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Sense and Sensibility

1995 • PG • 2h 16m • Drama, Romance • Columbia Pictures

Lose your heart and come to your senses.

🍅 97% 90% MC 84 LB 3.87 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$3.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$43.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$135M
$92M international
Domestic Legs13.0x
Budget$16.5M
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Cast & Crew

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Ang Lee Ang Lee Director Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Starring Kate Winslet Kate Winslet Starring Hugh Grant Hugh Grant Starring Alan Rickman Alan Rickman Starring Gemma Jones Gemma Jones Starring
ScreenplayEmma Thompson Produced byLindsay Doran CinematographyMichael Coulter Music byPatrick Doyle StudioColumbia Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 15-17 11 $721.3K — 70 $10,305 $921.1K
2 Dec 22-25 Christmas 18 $883.9K +22.5% 70 $12,627 $2.2M
3 Dec 29-Jan 1 New Year's 17 $1.4M +55.3% 70 $19,611 $4.3M
4 Jan 5-7 14 $1.9M +38.6% 190 $10,012 $6.7M
5 Jan 12-15 MLK Day 14 $2.2M +15.8% 203 $10,854 $9.7M
6 Jan 19-21 10 $3.3M +50.0% 595 $5,555 $13.5M
7 Jan 26-28 8 $2.9M −12.0% 608 $4,782 $17.9M
8 Feb 2-4 10 $2.2M −23.4% 608 $3,662 $21.2M
9 Feb 9-11 9 $2.4M +8.0% 952 $2,525 $24.3M
10 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 9 $3.6M +50.4% 1,054 $3,430 $29.2M
11 Feb 23-25 11 $2.2M −39.0% 1,054 $2,092 $32.3M
12 Mar 1-3 11 $1.6M −27.3% 958 $1,673 $34.6M
13 Mar 8-10 13 $1.1M −31.2% 808 $1,364 $36.3M
14 Mar 15-17 15 $821.0K −25.5% 702 $1,169 $37.5M
15 Mar 22-24 15 $1.1M +30.1% 1,000 $1,068 $39.0M
16 Mar 29-31 19 $646.3K −39.5% 692 $934 $40.1M
17 Apr 5-7 24 $355.0K −45.1% 477 $744 $40.7M
18 Apr 12-14 29 $200.6K −43.5% 336 $597 $41.0M
19 Apr 19-21 35 $110.9K −44.7% 221 $502 $41.2M
20 Apr 26-28 34 $90.6K −18.3% 132 $686 $41.4M
21 May 3-5 41 $78.1K −13.8% 89 $878 $41.5M
22 May 10-12 46 $57.7K −26.2% 72 $801 $41.5M
23 May 17-19 54 $41.3K −28.5% 66 $625 $41.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.6M
$721.3K
$883.9K
$1.4M
$1.9M
$2.2M
$3.3M
$2.9M
$2.2M
$2.4M
$3.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +50.4%
+22.5%
W1→2
+55.3%
W2→3
+38.6%
W3→4
+15.8%
W4→5
+50.0%
W5→6
−12.0%
W6→7
−23.4%
W7→8
+8.0%
W8→9
+50.4%
W9→10
Steepest −23.4%Biggest gain +55.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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