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Shine

1996 PG-13 1h 45m Biography, Drama, Music Fine Line Features

A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love

Shine Box Office

Domestic Total
$35.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$36.7M
$0.9M international
Budget$5.5M
1997 Rank#64
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 22-24 23 $162K $162K 7 $23.2K 1
Nov 29-Dec 1 21 $284K +75.3% $485K 10 $28.4K 2
Dec 6-8 19 $169K -40.6% $729K 10 $16.9K 3
Dec 13-15 17 $135K -19.9% $944K 10 $13.5K 4
Dec 20-22 26 $132K -2.8% $1.14M 10 $13.2K 5
Dec 27-29 17 $1.60M +1118.5% $3.54M 207 $7.7K 6
Jan 3-5 16 $1.61M +0.7% $6.69M 207 $7.8K 7
Jan 10-12 17 $1.12M -30.7% $8.38M 207 $5.4K 8
Jan 17-20 MLK 15 $1.84M $10.68M 306 $6.0K 9
Jan 24-26 14 $1.44M $12.63M 314 $4.6K 10
Jan 31-Feb 2 17 $1.37M -5.1% $14.54M 314 $4.4K 11
Feb 7-9 15 $1.03M -24.6% $15.99M 314 $3.3K 12
Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day 9 $3.52M $20.02M 851 $4.1K 13
Feb 21-23 11 $2.28M $23.06M 893 $2.6K 14
Feb 28-Mar 2 14 $2.18M -4.4% $26.07M 1,050 $2.1K 15
Mar 7-9 14 $1.94M -10.9% $28.77M 991 $2.0K 16
Mar 14-16 17 $1.39M -28.4% $30.82M 912 $1.5K 17
Mar 21-23 14 $1.06M -23.8% $32.41M 911 $1.2K 18
Mar 28-30 17 $797K -24.8% $33.69M 911 $875 19
Apr 4-6 22 $617K -22.6% $34.67M 719 $859 20
Apr 11-13 29 $206K -66.6% $35.05M 369 $559 21
Apr 18-20 34 $136K -34.0% $35.27M 282 $483 22
Apr 25-27 37 $110K -19.3% $35.45M 282 $390 23
May 2-4 43 $75K -32.0% $35.57M 135 $554 24
May 9-11 39 $69K -7.9% $35.67M 128 $538 25
May 16-18 47 $45K -34.6% $35.75M 105 $428 26
May 23-25 57 $31K -30.2% $35.81M 50 $628 27

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byScott Hicks
ScreenplayJan Sardi
Produced byJane Scott
CinematographyGeoffrey Simpson
Music byDavid Hirschfelder
StarringGeoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lynn Redgrave, Googie Withers, John Gielgud
StudioFine Line Features

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