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Dead Poets Society(1989)
Released
1989 · FILM

Dead Poets Society

A shy new student at a strict prep school finds inspiration in an unorthodox English teacher who challenges the boys to think for themselves—even as the school's rigid authority threatens to crush their spirit.

“He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.”

Directed by
Peter Weir, Alan B Curtiss
Written by
Tom Schulman
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
128 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 229+ 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 M AndersonShot by John SealeScored by Maurice JarreDesigned by Wendy StitesSound by Alan Splet

Box Office

1989 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 14× 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

$235.9M

Budget$16.4M
Worldwide gross$235.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $95.9M — 41% of worldwide · International: $140.0M (59%)

Opening weekend: $340K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $607K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 8 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • laserdisc· 140 min

Also known as

  • Der Club der toten Dichterde
  • La sociedad de los poetas conchudoses
  • Le Cercle des poètes disparusfr
  • L'attimo fuggenteit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • CanadaJun 2, 1989
  • United StatesJun 2, 1989
  • AustraliaJul 20, 1989
  • FranceSep 1, 1989

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