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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Budget
$19,400,870 (estimated)

Gross
$9,083,988 (USA) (18 December 1977)
$15,693,175 (USA) ( 1980)
$116,395,460 (USA) ( 1978)
$132,088,635 (USA)
$300,000,000 (Worldwide)
$171,700,000 (Worldwide) (except USA)
SEK 8,608,254 (Sweden)

Weekend Gross
$5,379,460 (USA) (18 December 1977) (272 Screens)

Admissions
3,094,000 (France)
448,118 (Sweden)

Rentals
$82,750,000 (USA)

Filming Dates
16 May 1976 -  February 1977

Copyright Holder
Columbia Pictures Industries

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