The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

The Buddy Holly Story
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $14,363,400Details
OpusData ID: 31090100
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Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $69,423,099

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,701-4,800) 4,736 $14,363,400
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,701-6,800) 6,780 $14,363,400

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 18th, 1978 (Limited) by Columbia
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 114 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Lethal Weapon
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Keywords: Musicians, Biography, Biographical Drama, 1950s, Rock 'n' Roll, Posthumous Release
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Columbia Pictures, Innovision Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,701-4,800) 4,736 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,578 $69,423,099
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100) 4,010 $14,363,400
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1978 36 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 101-200) 132 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 4,201-4,300) 4,219 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500) 485 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 801-900) 895 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,026 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Columbia Movies 27 $14,363,400

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Leading Cast

Gary Busey    Buddy Holly

Supporting Cast

Don Stroud   
Charles Martin Smith    Ray Bob Simmons
Conrad Janis   
William Jordan   

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

Production and Technical Credits

Steve Rash    Director
Robert Gittler    Screenwriter
Alan Swyer    Story by
Edward H. Cohen    Executive Producer
Fred Bauer    Producer

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Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $69,423,099

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,701-4,800) 4,736 $14,363,400
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,701-6,800) 6,780 $14,363,400

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 18th, 1978 (Limited) by Columbia
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 114 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Lethal Weapon
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Musicians, Biography, Biographical Drama, 1950s, Rock 'n' Roll, Posthumous Release
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Columbia Pictures, Innovision Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Gary Busey    Buddy Holly

Supporting Cast

Don Stroud   
Charles Martin Smith    Ray Bob Simmons
Conrad Janis   
William Jordan   

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

Production and Technical Credits

Steve Rash    Director
Robert Gittler    Screenwriter
Alan Swyer    Story by
Edward H. Cohen    Executive Producer
Fred Bauer    Producer

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,701-4,800) 4,736 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,578 $69,423,099
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100) 4,010 $14,363,400
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1978 36 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 101-200) 132 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 4,201-4,300) 4,219 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500) 485 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 801-900) 895 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,026 $14,363,400
All Time Domestic Box Office for Columbia Movies 27 $14,363,400

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,701-6,800) 6,780 $14,363,400
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,804 $14,363,400
Top 1978 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 36 $14,363,400
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 101-200) 177 $14,363,400
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 5,901-6,000) 5,961 $14,363,400
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 701-800) 731 $14,363,400
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,552 $14,363,400
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,141 $14,363,400
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Columbia Movies 27 $14,363,400