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The Princess Bride

1987 • PG • 1h 38m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • 20th Century Fox

It's as real as the feelings you feel.

🍅 93% 94% MC 78 LB 4.09 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$206K
Limited · 9 theaters
Domestic Total
$30.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$31.1M
$193K international
Domestic Legs6.9x
Budget$15M
1987 Rank#36
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Cast & Crew

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Rob Reiner Rob Reiner Director Cary Elwes Cary Elwes Starring Robin Wright Robin Wright Starring Mandy Patinkin Mandy Patinkin Starring Chris Sarandon Chris Sarandon Starring Christopher Guest Christopher Guest Starring
ScreenplayWilliam Goldman Produced byRob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman CinematographyAdrian Biddle Music byMark Knopfler Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 25-27 29 $206.2K — 9 $22,916 $206.2K
2 Oct 2-4 25 $204.2K −1.0% 9 $22,689 $500.8K
3 Oct 9-11 3 $4.5M +2,094.0% 622 $7,203 $5.1M
4 Oct 16-18 3 $3.6M −18.9% 623 $5,830 $9.4M
5 Oct 23-25 4 $3.3M −10.1% 788 $4,143 $13.6M
6 Oct 30-Nov 1 7 $2.0M −37.4% 787 $2,597 $16.3M
7 Nov 6-8 11 $1.9M −6.3% 693 $2,762 $18.9M
8 Nov 13-15 9 $1.6M −14.4% 732 $2,238 $21.3M
9 Nov 20-22 11 $1.2M −28.9% 786 $1,482 $22.9M
12 Dec 11-13 15 $369.3K — 627 $589 $26.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 9 · $1.2M
$206.2K
$204.2K
$4.5M
$3.6M
$3.3M
$2.0M
$1.9M
$1.6M
$1.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −28.9%
−1.0%
W1→2
+2,094.0%
W2→3
−18.9%
W3→4
−10.1%
W4→5
−37.4%
W5→6
−6.3%
W6→7
−14.4%
W7→8
−28.9%
W8→9
Steepest −37.4%Biggest gain +2,094.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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