New Zealand Box Office for The Thing (1982)

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The Thing
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $5,726Details
Worldwide Box Office $15,243,956Details
Further financial details...

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Movie Details

New Zealand Releases: August 20th, 1982 (Limited)
February 24th, 2022 (Limited)
Video Release: 1983 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 109 minutes
Franchise: The Thing
Keywords: Alien Invasion, Parasite, Doppelganger, Marooned, Isolation Horror, Monster, Remade, Remake, Set in Antarctica, Field Scientists
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2022/06/10 - $677   1 $677   $677 2,078
2023/05/12 - $537   1 $537   $1,246 2,126
2023/07/14 - $159   1 $159   $1,387 2,135
2024/09/13 - $512   1 $512   $512 2,196
2024/10/04 - $124   1 $124   $649 2,199
2024/10/11 - $139 +12% 1 $139   $847 2,200
2024/10/25 - $108   1 $108   $797 2,202
2024/11/01 - $3,555 +3,192% 2 $1,778   $4,470 2,203
2025/01/17 - $669   1 $669   $4,813 2,214
2025/10/31 53 $686   0     $5,726 2,255

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 11/19/2020 $1,052 1 1 3 $727,807 8/26/2024
New Zealand 8/20/1982 $0 0 2 10 $5,726 11/3/2025
North America 6/25/1982 $3,107,897 840 910 2,943 $14,451,058
Portugal 11/11/1982 $0 0 1 1 $1,166 7/25/2023
United Kingdom 8/26/1982 $0 0 144 144 $58,199 11/13/2022
 
Worldwide Total$15,243,956 11/3/2025

Leading Cast

Kurt Russell    R.J. MacRaedy

Supporting Cast

Keith David    Childs
Wilford Brimley    Dr. Blair
T.K. Carter    Nauls
Adrienne Barbeau    Computer Voice
Richard Masur    Clark
David Clennon    Palmer
Richard A. Dysart    Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan    Norris
Joel Polis    Fuchs

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

Production and Technical Credits

John Carpenter    Director
David Foster    Producer
Lawrence Turman    Producer
Stuart Cohen    Co-Producer
Wilbur Stark    Executive Producer
Larry Franco    Associate Producer
Dean Cundey    Director of Photography
Ennio Morricone    Composer
Rob Bottin    Special Make-up Effects
Albert Whitlock    Special Visual Effects by
Bill Lancaster    Screenwriter