Places in the Heart
In north Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.
DistributorTriStar Pictures
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Opening$274,279
14 theaters
14 theaters
Release Date
(Wide)Sep 21, 1984 (Oct 5, 1984)
Running Time1 hr 51 min
GenresDrama
In Release467 days/66 weeks
Widest Release868 theaters
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| Date | Rank | Weekend | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Weekend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21-23 | 15 | $274,279 | - | 14 | - | $19,591 | $274,279 | 1 |
| Sep 28-30 | 16 | $254,524 | -7.2% | 14 | - | $18,180 | $661,632 | 2 |
| Oct 5-8 Indig. Peoples' Day wknd | 3 | $4,128,711 | - | 691 | - | $5,974 | $4,868,667 | - |
| Oct 12-14 | 2 | $3,440,272 | - | 688 | - | $5,000 | $9,278,524 | 4 |
| Oct 19-21 | 2 | $3,133,493 | -8.9% | 759 | +71 | $4,128 | $13,391,742 | 5 |
| Oct 26-28 | 4 | $2,788,330 | -11% | 790 | +31 | $3,529 | $16,811,317 | 6 |
| Nov 2-4 | 2 | $2,532,800 | -9.2% | 864 | +74 | $2,931 | $19,679,440 | 7 |
| Nov 9-11 | 4 | $2,228,864 | -12% | 868 | +4 | $2,567 | $22,386,442 | 8 |
| Nov 16-18 | 6 | $1,729,216 | -22.4% | 850 | -18 | $2,034 | $24,429,293 | 9 |
| Nov 23-25 Thanksgiving 3-Day | 8 | $1,840,409 | +6.4% | 827 | -23 | $2,225 | $26,260,402 | 10 |
| Nov 30-Dec 2 Post-Thanksgiving | 10 | $1,090,962 | -40.7% | 801 | -26 | $1,362 | $27,700,854 | 11 |
| Dec 7-9 | 11 | $544,285 | -50.1% | 685 | -116 | $794 | $28,404,734 | 12 |
| Jan 4-6 | 18 | $342,000 | - | 285 | - | $1,200 | - | 16 |
| Jan 11-13 | 21 | $279,450 | -18.3% | 230 | -55 | $1,215 | $30,310,488 | 17 |
| Jan 18-20 | 28 | $74,354 | -73.4% | 94 | -136 | $791 | $30,484,842 | 18 |
| Feb 8-10 | 13 | $641,280 | - | 501 | - | $1,280 | $31,243,723 | 21 |
