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Released
1996 · FILM

DragonHeart

A disillusioned knight teams up with the world’s last dragon to overthrow a ruthless king, but must balance his quest for justice with an unlikely bond that could change both their fates.

“You will believe.”

Directed by
Rob Cohen
Written by
Patrick Read Johnson, Charles Edward Pogue
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
103 min
ActionAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

In a time long past when mighty fire-breathing dragons still ruled the skies, a knight named Bowen encounters the last dragon on Earth, Draco, in a meeting of both face and heart. As he takes up arms against a tyrannical king, Bowen soon discovers that his mission will prove far more challenging than he anticipated.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 28

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 Peter AmundsonShot by David EggbyScored by Randy EdelmanDesigned by Benjamin Fernandez

Box Office

1996 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.0× 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

$115.3M

Budget$57.0M
Worldwide gross$115.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $51.4M — 45% of worldwide · International: $63.9M (55%)

Opening weekend: $15.0M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $19.9M — 39% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,130 theaters

Also known as

  • Coeur de dragonfr
  • Cœur de dragonfr

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