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Dead Poets Society

Domestic Total Gross: $95,860,116
Distributor: Buena VistaRelease Date: June 2, 1989
Genre: DramaRuntime: 2 hrs. 8 min.
MPAA Rating: PGProduction Budget: N/A

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic:  $95,860,116    40.6%
+ Foreign:  $140,000,000    59.4%
= Worldwide:  $235,860,116  
Domestic Summary
Release Dates:  June 2, 1989 (limited)
 June 9, 1989 (wide)
Limited Opening Weekend: $340,456
(8 theaters, $42,557 average)
Wide Opening Weekend: $7,540,464
(#3 rank, 687 theaters, $10,975 average)
% of Total Gross: 7.9%
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Widest Release:  1,109 theaters
The Players
Director:Peter Weir
Actors:Ethan Hawke
Robin Williams
1989 Academy Awards®
Nominated for Four Oscars, Including One Win.
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Genres
Genre Rank
Drama - Summer 19
School - Prep / Boarding / Catholic 7
Teacher - Inspirational 1
Charts
Chart Rank
All Time Domestic 559
All Time Worldwide 409
Yearly 1989 10
Yearly Opening Weekends 1989 134
Yearly PG Rated 1989 5
Worldwide Yearly 1989 5
Opening Weeks 1,663
Movies That Never Hit #1 112
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted 162
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends 118
Opening Weekends 1,962
Eleventh Weekends 183
Ninth Weekends 171
Tenth Weekends 144
Twelfth Weekends 148
Independence Day Weekends 125
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 77
Rated G and PG 192
Rated PG 152
Best Picture Nomination Effect 158
BOM Users' Grades 163
BOM Users' Grades (1989 Releases) 9
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on October 5, 1989) 70
Yearly (Wide) 1989 9
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1989 31
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1989 26
Opening Weeks Adjusted 1,185
Movies That Never #1 Adjusted 36
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted 151
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted 76
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted 57
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted 125
Opening Weekends Adjusted - June 199
Opening Weekends Adjusted 1,526
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted 159
Ninth Weekends Adjusted 134
Tenth Weekends Adjusted 115
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted 129
Fifth Weekends Adjusted 185
Sixth Weekends Adjusted 159
Seventh Weekends Adjusted 141
Eighth Weekends Adjusted 148
Rated G and PG Adjusted 173
Rated PG Adjusted 127
 
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