Christine (1983 film) it; and Roland eventually did the same. George also tells Dennis that Roland tried to get rid of Christine after Roland's wife died in the car, but Christine "came back three weeks later." During a football game, Dennis becomes distracted by the sight of Arnie kissing his new girlfriend, Leigh Cabot (the new girl in school) in front of Christine and is tackled, suffering a career ending injury. On a rainy evening at a drive-in movie, Christine's windshield wipers stop working. Arnie goes outside to try to get them working again and while he's outside the car Leigh begins to
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.