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The Last EmperorFollow

1987 • PG-13 • 2h 43m • Biography, Drama, History • Columbia Pictures

1500 slaves. 353,260,000 royal subjects. Warlords. Concubines. And 2 wives. He was the loneliest boy in the world.

🍅 86% 88% MC 76 LB 3.94 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$149K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$44.00M
Final
Domestic legs12.9x from $3.4M first wide weekend
Budget$25M
Theaters877
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Cast & crew

Full Bertolucci filmography
Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci Director John Lone John Lone Starring Peter O'Toole Peter O'Toole Starring
ScreenplayMark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci Produced byJeremy Thomas CinematographyVittorio Storaro Music byRyuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
4 Dec 11-13 13 $402.3K — 29 $13,871 $1.3M
6 Dec 25-27 14 $999.0K — 92 $10,859 $3.7M
7 Jan 1-3 15 $1.1M +12.5% 94 $11,959 $5.6M
10 Jan 22-24 17 $678.8K — 108 $6,285 $8.8M
17 Mar 11-13 11 $1.1M — 479 $2,310 $21.0M
18 Mar 18-20 11 $876.9K −20.8% 371 $2,364 $22.1M
19 Mar 25-27 12 $842.6K −3.9% 428 $1,969 $23.3M
20 Apr 1-3 13 $560.5K −33.5% 386 $1,452 $24.1M
21 Apr 8-10 12 $837.4K +49.4% 460 $1,820 $25.2M
22 Apr 15-17 4 $3.4M +305.9% 877 $3,875 $29.3M
23 Apr 22-24 6 $2.6M −23.6% 877 $2,962 $33.1M
24 Apr 29-May 1 9 $1.8M −31.5% 851 $2,092 $35.6M
25 May 6-8 8 $1.3M −29.4% 817 $1,538 $37.4M
26 May 13-15 9 $1.1M −15.9% 763 $1,384 $38.9M
27 May 20-22 10 $930.7K −11.9% 792 $1,175 $40.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $678.8K
$402.3K
$999.0K
$1.1M
$678.8K
W4W6W7W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +12.5%
+12.5%
W6→7
Smallest gain +12.5%Biggest gain +12.5%

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