,976,7355
Oct 26-2814$866,772-7.5%110-14$7,879$6,224,7406
Nov 2-413$887,477+2.4%107-3$8,294$7,519,4197
Nov 9-116$1,546,556+74.3%420+313$3,682$9,273,4508
Nov 16-188$1,358,236-12.2%407-13$3,337$11,215,3299
Nov 23-25
Thanksgiving 3-Day
9$1,652,737+21.7%372-35$4,442$13,557,20010
Nov 30-Dec 2
Post-Thanksgiving
9$1,104,448-33.2%382+10$2,891$15,061,35211
Dec 7-910$634,773-42.5%337-45$1,883$16,015,46312
Dec 14-1612$399,321-37.1%244-93$1,636$16,691,35213
Dec 28-Jan 1, 1985
New Year's long wknd
15$960,607-139-$6,910--
Jan 4-615$656,786-140-$4,691$19,496,70316
Jan 11-1316$680,899+3.7%144+4$4,728$20,539,90217
Jan 18-2020$494,534-27.4%154+10$3,211$21,298,24318
Feb 1-37$1,296,953-514-$2,523-20
Feb 8-109$1,509,004+16.3%501-13$3,011$25,595,64421
Feb 15-18
Presidents' Day wknd
13$1,214,634-374-$3,247$27,267,335-
Feb 22-248$1,093,433-478-$2,287$28,746,16023
Mar 1-311$1,000,472-8.5%435-43$2,299$30,133,69424
Mar 8-1011$831,126-16.9%387-48$2,147$31,329,29025
Mar 15-1711$916,131+10.2%390+3$2,349$32,660,11126
Mar 22-2411$1,405,027+53.4%489+99$2,873$34,518,62727
Mar 29-3112$2,013,210+43.3%546+57$3,687$37,532,10828
Apr 5-710$1,976,987-1.8%802+256$2,465$40,457,67729
Apr 12-1411$1,446,212-26.8%685-117$2,111$42,850,55630
Apr 19-2114$991,391-31.4%564-121$1,757$44,389,35931
May 24-27
Memorial Day wknd
12$626,770-321-$1,952$49,146,743-