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Pulp FictionFollow

1994 • R • 2h 34m • Crime, Drama • Miramax

You won’t know the facts until you’ve seen the fiction.

🍅 92% 96% MC 95 LB 4.24 IMDb 8.8
CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$9.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$102.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$214.00M
$112.00M international
Domestic legs10.9x
Budget$8.0M
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Cast & crew

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Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino Director John Travolta John Travolta Starring Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson Starring Uma Thurman Uma Thurman Starring Bruce Willis Bruce Willis Starring Ving Rhames Ving Rhames Starring
ScreenplayQuentin Tarantino, Roger Avary Produced byLawrence Bender CinematographyAndrzej Sekuła StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 14-16 1 $9.3M — 1,338 $6,959 $9.3M
2 Oct 21-23 1 $8.4M −9.9% 1,489 $5,634 $21.7M
3 Oct 28-30 2 $5.7M −32.2% 1,494 $3,808 $30.6M
4 Nov 4-6 4 $5.1M −9.6% 1,494 $3,441 $38.1M
5 Nov 11-13 4 $4.1M −20.2% 1,404 $2,923 $44.2M
6 Nov 18-20 7 $3.0M −26.7% 1,151 $2,615 $48.4M
7 Nov 25-27 11 $3.2M +7.7% 1,011 $3,206 $53.7M
8 Dec 2-4 12 $1.7M −48.5% 805 $2,072 $55.9M
9 Dec 9-11 12 $1.0M −37.5% 739 $1,410 $57.5M
10 Dec 16-18 12 $960.7K −7.9% 625 $1,537 $58.9M
11 Dec 23-26 17 $1.1M +12.5% 407 $2,656 $60.7M
12 Dec 30-Jan 2 14 $2.1M +90.9% 440 $4,690 $63.6M
13 Jan 6-8 12 $1.9M −9.8% 609 $3,055 $66.3M
14 Jan 13-16 15 $1.9M +0.1% 643 $2,896 $68.9M
15 Jan 20-22 13 $1.6M −16.7% 813 $1,907 $70.9M
16 Jan 27-29 12 $1.3M −13.5% 873 $1,536 $72.8M
17 Feb 3-5 13 $1.1M −14.9% 823 $1,386 $74.5M
18 Feb 10-12 13 $1.2M +6.0% 884 $1,368 $76.1M
19 Feb 17-20 Presidents' Day 9 $2.9M +137.8% 1,008 $2,854 $79.7M
20 Feb 24-26 7 $2.4M −17.4% 1,051 $2,261 $82.8M
21 Mar 3-5 6 $2.1M −10.2% 966 $2,209 $85.8M
22 Mar 10-12 7 $2.1M +0.4% 1,063 $2,015 $88.7M
23 Mar 17-19 7 $2.0M −6.2% 1,135 $1,770 $91.6M
24 Mar 24-26 9 $2.5M +24.9% 1,102 $2,277 $95.1M
25 Mar 31-Apr 2 9 $2.2M −14.0% 1,099 $1,964 $98.3M
26 Apr 7-9 12 $1.3M −38.4% 918 $1,449 $100.3M
27 Apr 14-16 14 $978.7K −26.4% 751 $1,303 $101.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $960.7K
$9.3M
$8.4M
$5.7M
$5.1M
$4.1M
$3.0M
$3.2M
$1.7M
$1.0M
$960.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.9%
−9.9%
W1→2
−32.2%
W2→3
−9.6%
W3→4
−20.2%
W4→5
−26.7%
W5→6
+7.7%
W6→7
−48.5%
W7→8
−37.5%
W8→9
−7.9%
W9→10
Steepest −48.5%Biggest gain +7.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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