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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975 • R • 2h 13m • Drama • United Artists

In this clean, orderly, disciplined world, who needs guys like McMurphy? Everybody.

🍅 92% 96% MC 84 LB 4.37 IMDb 8.6

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Box Office

Opening Weekend
$99.8K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$109M
Final
Worldwide Total
$163.3M
$54.3M international
Domestic Legs1092.4x
Budget$4.4M
1975 Rank#2
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 21-23 1 $100K — $127K 4 $24.9K 1
Nov 28-30 1 $109K +9.4% $323K 4 $27.3K 2
Dec 5-7 1 $87K -20.1% $473K 4 $21.8K 3

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byMiloš Forman
ScreenplayLawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
Produced bySaul Zaentz, Michael Douglas
CinematographyHaskell Wexler
Music byJack Nitzsche
StarringJack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, William Redfield, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd
StudioUnited Artists

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