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Shine

1996 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Biography, Drama, Music • Fine Line Features

A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love

🍅 91% 90% MC 87 LB 3.72 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Domestic Total
$35.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$36.7M
$0.9M international
Budget$5.5M
1997 Rank#64
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Cast & Crew

Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Rush Starring Noah Taylor Noah Taylor Starring Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl Starring John Gielgud John Gielgud Starring
ScreenplayJan Sardi Produced byJane Scott CinematographyGeoffrey Simpson Music byDavid Hirschfelder StudioFine Line Features
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 22-24 23 $162.2K — 7 $23,168 $162.2K
2 Nov 29-Dec 1 21 $284.3K +75.3% 10 $28,429 $484.6K
3 Dec 6-8 19 $168.9K −40.6% 10 $16,888 $728.9K
4 Dec 13-15 17 $135.3K −19.9% 10 $13,527 $944.0K
5 Dec 20-22 26 $131.5K −2.8% 10 $13,150 $1.1M
6 Dec 27-29 17 $1.6M +1118.5% 207 $7,741 $3.5M
7 Jan 3-5 16 $1.6M +0.7% 207 $7,798 $6.7M
8 Jan 10-12 17 $1.1M −30.7% 207 $5,406 $8.4M
9 Jan 17-20 MLK 15 $1.8M — 306 $6,019 $10.7M
10 Jan 24-26 14 $1.4M — 314 $4,592 $12.6M
11 Jan 31-Feb 2 17 $1.4M −5.1% 314 $4,355 $14.5M
12 Feb 7-9 15 $1.0M −24.6% 314 $3,282 $16.0M
13 Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day 9 $3.5M — 851 $4,131 $20.0M
14 Feb 21-23 11 $2.3M — 893 $2,557 $23.1M
15 Feb 28-Mar 2 14 $2.2M −4.4% 1,050 $2,079 $26.1M
16 Mar 7-9 14 $1.9M −10.9% 991 $1,962 $28.8M
17 Mar 14-16 17 $1.4M −28.4% 912 $1,526 $30.8M
18 Mar 21-23 14 $1.1M −23.8% 911 $1,164 $32.4M
19 Mar 28-30 17 $797.3K −24.8% 911 $875 $33.7M
20 Apr 4-6 22 $617.5K −22.6% 719 $859 $34.7M
21 Apr 11-13 29 $206.2K −66.6% 369 $559 $35.0M
22 Apr 18-20 34 $136.2K −34.0% 282 $483 $35.3M
23 Apr 25-27 37 $109.9K −19.3% 282 $390 $35.4M
24 May 2-4 43 $74.7K −32.0% 135 $554 $35.6M
25 May 9-11 39 $68.8K −7.9% 128 $538 $35.7M
26 May 16-18 47 $45.0K −34.6% 105 $428 $35.8M
27 May 23-25 57 $31.4K −30.2% 50 $628 $35.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.4M
$162.2K
$284.3K
$168.9K
$135.3K
$131.5K
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.1M
$1.8M
$1.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.7%
+75.3%
W1→2
−40.6%
W2→3
−19.9%
W3→4
−2.8%
W4→5
+1118.5%
W5→6
+0.7%
W6→7
−30.7%
W7→8
Steepest −40.6%Biggest gain +1118.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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