Release
Contractually, Tri-Star Pictures was obligated to distribute any film by HBO/Silver Screen. They saw an early screening and Tri-Star president David Matalon said, "It's the best film that we have for 1986". The Hitcher opened in 800 theaters on February 21, 1986 where it made $2.1 million on its opening weekend and went on to gross $5.8 million in North America.
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“As nature requires whirlwinds and cyclones to release its excessive force in a violent revolt against its own existence, so the spirit requires a demonic human being from time to time whose excessive strength rebels against the community of thought and the monotony of morality ... only by looking at those beyond its limits does humanity come to know its own utmost limits.”
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