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The Last of the MohicansFollow

1992 • R • 1h 52m • Action, Adventure, Drama • 20th Century Fox

An epic adventure and passionate romance unfold against the panorama of a frontier wilderness ravaged by war.

🍅 88% 88% MC 76 LB 3.69 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$11.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$75.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$75.50M
Domestic only
Domestic legs6.9x
Budget$40M
1992 rank#17
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Cast & crew

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Michael Mann Michael Mann Director Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis Starring Madeleine Stowe Madeleine Stowe Starring Wes Studi Wes Studi Starring
ScreenplayMichael Mann, Christopher Crowe Based onthe novel by James Fenimore Cooper Produced byMichael Mann, Hunt Lowry CinematographyDante Spinotti Edited byDov Hoenig, Arthur Schmidt Music byTrevor Jones, Randy Edelman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 25-27 1 $11.0M — 1,491 $7,362 $11.0M
2 Oct 2-4 1 $9.7M −12.1% 1,800 $5,363 $24.3M
3 Oct 9-11 2 $8.0M −17.0% 1,800 $4,451 $35.5M
4 Oct 16-18 2 $5.8M −27.3% 1,852 $3,147 $43.7M
5 Oct 23-25 2 $4.5M −23.6% 1,845 $2,412 $49.8M
6 Oct 30-Nov 1 4 $3.3M −26.2% 1,856 $1,770 $54.6M
7 Nov 6-8 6 $3.5M +5.0% 1,832 $1,884 $59.3M
8 Nov 13-15 6 $2.6M −24.3% 1,777 $1,470 $63.1M
9 Nov 20-22 8 $1.9M −28.5% 1,472 $1,268 $65.7M
10 Nov 27-29 9 $1.5M −18.5% 1,195 $1,273 $68.0M
11 Dec 4-6 10 $804.1K −47.1% 1,077 $747 $69.2M
15 Jan 1-3 23 $253.6K — 658 $385 $70.8M
18 Jan 22-24 25 $300.1K — 364 $825 $71.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M
$11.0M
$9.7M
$8.0M
$5.8M
$4.5M
$3.3M
$3.5M
$2.6M
$1.9M
$1.5M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.5%
−12.1%
W1→2
−17.0%
W2→3
−27.3%
W3→4
−23.6%
W4→5
−26.2%
W5→6
+5.0%
W6→7
−24.3%
W7→8
−28.5%
W8→9
−18.5%
W9→10
Steepest −28.5%Biggest gain +5.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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