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Braveheart

1995 R 2h 58m Action, Drama, History Paramount Pictures

Every man dies, not every man really lives.

Braveheart Box Office

Opening Weekend
$9.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$75.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$213M
$138M international
Domestic Legs7.6x
Budget$72.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 26-28 2 $9.94M $12.58M 2,035 $4.9K 1
Jun 2-4 4 $7.53M -24.2% $25.75M 2,035 $3.7K 2
Jun 9-11 5 $5.49M -27.1% $34.43M 2,035 $2.7K 3
Jun 16-18 6 $4.12M -25.0% $40.96M 2,037 $2.0K 4
Jun 23-25 6 $4.05M -1.7% $47.07M 1,885 $2.1K 5
Jun 30-Jul 2 9 $2.44M -39.6% $51.55M 1,419 $1.7K 6
Jul 7-9 11 $1.60M -34.4% $55.12M 1,057 $1.5K 7
Jul 14-16 14 $1.00M -37.4% $56.88M 718 $1.4K 8
Jul 21-23 15 $722K -28.0% $58.11M 526 $1.4K 9
Jul 28-30 16 $407K -43.7% $58.94M 362 $1.1K 10
Aug 4-6 20 $194K -52.4% $59.38M 183 $1.1K 11
Aug 11-13 23 $240K +23.8% $59.72M 150 $1.6K 12
Aug 18-20 23 $198K -17.6% $60.08M 121 $1.6K 13
Sep 15-17 6 $2.32M $62.48M 1,700 $1.4K 17
Sep 22-24 10 $1.42M -38.9% $64.72M 1,477 $961 18
Sep 29-Oct 1 14 $682K -52.0% $65.92M 786 $867 19
Oct 6-8 17 $248K -63.6% $66.44M 304 $816 20
Oct 13-15 18 $130K -47.5% $66.67M 166 $784 21
Oct 20-22 18 $57K -56.3% $66.79M 86 $661 22
Oct 27-29 21 $29K -48.9% $66.84M 49 $593 23
Nov 3-5 21 $25K -13.2% $66.88M 44 $573 24
Nov 10-12 19 $25K -0.8% $66.91M 47 $532 25
Nov 17-19 15 $14K -45.5% $66.94M 26 $524 26
Nov 24-26 14 $14K +2.8% $66.96M 14 $1.0K 27
Dec 1-3 14 $12K -17.4% $66.97M 25 $463 28
Dec 8-10 15 $12K +2.4% $66.99M 19 $623 29
Dec 15-17 15 $7K -44.1% $67.00M 15 $441 30
Dec 22-25 Christmas 23 $2K $67.01M 5 $350 31
Dec 29-Jan 1 New Year's 26 $5K $67.02M 5 $1.1K 32
Jan 5-7 20 $5K $67.03M 6 $793 33
Jan 12-15 MLK 23 $4K $67.04M 2 $1.9K 34
Jan 19-21 22 $4K $67.04M 2 $1.8K 35
Jan 26-28 25 $3K -26.8% $67.05M 3 $863 36
Feb 2-4 22 $949 -63.3% $67.05M 1 $949 37
Feb 16-18 13 $1.47M $68.52M 792 $1.9K 39
Feb 23-25 17 $1.01M -31.7% $70.26M 611 $1.6K 40
Mar 1-3 16 $925K -8.2% $71.53M 715 $1.3K 41
Mar 8-10 16 $524K -43.4% $72.37M 550 $952 42
Mar 15-17 18 $274K -47.7% $72.89M 411 $666 43
Mar 22-24 19 $228K -16.9% $73.26M 279 $816 44
Mar 29-31 16 $587K +157.8% $74.10M 483 $1.2K 45
Apr 5-7 16 $437K -25.5% $74.80M 491 $890 46
Apr 12-14 16 $242K -44.6% $75.24M 352 $688 47
Apr 19-21 16 $113K -53.4% $75.46M 189 $597 48
Apr 26-28 15 $42K -62.7% $75.55M 69 $610 49
May 3-5 17 $22K -48.9% $75.58M 39 $551 50
May 10-12 17 $8K -65.1% $75.60M 16 $469 51
May 17-19 13 $2K -74.0% $75.60M 5 $390 52
May 24-27 Memorial Day 13 $1K $75.61M 3 $489 53
May 31-Jun 2 14 $551 $75.61M 2 $275 54
Jun 7-9 14 $424 -23.0% $75.61M 3 $141 55

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byMel Gibson
ScreenplayRandall Wallace
Produced byMel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., Bruce Davey
CinematographyJohn Toll
Music byJames Horner
StarringMel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Angus Macfadyen, Brendan Gleeson
StudioParamount Pictures

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