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The Shawshank Redemption

1994 • R • 2h 22m • Drama • Columbia Pictures

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

🍅 89% 98% MC 82 LB 4.6 IMDb 9.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$727K
Limited · 33 theaters
Domestic Total
$28.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$28.8M
$404K international
Domestic Legs11.8x
Budget$25.0M
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Cast & Crew

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Frank Darabont Frank Darabont Director Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Starring Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman Starring Bob Gunton Bob Gunton Starring Clancy Brown Clancy Brown Starring Gil Bellows Gil Bellows Starring
ScreenplayFrank Darabont Based on"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King Produced byNiki Marvin CinematographyRoger Deakins Music byThomas Newman StudioColumbia Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 23-25 13 $727.3K — 33 $22,040 $727.3K
2 Sep 30-Oct 2 13 $604.3K −16.9% 37 $16,331 $1.6M
3 Oct 7-9 8 $2.0M +225.8% 328 $6,002 $3.9M
4 Oct 14-16 9 $2.4M +22% 944 $2,545 $7.2M
5 Oct 21-23 10 $2.1M −10.8% 972 $2,205 $10.2M
6 Oct 28-30 11 $1.5M −31.4% 929 $1,583 $12.5M
7 Nov 4-6 14 $1.2M −18.3% 910 $1,320 $14.2M
8 Nov 11-13 14 $802.7K −33.2% 611 $1,313 $15.3M
9 Nov 18-20 13 $261.6K −67.4% 322 $812 $15.8M
10 Nov 25-27 16 $166.7K −36.3% 162 $1,028 $16.0M
21 Feb 10-12 17 $25.8K — 22 $1,170 $16.8M
23 Feb 24-26 13 $1.7M — 822 $2,082 $18.6M
24 Mar 3-5 12 $1.5M −14.8% 762 $1,914 $20.6M
25 Mar 10-12 12 $1.1M −23.2% 744 $1,506 $22.2M
26 Mar 17-19 13 $875.4K −21.9% 663 $1,320 $23.5M
27 Mar 24-26 15 $853.7K −2.5% 492 $1,735 $24.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $166.7K
$727.3K
$604.3K
$2.0M
$2.4M
$2.1M
$1.5M
$1.2M
$802.7K
$261.6K
$166.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.3%
−16.9%
W1→2
+225.8%
W2→3
+22%
W3→4
−10.8%
W4→5
−31.4%
W5→6
−18.3%
W6→7
−33.2%
W7→8
−67.4%
W8→9
−36.3%
W9→10
Steepest −67.4%Biggest gain +225.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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