Christine (1983 film) they repeatedly drive back and forth over the car, damaging Christine so much that it is unable to immediately regenerate. A few days later, Dennis, Leigh, and Junkins watch as Christine's remains - compacted into a cube by a car crusher - are dropped into a junkyard. The camera zooms in to a close-up of the front grille, which slowly starts to unbend. Producer Richard Kobritz had previously produced the miniseries "Salem's Lot", also based on a Stephen King novel. Through producing the miniseries, Kobritz became acquainted with King, who sent him manuscripts of two of his novels, "Cujo", and
Christine (1983 film) junkyard and restored by collector Bill Gibson of Pensacola, Florida. "Christine" was released in North America on December 9, 1983, to 1,045 theaters. In its opening weekend "Christine" brought in $3,408,904 landing at #4. The film dropped 39.6% in its second weekend, grossing $2,058,517 slipping from fourth to eighth place. In its third weekend, it grossed $1,851,909 dropping to #9. The film remained at #9 its fourth weekend, grossing $2,736,782. In its fifth weekend, it returned to #8, grossing $2,015,922. Bringing in $1,316,835 in its sixth weekend, the film dropped out of the box office top ten to twelfth place.