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Legends of the Fall

1994 • R • 2h 13m • Drama, Romance, War, Western • TriStar Pictures

After the Fall from Innocence the Legend begins.

🍅 61% 87% MC 45 LB 3.57 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Domestic Total
$66.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$161M
$94M international
Budget$30.0M
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Cast & Crew

Full Zwick filmography
Edward Zwick Edward Zwick Director Brad Pitt Brad Pitt Starring Anthony Hopkins Anthony Hopkins Starring Aidan Quinn Aidan Quinn Starring Julia Ormond Julia Ormond Starring Henry Thomas Henry Thomas Starring
ScreenplaySusan Shilliday, William D. Wittliff Produced byEdward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, William D. Wittliff CinematographyJohn Toll Music byJames Horner StudioTriStar Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 23-26 Christmas 39 $101.7K — 6 $16,945 $101.7K
2 Dec 30-Jan 2 New Year's 30 $254.3K +150% 7 $36,324 $464.4K
3 Jan 6-8 30 $229.5K −10% 7 $32,791 $791.4K
4 Jan 13-16 MLK 1 $14.0M +6,016% 2,005 $7,002 $15.0M
5 Jan 20-22 1 $9.0M −36% 2,038 $4,419 $26.7M
6 Jan 27-29 1 $6.3M −30% 2,038 $3,096 $35.5M
7 Feb 3-5 1 $5.1M −19% 2,038 $2,508 $42.6M
8 Feb 10-12 3 $4.5M −13% 2,038 $2,190 $48.5M
9 Feb 17-20 Presidents' Day 6 $4.0M −10% 1,941 $2,064 $53.9M
10 Feb 24-26 6 $2.6M −35% 1,677 $1,562 $57.2M
11 Mar 3-5 9 $1.8M −29% 1,203 $1,537 $59.7M
12 Mar 10-12 10 $1.3M −31% 1,018 $1,249 $61.5M
13 Mar 17-19 14 $801.0K −37% 843 $950 $62.7M
14 Mar 24-26 25 $288.9K −64% 529 $546 $63.2M
15 Mar 31-Apr 2 29 $176.5K −39% 373 $473 $63.6M
16 Apr 7-9 29 $178.6K +1% 305 $586 $63.8M
17 Apr 14-16 38 $101.5K −43% 233 $436 $64.0M
18 Apr 21-23 49 $43.8K −57% 195 $225 $64.0M
19 Apr 28-30 21 $416.9K +852% 681 $612 $64.4M
20 May 5-7 17 $401.9K −4% 538 $747 $65.1M
21 May 12-14 22 $265.6K −34% 400 $664 $65.5M
22 May 19-21 25 $218.5K −18% 311 $702 $65.8M
23 May 26-29 Memorial Day 31 $155.3K −29% 117 $1,327 $66.1M
24 Jun 2-4 27 $134.2K −14% 126 $1,065 $66.2M
25 Jun 9-11 54 $26.2K −81% 41 $638 $66.3M
26 Jun 16-18 43 $54.6K +109% 60 $909 $66.4M
27 Jun 23-25 54 $30.9K −43% 37 $835 $66.5M
28 Jun 30-Jul 2 54 $24.2K −22% 26 $931 $66.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.6M
$101.7K
$254.3K
$229.5K
$14.0M
$9.0M
$6.3M
$5.1M
$4.5M
$4.0M
$2.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35%
+150%
W1→2
−10%
W2→3
+6,016%
W3→4
−36%
W4→5
−30%
W5→6
−19%
W6→7
−13%
W7→8
−10%
W8→9
−35%
W9→10
Steepest −36%Biggest gain +6,016%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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