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The English PatientFollow

1996 • R • 2h 42m • Drama, Romance, War • Miramax

In love, there are no boundaries.

🍅 86% 83% MC 86 LB 3.62 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$278.4K
Limited · 10 theaters
Domestic total
$78.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$231.70M
$153.00M international
Budget$35.0M
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Cast & crew

Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes Starring Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche Starring Kristin Scott Thomas Kristin Scott Thomas Starring Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe Starring Naveen Andrews Naveen Andrews Starring Colin Firth Colin Firth Starring
ScreenplayAnthony Minghella Produced bySaul Zaentz CinematographyJohn Seale Music byGabriel Yared StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 15-17 26 $278.4K — 10 $27,844 $278.4K
2 Nov 22-24 8 $2.7M +874.4% 268 $10,123 $3.2M
3 Nov 29-Dec 1 7 $5.6M +104.6% 593 $9,360 $9.3M
4 Dec 6-8 7 $2.7M −51.2% 617 $4,388 $13.2M
5 Dec 13-15 10 $1.8M −34.3% 683 $2,606 $16.0M
6 Dec 20-22 13 $1.7M −6.1% 612 $2,729 $18.4M
7 Dec 27-29 14 $2.7M +59.2% 582 $4,570 $22.8M
8 Jan 3-5 11 $2.7M +2.7% 582 $4,695 $28.0M
9 Jan 10-12 14 $2.0M −26.0% 561 $3,606 $31.0M
10 Jan 17-19 14 $2.3M +15.5% 553 $4,226 $34.1M
11 Jan 24-26 13 $1.9M −18.0% 615 $3,114 $36.7M
12 Jan 31-Feb 2 14 $1.9M −3.2% 655 $2,829 $39.2M
13 Feb 7-9 8 $2.2M +20.8% 1,042 $2,148 $42.0M
14 Feb 14-16 8 $4.6M +104.9% 1,115 $4,113 $47.7M
15 Feb 21-23 10 $2.8M −38.4% 1,186 $2,380 $51.5M
16 Feb 28-Mar 2 13 $2.2M −21.1% 1,144 $1,948 $54.7M
17 Mar 7-9 13 $2.0M −9.9% 1,004 $1,999 $57.5M
18 Mar 14-16 13 $1.9M −5.3% 948 $2,005 $60.3M
19 Mar 21-23 10 $2.0M +6.0% 1,002 $2,011 $63.2M
20 Mar 28-30 8 $3.0M +49.8% 1,409 $2,143 $67.6M
21 Apr 4-6 11 $2.0M −32.8% 1,300 $1,561 $71.1M
22 Apr 11-13 14 $1.3M −37.4% 1,005 $1,264 $73.0M
23 Apr 18-20 16 $813.6K −36.0% 677 $1,202 $74.3M
24 Apr 25-27 14 $657.7K −19.2% 516 $1,275 $75.3M
25 May 2-4 20 $366.3K −44.3% 386 $949 $75.9M
26 May 9-11 20 $233.0K −36.4% 315 $740 $76.3M
27 May 16-18 20 $220.8K −5.2% 302 $731 $76.6M
28 May 23-25 26 $219.9K −0.4% 190 $1,157 $76.9M
29 May 30-Jun 1 31 $110.6K −49.7% 139 $795 $77.1M
30 Jun 6-8 36 $62.0K −43.9% 90 $689 $77.2M
31 Jun 13-15 40 $52.6K −15.2% 90 $584 $77.3M
32 Jun 20-22 45 $41.8K −20.6% 67 $623 $77.4M
33 Jun 27-29 53 $22.1K −47.1% 41 $538 $77.4M
34 Jul 4-6 56 $17.5K −20.6% 31 $565 $77.4M
35 Jul 11-13 20 $184.5K +952.9% 234 $789 $77.6M
36 Jul 18-20 31 $92.6K −49.8% 123 $753 $77.9M
37 Jul 25-27 37 $60.8K −34.3% 83 $733 $78.0M
38 Aug 1-3 49 $31.2K −48.7% 51 $612 $78.0M
40 Aug 15-17 32 $165.2K — 318 $519 $78.3M
41 Aug 22-24 41 $88.0K −46.7% 178 $494 $78.5M
42 Aug 29-31 43 $82.3K −6.4% 112 $735 $78.6M
43 Sep 5-7 54 $29.3K −64.4% 122 $240 $78.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.3M
$278.4K
$2.7M
$5.6M
$2.7M
$1.8M
$1.7M
$2.7M
$2.7M
$2.0M
$2.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +15.5%
+874.4%
W1→2
+104.6%
W2→3
−51.2%
W3→4
−34.3%
W4→5
−6.1%
W5→6
+59.2%
W6→7
+2.7%
W7→8
−26.0%
W8→9
+15.5%
W9→10
Steepest −51.2%Biggest gain +874.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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