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DragonheartFollow

1996 • PG-13 • 1h 43m • Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

You will believe.

🍅 47% 60% MC 49 LB 3.13 IMDb 6.4
CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$15.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$51.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$104.40M
$53.00M international
Domestic legs3.4x
Budget$57M
1996 rank#30
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Cast & crew

Full Cohen filmography
Rob Cohen Rob Cohen Director Dennis Quaid Dennis Quaid Starring Sean Connery Sean Connery Starring David Thewlis David Thewlis Starring Pete Postlethwaite Pete Postlethwaite Starring Dina Meyer Dina Meyer Starring
ScreenplayCharles Edward Pogue Produced byRaffaella De Laurentiis CinematographyDavid Eggby Music byRandy Edelman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 31-Jun 2 3 $15.0M — 2,130 $7,055 $15.0M
2 Jun 7-9 4 $7.6M −49.2% 2,133 $3,580 $27.5M
3 Jun 14-16 5 $4.6M −40.4% 2,193 $2,075 $35.0M
4 Jun 21-23 7 $2.9M −35.4% 2,007 $1,465 $40.6M
5 Jun 28-30 9 $1.8M −37.1% 1,461 $1,265 $44.0M
6 Jul 5-7 11 $1.2M −34.2% 878 $1,385 $45.7M
7 Jul 12-14 14 $702.7K −42.2% 593 $1,185 $46.8M
8 Jul 19-21 15 $920.2K +30.9% 829 $1,110 $48.0M
9 Jul 26-28 19 $684.0K −25.7% 720 $950 $49.2M
10 Aug 2-4 24 $500.6K −26.8% 596 $840 $50.2M
11 Aug 9-11 27 $310.3K −38.0% 411 $755 $50.8M
12 Aug 16-18 33 $187.3K −39.6% 286 $655 $51.1M
13 Aug 23-25 39 $116.1K −38.0% 200 $580 $51.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $500.6K
$15.0M
$7.6M
$4.6M
$2.9M
$1.8M
$1.2M
$702.7K
$920.2K
$684.0K
$500.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.8%
−49.2%
W1→2
−40.4%
W2→3
−35.4%
W3→4
−37.1%
W4→5
−34.2%
W5→6
−42.2%
W6→7
+30.9%
W7→8
−25.7%
W8→9
−26.8%
W9→10
Steepest −49.2%Biggest gain +30.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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