The Shawshank Redemption

A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.

Grosses

Domestic (98.7%)
$28,341,469
Summary Details
DistributorColumbia Pictures
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Opening$727,327
33 theaters
Budget$25,000,000
Release Date (Wide)Sep 23, 1994 (Oct 14, 1994)
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 22 min
GenresDrama
In Release465 days/66 weeks
Widest Release972 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Sep 23-2513$727,327-33-$22,040$727,3271
Sep 30-Oct 213$604,259-16.9%37+4$16,331$1,642,6352
Oct 7-98$1,968,808+225.8%328+291$6,002$3,881,7343
Oct 14-169$2,402,549+22%944+616$2,545$7,151,0564
Oct 21-2310$2,143,375-10.8%972+28$2,205$10,235,4015
Oct 28-3011$1,470,640-31.4%929-43$1,583$12,469,4846
Nov 4-614$1,201,378-18.3%910-19$1,320$14,210,0847
Nov 11-1314$802,672-33.2%611-299$1,313$15,318,8128
Nov 18-2013$261,648-67.4%322-289$812$15,753,5389
Nov 25-27
Thanksgiving 3-Day
16$166,676-36.3%162-160$1,028$16,019,18710
Feb 10-1217$25,751-22-$1,170$16,776,15321
Feb 24-2613$1,712,200-822-$2,082$18,605,91123
Mar 3-512$1,458,720-14.8%762-60$1,914$20,623,78924
Mar 10-1212$1,120,701-23.2%744-18$1,506$22,215,25425
Mar 17-1913$875,446-21.9%663-81$1,320$23,507,83126
Mar 24-2615$853,694-2.5%492-171$1,735$24,774,21727