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Dead Man Walking

1995 R 2h 2m Crime, Drama Gramercy Pictures

Dead Man Walking Box Office

Opening Weekend
$3.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$39.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$83.1M
$43.7M international
Domestic Legs11.0x
Budget$11.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 29-Jan 1 New Year's 35 $118K $118K 4 $29.6K 1
Jan 5-7 34 $118K -0.4% $285K 6 $19.6K 2
Jan 12-15 MLK Day 26 $471K +299.7% $827K 27 $17.4K 3
Jan 19-21 17 $1.72M +266.0% $2.70M 180 $9.6K 4
Jan 26-28 11 $2.26M +31.2% $5.56M 374 $6.0K 5
Feb 2-4 6 $3.57M +58.1% $9.96M 714 $5.0K 6
Feb 9-11 6 $2.88M -19.3% $13.85M 821 $3.5K 7
Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 10 $3.37M +16.8% $18.22M 816 $4.1K 8
Feb 23-25 10 $2.30M -31.8% $21.21M 757 $3.0K 9
Mar 1-3 9 $2.14M -7.0% $24.06M 803 $2.7K 10
Mar 8-10 11 $1.69M -21.0% $26.43M 796 $2.1K 11
Mar 15-17 13 $1.21M -28.3% $28.30M 766 $1.6K 12
Mar 22-24 12 $1.32M +9.3% $30.23M 770 $1.7K 13
Mar 29-31 11 $1.52M +14.7% $32.46M 771 $2.0K 14
Apr 5-7 14 $1.10M -27.7% $34.16M 769 $1.4K 15
Apr 12-14 13 $858K -21.9% $35.56M 718 $1.2K 16
Apr 19-21 17 $593K -30.8% $36.50M 562 $1.1K 17
Apr 26-28 22 $345K -41.9% $37.11M 406 $849 18
May 3-5 27 $258K -25.1% $37.54M 314 $822 19
May 10-12 23 $334K +29.6% $38.00M 465 $719 20
May 17-19 27 $281K -15.9% $38.46M 435 $646 21
May 24-26 31 $222K -21.1% $38.82M 286 $775 22

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byTim Robbins
ScreenplayTim Robbins
Produced byJon Kilik, Tim Robbins, Rudd Simmons
CinematographyRoger Deakins
StarringSusan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey, Celia Weston
StudioGramercy Pictures

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