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Released
1993 · FILM

Geronimo: An American Legend

Apache leader Geronimo leads a desperate fight for freedom as he evades U.S. forces and broken promises, determined to reclaim his people's land and dignity in a brutal struggle for survival.

“A Warrior. A Leader. A Legend.”

Directed by
Walter Hill
Written by
John Milius, Larry Gross
Runtime
115 min
DramaHistoryWestern

Synopsis

The Apache people have reluctantly agreed to settle on a reservation approved by the U.S. government. However, not all Apaches are able to adjust to the new life of corn farming. One individual, Geronimo, remains restless. Driven to the breaking point by broken promises and necessary government actions, Geronimo and approximately thirty other warriors form an attack team. They humiliate the government by evading capture and reclaiming what they believe is rightfully theirs.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Donn AronShot by Lloyd Ahern IiScored by Ry CooderDesigned by Joe Alves

Box Office

1993 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× 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

$18.6M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$18.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Geronimode
  • Geronimo - Das Blut der Apachende
  • Geronimo – Eine Legendede

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