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Life of Brian

1979 • R • 1h 34m • Comedy • Warner Bros.

He's not the messiah...he's just a naughty boy.

🍅 96% 93% MC 77 LB 4.0 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$140K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$20.2M
All releases
Worldwide Total
$20.5M
$366K international
Budget$4M
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Cast & Crew

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Terry Jones Terry Jones Director Graham Chapman Graham Chapman Starring John Cleese John Cleese Starring Terry Gilliam Terry Gilliam Starring Eric Idle Eric Idle Starring Michael Palin Michael Palin Starring
Written byGraham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 17-19 4 $140.0K — 5 $28,009 $140.0K

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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