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Dances with Wolves (1990) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Dances with Wolves(1990)
Released
1990 · FILM

Dances with Wolves

A war‑scarred Union lieutenant desperate to witness the vanishing American West is dispatched to a remote frontier outpost, where he must battle hostile terrain, relentless Native raids, and his own haunted past to survive.

“Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered.”

Directed by
Kevin Costner, Stephen P Dunn
Written by
Michael Blake, Michael Blake Nm0086658
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
181 min
AdventureDramaWestern

Synopsis

John Dunbar, a wounded Civil War soldier, attempts suicide but ends up being recognized as a hero. As a result, he is assigned to his ideal posting—a remote outpost on the Western frontier. There, he forms an unexpected bond with the local Sioux tribe.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 240+ credited

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 William HoyShot by Dean SemlerScored by John BarryDesigned by Jeffrey BeecroftSound by Bill W Benton Nm0072904Costumes by Elsa Zamparelli

Box Office

1990 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 19× 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

$424.2M

Budget$22.0M
Worldwide gross$424.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $184.2M — 43% of worldwide · International: $240.0M (57%)

Opening weekend: $598K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $967K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 14 theaters

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • extended· 236 min

Also known as

  • Der mit dem Wolf tanztde
  • Bailando con loboses
  • Danza con loboses
  • Danse avec les loupsfr
  • Balla coi lupiit
  • (Croatian)Plesovi sa Vukovima
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesOct 19, 1990
  • CanadaNov 9, 1990

Companies

ProductionTig Productions, Majestic Films International, Allied Filmmakers

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