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Midnight CowboyFollow

1969 • R • 1h 53m • Drama • United Artists

For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.

🍅 89% 88% MC 79 LB 4.15 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Domestic total
$44.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$44.80M
$12K international
Budget$3.6M
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Cast & crew

Directed byJohn Schlesinger ScreenplayWaldo Salt Produced byJerome Hellman CinematographyAdam Holender Music byJohn Barry StarringJon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro StudioUnited Artists

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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