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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestFollow

1975 • R • 2h 13m • Drama • United Artists

In this clean, orderly, disciplined world, who needs guys like McMurphy? Everybody.

🍅 92% 96% MC 84 LB 4.37 IMDb 8.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$99.8K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$109.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$163.30M
$54.30M international
Domestic legs1092.4x
Budget$4.4M
1975 rank#2
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Cast & crew

Full Forman filmography
Miloš Forman Miloš Forman Director Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson Starring Louise Fletcher Louise Fletcher Starring Brad Dourif Brad Dourif Starring Danny DeVito Danny DeVito Starring Christopher Lloyd Christopher Lloyd Starring
ScreenplayLawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman Produced bySaul Zaentz, Michael Douglas CinematographyHaskell Wexler Music byJack Nitzsche StudioUnited Artists

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 21-23 1 $99.8K — 4 $24,940 $127.4K
2 Nov 28-30 1 $109.2K +9.4% 4 $27,291 $322.7K
3 Dec 5-7 1 $87.2K −20.1% 4 $21,810 $472.6K
Weekend grossWk 3 · $87.2K
$99.8K
$109.2K
$87.2K
W1W2W3
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · −20.1%
+9.4%
W1→2
−20.1%
W2→3
Steepest −20.1%Biggest gain +9.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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