Days of Heaven
She gave her hand to one man, but her heart to another.
In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.
- Director
- Terrence Malick
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $4M
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In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.
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Box Office & Release
Days of Heaven returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $4M
- Release date
- Sep 13, 1978
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- United States of America
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