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Lawrence of Arabia(1962)
Released
1962 · FILM

Lawrence of Arabia

A tenacious archivist races to expose a covert cabal of British elites who conspired to silence T.E. Lawrence, risking her own life as the truth threatens to rewrite history and ignite a new geopolitical firestorm.

“Nothing is written.”

Directed by
David Lean, Roy Stevens
Written by
Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
227 min
AdventureBiographyDrama

Synopsis

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward "T.E." Lawrence works to unite and lead the often-conflicting Arab tribes in a coordinated effort to resist Turkish rule.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 286+ 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 Anne V CoatesShot by Freddie YoungScored by Maurice JarreDesigned by John BoxCostumes by Phyllis DaltonStunts by Richard Graydon

Box Office

1962 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.7× 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

$70.0M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$70.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Re-release box office

2019661 theaters
$774K($1.0M today)
20026 theaters
$554K($1.0M today)
Total re-release
$1.3M

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • 1962, premiere· 222 min · 1962
  • cut, 1962, theatrical· 202 min · 1962
  • re-release, 1970· 188 min · 1970
  • 1988, restored· 227 min · 1988

Also known as

  • Lawrence von Arabiende
  • Lawrence de Arabiaes
  • Lawrence d'Arabiefr
  • Lawrence d'Arabiait
  • (English)Lawrence of Arabia
  • (Bulgarian)Лорънс Арабски
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United KingdomDec 10, 1962
  • United StatesDec 16, 1962

Production & Distribution

Production
Horizon Pictures (II)

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