WarGames

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$79,567,667
Summary Details
DistributorMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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Opening$6,227,804
843 theaters
Release DateJun 3, 1983
Running Time1 hr 54 min
GenresAction Drama Sci-Fi Thriller
In Release212 days/30 weeks
Widest Release977 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jun 3-53$6,227,804-843-$7,387$6,227,8041
Jun 10-125$4,824,970-22.5%843-$5,723$14,163,5492
Jun 17-195$5,355,801+11%973+130$5,504$22,260,4273
Jun 24-267$4,140,385-22.7%974+1$4,250$29,498,9014
Jul 1-4
July 4th long wknd
7$4,733,597-977-$4,845$36,820,844-
Jul 8-106$3,329,329-977-$3,407$41,712,3276
Jul 15-175$3,105,303-6.7%948-29$3,275$46,755,8247
Jul 22-247$2,880,014-7.3%913-35$3,154$51,474,4498
Jul 29-3110$2,097,748-27.2%843-70$2,488$55,092,9169
Aug 5-711$1,797,728-14.3%862+19$2,085$58,245,21910
Aug 12-148$1,753,897-2.4%842-20$2,083$61,168,60111
Aug 19-2112$1,400,185-20.2%816-26$1,715$63,702,25712
Aug 26-2813$1,256,949-10.2%821+5$1,530$65,833,81513
Sep 2-5
Labor Day wknd
10$1,754,088-849-$2,066$68,221,054-
Sep 9-1110$964,876-800-$1,206$69,524,01915
Sep 16-1811$822,012-14.8%745-55$1,103$70,675,75016
Sep 23-2513$710,786-13.5%681-64$1,043$71,654,69117