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1977 • Not Rated • 1h 29m • Horror • Libra Films

Where your nightmares end...

🍅 87% 82% MC 87 LB 3.81 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Domestic total
$7.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$7.10M
$105K international
Budget$100K
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Cast & crew

Directed byDavid Lynch ScreenplayDavid Lynch Produced byDavid Lynch CinematographyFrederick Elmes, Herbert Cardwell Music byDavid Lynch, Peter Ivers, Fats Waller StarringJack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates, Judith Roberts StudioAFI Center for Advanced Film Studies

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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