History of the World: Part I (1981)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $31,672,000Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,892,731 (15.4% of total gross)
Legs:6.47 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$11,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:484 opening theaters/606 max. theaters, 5.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $122,814,438

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Movie Details

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 338 $7,019,752 Jul 3, 1981 24

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 12, 1981 3 $4,892,731   484 $10,109   $4,892,731 1
Jun 19, 1981 4 $3,192,557 -35% 497 $6,424   $0 2
Jun 26, 1981 9 $2,279,043 -29% 584 $3,902   $14,569,007 3
Jul 3, 1981 9 $1,726,982 -24% 606 $2,850   $17,614,213 4
Jul 10, 1981 12 $1,100,047 -36% 494 $2,227   $19,597,566 5
Jul 17, 1981 14 $890,975 -19% 462 $1,929   $21,042,641 6
Jul 31, 1981 16 $0   0     $22,736,928 8
Aug 7, 1981 19 $282,771   175 $1,616   $23,253,349 9

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 19, 1981 3 $15,482,521   497 $31,152   $12,289,964 2
Jun 26, 1981 8 $3,597,267 -77% 584 $6,160   $15,887,231 3
Jul 3, 1981 8 $2,610,288 -27% 606 $4,307   $18,497,519 4
Jul 10, 1981 13 $1,654,147 -37% 494 $3,348   $20,151,666 5
Jul 31, 1981 15 $233,650   0     $22,970,578 8

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Supporting Cast

John Hurt Jezus

Cameos

Bea Arthur Dole office clerk

Uncategorized

Nigel Hawthorne Citizen Official
Gregory Hines Josephus
Sid Caesar Chief Caveman
Orson Welles Narrator
Barry Levinson Column Salesman
John Hillerman Rich man
Mel Brooks Various roles
Dom DeLuise Emperor Nero
Cloris Leachman Madame DeFarge
Madeline Kahn Empress Nympho

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Mel Brooks Director
John Morris Composer

  1. Summary
  2. News
  3. Box Office
  4. International
  5. Video Sales
  6. Cast & Crew
  7. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,892,731 (15.4% of total gross)
Legs:6.47 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$11,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:484 opening theaters/606 max. theaters, 5.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $122,814,438

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

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Movie Details

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 338 $7,019,752 Jul 3, 1981 24

Supporting Cast

John Hurt Jezus

Cameos

Bea Arthur Dole office clerk

Uncategorized

Nigel Hawthorne Citizen Official
Gregory Hines Josephus
Sid Caesar Chief Caveman
Orson Welles Narrator
Barry Levinson Column Salesman
John Hillerman Rich man
Mel Brooks Various roles
Dom DeLuise Emperor Nero
Cloris Leachman Madame DeFarge
Madeline Kahn Empress Nympho

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Mel Brooks Director
John Morris Composer

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 12, 1981 3 $4,892,731   484 $10,109   $4,892,731 1
Jun 19, 1981 4 $3,192,557 -35% 497 $6,424   $0 2
Jun 26, 1981 9 $2,279,043 -29% 584 $3,902   $14,569,007 3
Jul 3, 1981 9 $1,726,982 -24% 606 $2,850   $17,614,213 4
Jul 10, 1981 12 $1,100,047 -36% 494 $2,227   $19,597,566 5
Jul 17, 1981 14 $890,975 -19% 462 $1,929   $21,042,641 6
Jul 31, 1981 16 $0   0     $22,736,928 8
Aug 7, 1981 19 $282,771   175 $1,616   $23,253,349 9

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 19, 1981 3 $15,482,521   497 $31,152   $12,289,964 2
Jun 26, 1981 8 $3,597,267 -77% 584 $6,160   $15,887,231 3
Jul 3, 1981 8 $2,610,288 -27% 606 $4,307   $18,497,519 4
Jul 10, 1981 13 $1,654,147 -37% 494 $3,348   $20,151,666 5
Jul 31, 1981 15 $233,650   0     $22,970,578 8

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records