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Midnight Cowboy

1969 • R • 1h 53m • Drama • United Artists

For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.

🍅 89% 88% MC 79 LB 4.15 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Domestic Total
$44.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$44.8M
$12K international
Budget$3.6M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Schlesinger ScreenplayWaldo Salt Produced byJerome Hellman CinematographyAdam Holender Music byJohn Barry StarringJon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro StudioUnited Artists
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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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