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Released
1995 · FILM

Circle of Friends

For everyone who ever thought the person they loved was out of their reach

Directed by
Runtime
103 min
DramaRomance

Synopsis

Three college roommates, once close friends from childhood, navigate the complexities of young love, intimacy, and betrayal. At the heart of their intertwined stories is the most attractive boy on campus, who becomes the object of their affections and ambitions. The question remains: can a shy, introspective dreamer win the most sought-after prize?

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John JympsonShot by Kenneth MacmillanScored by Michael KamenDesigned by Jim Clay

Box Office

1995 · Box office

Made its money back — grossed 3.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$45.0M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$45.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $23.4M 52% of worldwide · International: $21.6M (48%)

Opening weekend: $126K 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $239K1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4 theaters

Also known as

  • Circle of Friends - Im Kreis der Freundede
  • Círculo de amigoses
  • Le Cercle des amiesfr
  • Amicheit

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