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Twelve Monkeys

1995 • R • 2h 9m • Drama, Science Fiction • Universal Pictures

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🍅 88% 88% MC 75 LB 3.89 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$179K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$57.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$168.8M
$111.7M international
Domestic Legs4.2x
Budget$29M
1996 Rank#23
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Cast & Crew

Full Gilliam filmography
Terry Gilliam Terry Gilliam Director Bruce Willis Bruce Willis Starring Madeleine Stowe Madeleine Stowe Starring Brad Pitt Brad Pitt Starring Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer Starring David Morse David Morse Starring
ScreenplayDavid Peoples, Janet Peoples Produced byCharles Roven CinematographyRoger Pratt Music byPaul Buckmaster StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 29-31 31 $178.7K — 3 $59,577 $258.9K
2 Jan 5-7 1 $13.6M +7,520.8% 1,533 $8,885 $14.0M
3 Jan 12-14 1 $11.5M −15.6% 1,582 $7,270 $30.7M
4 Jan 19-21 3 $6.2M −46.2% 1,610 $3,845 $39.1M
5 Jan 26-28 4 $3.9M −36.3% 1,629 $2,420 $45.0M
6 Feb 2-4 7 $2.9M −25.8% 1,612 $1,815 $49.3M
7 Feb 9-11 11 $1.7M −41.7% 1,434 $1,190 $51.8M
8 Feb 16-18 18 $873.9K −48.8% 622 $1,405 $53.3M
9 Feb 23-25 26 $355.5K −59.3% 352 $1,010 $53.9M
10 Mar 1-3 29 $270.8K −23.8% 306 $885 $54.3M
11 Mar 8-10 18 $638.9K +135.9% 687 $930 $55.0M
12 Mar 15-17 20 $436.8K −31.6% 546 $800 $55.8M
13 Mar 22-24 24 $341.0K −21.9% 421 $810 $56.3M
14 Mar 29-31 29 $205.1K −39.9% 258 $795 $56.7M
15 Apr 5-7 31 $145.4K −29.1% 190 $765 $56.9M
16 Apr 12-14 33 $133.4K −8.2% 157 $850 $57.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $270.8K
$178.7K
$13.6M
$11.5M
$6.2M
$3.9M
$2.9M
$1.7M
$873.9K
$355.5K
$270.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.8%
+7,520.8%
W1→2
−15.6%
W2→3
−46.2%
W3→4
−36.3%
W4→5
−25.8%
W5→6
−41.7%
W6→7
−48.8%
W7→8
−59.3%
W8→9
−23.8%
W9→10
Steepest −59.3%Biggest gain +7,520.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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