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The English Patient

1996 R 2h 42m Drama, Romance, War Miramax

In love, there are no boundaries.

The English Patient Box Office

Opening Weekend
$278.4K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$78.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$231.7M
$153.0M international
Budget$35.0M
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 15-17 26 $278K $278K 10 $27.8K 1
Nov 22-24 8 $2.71M +874.4% $3.21M 268 $10.1K 2
Nov 29-Dec 1 7 $5.55M +104.6% $9.29M 593 $9.4K 3
Dec 6-8 7 $2.71M -51.2% $13.22M 617 $4.4K 4
Dec 13-15 10 $1.78M -34.3% $16.02M 683 $2.6K 5
Dec 20-22 13 $1.67M -6.1% $18.43M 612 $2.7K 6
Dec 27-29 14 $2.66M +59.2% $22.76M 582 $4.6K 7
Jan 3-5 11 $2.73M +2.7% $28.01M 582 $4.7K 8
Jan 10-12 14 $2.02M -26.0% $31.00M 561 $3.6K 9
Jan 17-19 14 $2.34M +15.5% $34.12M 553 $4.2K 10
Jan 24-26 13 $1.92M -18.0% $36.67M 615 $3.1K 11
Jan 31-Feb 2 14 $1.85M -3.2% $39.21M 655 $2.8K 12
Feb 7-9 8 $2.24M +20.8% $42.01M 1,042 $2.1K 13
Feb 14-16 8 $4.59M +104.9% $47.74M 1,115 $4.1K 14
Feb 21-23 10 $2.82M -38.4% $51.53M 1,186 $2.4K 15
Feb 28-Mar 2 13 $2.23M -21.1% $54.75M 1,144 $1.9K 16
Mar 7-9 13 $2.01M -9.9% $57.55M 1,004 $2.0K 17
Mar 14-16 13 $1.90M -5.3% $60.32M 948 $2.0K 18
Mar 21-23 10 $2.02M +6.0% $63.15M 1,002 $2.0K 19
Mar 28-30 8 $3.02M +49.8% $67.60M 1,409 $2.1K 20
Apr 4-6 11 $2.03M -32.8% $71.06M 1,300 $1.6K 21
Apr 11-13 14 $1.27M -37.4% $73.04M 1,005 $1.3K 22
Apr 18-20 16 $814K -36.0% $74.33M 677 $1.2K 23
Apr 25-27 14 $658K -19.2% $75.31M 516 $1.3K 24
May 2-4 20 $366K -44.3% $75.88M 386 $949 25
May 9-11 20 $233K -36.4% $76.26M 315 $740 26
May 16-18 20 $221K -5.2% $76.59M 302 $731 27
May 23-25 26 $220K -0.4% $76.93M 190 $1.2K 28
May 30-Jun 1 31 $111K -49.7% $77.09M 139 $795 29
Jun 6-8 36 $62K -43.9% $77.21M 90 $689 30
Jun 13-15 40 $53K -15.2% $77.29M 90 $584 31
Jun 20-22 45 $42K -20.6% $77.37M 67 $623 32
Jun 27-29 53 $22K -47.1% $77.41M 41 $538 33
Jul 4-6 56 $18K -20.6% $77.44M 31 $565 34
Jul 11-13 20 $185K +952.9% $77.64M 234 $789 35
Jul 18-20 31 $93K -49.8% $77.85M 123 $753 36
Jul 25-27 37 $61K -34.3% $77.98M 83 $733 37
Aug 1-3 49 $31K -48.7% $78.05M 51 $612 38
Aug 15-17 32 $165K $78.26M 318 $519 40
Aug 22-24 41 $88K -46.7% $78.47M 178 $494 41
Aug 29-31 43 $82K -6.4% $78.60M 112 $735 42
Sep 5-7 54 $29K -64.4% $78.65M 122 $240 43

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byAnthony Minghella
ScreenplayAnthony Minghella
Produced bySaul Zaentz
CinematographyJohn Seale
Music byGabriel Yared
StarringRalph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth
StudioMiramax

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