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Name: Conan the Barbarian
Director: John Milius
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 1982
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Max von Sydow, Gerry Lopez

1982 • R • 2h 9m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

Thief. Warrior. Gladiator. King.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$38.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$79.10M

$40.90M international

Domestic legs4.0x

Budget$20M

1982 rank#16

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ScreenplayJohn Milius, Oliver Stone Produced byBuzz Feitshans, Raffaella De Laurentiis CinematographyDuke Callaghan Music byBasil Poledouris StudioUniversal Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 14-16 1 $9.5M — 1,358 $6,980 $9.5M

2 May 21-23 1 $6.2M −34.3% 1,497 $4,158 $19.7M

3 May 28-30 3 $5.2M −15.9% 1,361 $3,846 $28.2M

4 Jun 4-6 8 $1.9M −63.6% 770 $2,475 $32.3M

5 Jun 11-13 10 $949.9K −50.2% 456 $2,083 $35.1M

6 Jun 18-20 12 $650.6K −31.5% 362 $1,797 $36.9M

7 Jun 25-27 21 $161.6K −75.2% 105 $1,539 $37.7M

8 Jul 2-4 18 $373.5K +131.2% 203 $1,840 $38.3M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $373.5K

$9.5M

$6.2M

$5.2M

$1.9M

$949.9K

$650.6K

$161.6K

$373.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +131.2%

−34.3%

W1→2

−15.9%

W2→3

−63.6%

W3→4

−50.2%

W4→5

−31.5%

W5→6

−75.2%

W6→7

+131.2%

W7→8

Steepest −75.2%Biggest gain +131.2%

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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