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Released
1994 · FILM

Legends of the Fall

A disillusioned ex‑colonel builds a remote Montana ranch with his eclectic family, only to have his Harvard‑educated son return intent on joining the Canadian forces for World War I, forcing everyone to confront loyalties and survival on the frontier.

“After the Fall from Innocence the Legend begins.”

Directed by
Edward Zwick
Written by
Susan Shilliday, William D Wittliff
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
133 min
DramaRomanceWar
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow resides on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Over the course of several decades, the unconventional yet close-knit family is bound by loyalty, tested by war, and ultimately torn apart by love in this epic saga.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 38

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 Steven RosenblumShot by John TollScored by James HornerDesigned by Lilly Kilvert

Box Office

1994 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.4× 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

$160.6M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$160.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $66.6M — 41% of worldwide · International: $94.0M (59%)

Opening weekend: $210K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $210K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 6 theaters

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Also known as

  • Legenden der Leidenschaftde
  • Leyendas de pasiónes
  • Légendes d'automnefr
  • Vento di passioniit

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