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Dances With Wolves

1990 PG-13 3h 1m Adventure, Drama, Western Orion Pictures

Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered.

Dances With Wolves Box Office

Opening Weekend
$9.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$184M
Final
Worldwide Total
$424M
$240M international
Domestic Legs19.4x
Budget$22.0M
1991 Rank#6
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 9-11 17 $598K $598K 14 $42.7K 1
Nov 16-18 13 $565K -5.5% $1.53M 14 $40.4K 2
Nov 23-25 Thanksgiving 3 $9.49M +1,579.7% $14.33M 1,048 $9.1K 3
Nov 30-Dec 2 4 $7.02M -26% $24.41M 1,053 $6.7K 4
Dec 7-9 4 $5.39M -23.3% $32.02M 1,051 $5.1K 5
Dec 14-16 4 $4.47M -17% $38.38M 1,196 $3.7K 6
Dec 21-25 Christmas 5 $5.91M $46.27M 1,254 $4.7K 7
Dec 28-Jan 1 New Year's 4 $11.90M $61.56M 1,269 $9.4K 8
Jan 4-6 4 $7.33M $71.15M 1,282 $5.7K 9
Jan 11-13 5 $5.59M -23.8% $79.43M 1,285 $4.3K 10
Jan 18-21 MLK Day 4 $5.76M $86.83M 1,301 $4.4K 11
Jan 25-27 5 $4.31M $92.39M 1,302 $3.3K 12
Feb 1-3 2 $4.79M +11.2% $98.65M 1,343 $3.6K 13
Feb 8-10 5 $3.91M -18.4% $103.91M 1,548 $2.5K 14
Feb 15-18 Presidents' Day 5 $6.20M $111.74M 1,554 $4.0K 15
Feb 22-24 5 $4.23M $117.29M 1,602 $2.6K 16
Mar 1-3 6 $3.94M -6.7% $122.60M 1,608 $2.5K 17
Mar 8-10 6 $3.38M -14.2% $127.24M 1,572 $2.1K 18
Mar 15-17 8 $2.82M -16.7% $131.27M 1,545 $1.8K 19
Mar 22-24 6 $3.75M +33.1% $136.31M 1,538 $2.4K 20
Mar 29-31 3 $5.41M +44.2% $144.51M 1,621 $3.3K 21
Apr 5-7 4 $4.01M -25.7% $150.97M 1,636 $2.5K 22
Apr 12-14 4 $3.47M -13.6% $155.73M 1,612 $2.1K 23
Apr 19-21 5 $2.94M -15.2% $159.71M 1,625 $1.8K 24
Apr 26-28 8 $2.07M -29.8% $162.75M 1,597 $1.3K 25
May 3-5 9 $1.84M -11% $165.36M 1,478 $1.2K 26
May 10-12 9 $1.44M -21.9% $167.48M 1,358 $1.1K 27
May 17-19 11 $1.40M -2.8% $168.77M 1,107 $1.3K 28
May 24-27 Memorial Day 15 $1.21M $171.22M 743 $1.6K 29

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byKevin Costner
ScreenplayMichael Blake
Produced byJim Wilson, Kevin Costner
CinematographyDean Semler
Edited byNeil Travis
Music byJohn Barry
StarringKevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal
StudioOrion Pictures

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