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Dead Man Walking

1995 • R • 2h 2m • Crime, Drama • Gramercy Pictures
🍅 97% 86% MC 80 LB 3.76 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$118K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic Total
$39.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$83.1M
$43.7M international
Domestic Legs11.0x
Budget$11.0M
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Cast & Crew

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Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Director Susan Sarandon Susan Sarandon Starring Sean Penn Sean Penn Starring Robert Prosky Robert Prosky Starring Raymond J. Barry Raymond J. Barry Starring R. Lee Ermey R. Lee Ermey Starring
ScreenplayTim Robbins Produced byJon Kilik, Tim Robbins, Rudd Simmons CinematographyRoger Deakins StudioGramercy Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 29-Jan 1 New Year's 35 $118.3K — 4 $29,567 $118.3K
2 Jan 5-7 34 $117.8K −0.4% 6 $19,629 $284.9K
3 Jan 12-15 MLK Day 26 $470.7K +299.7% 27 $17,434 $827.5K
4 Jan 19-21 17 $1.7M +266.0% 180 $9,571 $2.7M
5 Jan 26-28 11 $2.3M +31.2% 374 $6,042 $5.6M
6 Feb 2-4 6 $3.6M +58.1% 714 $5,002 $10.0M
7 Feb 9-11 6 $2.9M −19.3% 821 $3,513 $13.9M
8 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 10 $3.4M +16.8% 816 $4,129 $18.2M
9 Feb 23-25 10 $2.3M −31.8% 757 $3,037 $21.2M
10 Mar 1-3 9 $2.1M −7.0% 803 $2,663 $24.1M
11 Mar 8-10 11 $1.7M −21.0% 796 $2,123 $26.4M
12 Mar 15-17 13 $1.2M −28.3% 766 $1,582 $28.3M
13 Mar 22-24 12 $1.3M +9.3% 770 $1,720 $30.2M
14 Mar 29-31 11 $1.5M +14.7% 771 $1,970 $32.5M
15 Apr 5-7 14 $1.1M −27.7% 769 $1,428 $34.2M
16 Apr 12-14 13 $857.6K −21.9% 718 $1,194 $35.6M
17 Apr 19-21 17 $593.4K −30.8% 562 $1,056 $36.5M
18 Apr 26-28 22 $344.5K −41.9% 406 $849 $37.1M
19 May 3-5 27 $258.0K −25.1% 314 $822 $37.5M
20 May 10-12 23 $334.2K +29.6% 465 $719 $38.0M
21 May 17-19 27 $281.0K −15.9% 435 $646 $38.5M
22 May 24-26 31 $221.6K −21.1% 286 $775 $38.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.1M
$118.3K
$117.8K
$470.7K
$1.7M
$2.3M
$3.6M
$2.9M
$3.4M
$2.3M
$2.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.0%
−0.4%
W1→2
+299.7%
W2→3
+266.0%
W3→4
+31.2%
W4→5
+58.1%
W5→6
−19.3%
W6→7
+16.8%
W7→8
−31.8%
W8→9
−7.0%
W9→10
Steepest −31.8%Biggest gain +299.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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