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Steel Magnolias

Domestic Total Gross: $83,759,091
Distributor: TriStarRelease Date: November 17, 1989
Genre: Comedy / DramaRuntime: 1 hrs. 57 min.
MPAA Rating: PGProduction Budget: N/A

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic:  $83,759,091    87.3%
+ Foreign:  $12,145,000    12.7%
= Worldwide:  $95,904,091  
Domestic Summary
Release Dates:  November 17, 1989 (limited)
 November 24, 1989 (wide)
Limited Opening Weekend: $5,425,440
(#4 rank, 480 theaters, $11,303 average)
Wide Opening Weekend: $7,053,867
(#5 rank, 720 theaters, $9,797 average)
% of Total Gross: 8.4%
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Widest Release:  1,372 theaters
The Players
Actors:Sally Field
Dolly Parton
Shirley MacLaine
Daryl Hannah
Olympia Dukakis
Julia Roberts
1989 Academy Awards®
Nominated for One Oscar.
View full award breakdown...
Charts
Chart Rank
All Time Domestic 666
Yearly 1989 14
Yearly Opening Weekends 1989 38
Yearly PG Rated 1989 6
Worldwide Yearly 1989 17
Opening Weeks 2,118
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds 13
Opening Weekends 2,043
Eleventh Weekends 82
Ninth Weekends 101
Tenth Weekends 95
Twelfth Weekends 79
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) 48
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 38
Seventh Weekends 141
Eighth Weekends 107
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 1,076
Top Ranking Limited Release Debuts 21
Rated PG 176
BOM Users' Grades (1989 Releases) 26
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on March 27, 1990) 94
Opening Weekends (Limited Release) 9
Yearly (Wide) 1989 13
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1989 1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1989 29
Opening Weeks Adjusted 1,713
Thanksgiving 3-day Openings Adjusted 49
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted 119
Movies That Never #1 Adjusted 67
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted 188
Opening Weekends Adjusted - November 171
Opening Weekends Adjusted 1,638
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted 74
Ninth Weekends Adjusted 83
Tenth Weekends Adjusted 86
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted 81
Seventh Weekends Adjusted 91
Eighth Weekends Adjusted 82
Rated PG Adjusted 164