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The Sound of Music

1965 • G • 2h 54m • Musical • 20th Century Fox

The happiest sound in all the world!

🍅 83% 99% MC 63 LB 4.25 IMDb 8.1

The Sound of Music Box Office

Domestic Total
$164.8M
Incl. re-releases
Worldwide Total
$287.8M
$123.0M international
Theaters1,219
Budget$8.2M
1965 Rank#1
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 12-14 10 $1.60M — $164.82M 1,219 $1.3K 3159

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Wise
ScreenplayErnest Lehman
Produced byRobert Wise
CinematographyTed McCord
Music byRichard Rodgers
StarringJulie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood
Studio20th Century Fox

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