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Dead Poets Society

1989 PG 2h 8m Drama Touchstone Pictures

He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

Dead Poets Society Box Office

Opening Weekend
$7.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$95.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$236M
$140M international
Domestic Legs12.7x
Budget$16.4M
1989 Rank#10
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 2-4 14 $340K $340K 8 $42.6K 1
Jun 9-11 3 $7.54M +2,114.8% $8.15M 687 $11.0K 2
Jun 16-18 3 $9.10M +20.7% $22.46M 1,091 $8.3K 3
Jun 23-25 5 $7.34M -19.3% $35.59M 1,091 $6.7K 4
Jun 30-Jul 2 6 $6.71M -8.7% $46.35M 1,109 $6.0K 5
Jul 7-9 6 $5.19M -22.7% $56.77M 1,109 $4.7K 6
Jul 14-16 8 $4.26M -17.9% $63.87M 1,047 $4.1K 7
Jul 21-23 7 $3.55M -16.7% $70.02M 1,062 $3.3K 8
Jul 28-30 9 $2.61M -26.4% $74.67M 993 $2.6K 9
Aug 4-6 10 $2.11M -19.1% $78.31M 902 $2.3K 10
Aug 11-13 11 $1.78M -15.8% $81.08M 846 $2.1K 11
Aug 18-20 15 $1.04M -41.2% $83.02M 633 $1.6K 12
Aug 25-27 17 $963K -7.8% $84.55M 671 $1.4K 13
Sep 1-4 Labor Day 14 $1.37M $86.40M 721 $1.9K 14
Sep 8-10 15 $944K $87.62M 739 $1.3K 15
Sep 15-17 11 $1.12M +18.3% $89.09M 963 $1.2K 16

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Weir
ScreenplayTom Schulman
Produced bySteven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
CinematographyJohn Seale
Music byMaurice Jarre
StarringRobin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Kurtwood Smith
StudioTouchstone Pictures

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