The Last Emperor

Name: The Last Emperor
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: 1987
Cast: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong

1987 • PG-13 • 2h 43m • Biography, Drama, History • Columbia Pictures

1500 slaves. 353,260,000 royal subjects. Warlords. Concubines. And 2 wives. He was the loneliest boy in the world.

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3.94

7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$149K

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$44M

Final

Domestic Legs12.9x

Budget$25M

Theaters877

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBernardo Bertolucci ScreenplayMark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci Produced byJeremy Thomas CinematographyVittorio Storaro Music byRyuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su StarringJohn Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

4 Dec 11-13 13 $402.3K — 29 $13,871 $1.3M

6 Dec 25-27 14 $999.0K — 92 $10,859 $3.7M

7 Jan 1-3 15 $1.1M +12.5% 94 $11,959 $5.6M

10 Jan 22-24 17 $678.8K — 108 $6,285 $8.8M

17 Mar 11-13 11 $1.1M — 479 $2,310 $21.0M

18 Mar 18-20 11 $876.9K −20.8% 371 $2,364 $22.1M

19 Mar 25-27 12 $842.6K −3.9% 428 $1,969 $23.3M

20 Apr 1-3 13 $560.5K −33.5% 386 $1,452 $24.1M

21 Apr 8-10 12 $837.4K +49.4% 460 $1,820 $25.2M

22 Apr 15-17 4 $3.4M +305.9% 877 $3,875 $29.3M

23 Apr 22-24 6 $2.6M −23.6% 877 $2,962 $33.1M

24 Apr 29-May 1 9 $1.8M −31.5% 851 $2,092 $35.6M

25 May 6-8 8 $1.3M −29.4% 817 $1,538 $37.4M

26 May 13-15 9 $1.1M −15.9% 763 $1,384 $38.9M

27 May 20-22 10 $930.7K −11.9% 792 $1,175 $40.3M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $678.8K

$402.3K

$999.0K

$1.1M

$678.8K

W4W6W7W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +12.5%

+12.5%

W6→7

Smallest gain +12.5%Biggest gain +12.5%

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