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Pulp Fiction

1994 R 2h 34m Crime, Drama Miramax

You won’t know the facts until you’ve seen the fiction.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$102M
Final
Opening Weekend
$9.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
10.9x
Opening → Total
Budget
$8.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$214M
$112M international

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 14-16 1 $9.3M $9.3M 1,338 $7K 1
Oct 21-23 1 $8.4M -9.9% $21.7M 1,489 $6K 2
Oct 28-30 2 $5.7M -32.2% $30.6M 1,494 $4K 3
Nov 4-6 4 $5.1M -9.6% $38.1M 1,494 $3K 4
Nov 11-13 4 $4.1M -20.2% $44.2M 1,404 $3K 5
Nov 18-20 7 $3.0M -26.7% $48.4M 1,151 $3K 6
Nov 25-27 11 $3.2M +7.7% $53.7M 1,011 $3K 7
Dec 2-4 12 $1.7M -48.5% $55.9M 805 $2K 8
Dec 9-11 12 $1.0M -37.5% $57.5M 739 $1K 9
Dec 16-18 12 $961K -7.9% $58.9M 625 $2K 10
Dec 23-26 17 $1.1M +12.5% $60.7M 407 $3K 11
Dec 30-Jan 2 14 $2.1M +90.9% $63.6M 440 $5K 12
Jan 6-8 12 $1.9M -9.8% $66.3M 609 $3K 13
Jan 13-16 15 $1.9M +0.1% $68.9M 643 $3K 14
Jan 20-22 13 $1.6M -16.7% $70.9M 813 $2K 15
Jan 27-29 12 $1.3M -13.5% $72.8M 873 $2K 16
Feb 3-5 13 $1.1M -14.9% $74.5M 823 $1K 17
Feb 10-12 13 $1.2M +6.0% $76.1M 884 $1K 18
Feb 17-20 Presidents' Day 9 $2.9M +137.8% $79.7M 1,008 $3K 19
Feb 24-26 7 $2.4M -17.4% $82.8M 1,051 $2K 20
Mar 3-5 6 $2.1M -10.2% $85.8M 966 $2K 21
Mar 10-12 7 $2.1M +0.4% $88.7M 1,063 $2K 22
Mar 17-19 7 $2.0M -6.2% $91.6M 1,135 $2K 23
Mar 24-26 9 $2.5M +24.9% $95.1M 1,102 $2K 24
Mar 31-Apr 2 9 $2.2M -14.0% $98.3M 1,099 $2K 25
Apr 7-9 12 $1.3M -38.4% $100.3M 918 $1K 26
Apr 14-16 14 $979K -26.4% $101.8M 751 $1K 27

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byQuentin Tarantino
ScreenplayQuentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
StarringJohn Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel
StudioMiramax