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Released
2003 · FILM

Open Range

A grizzled cattleman and his crew clash with a ruthless cattle baron and his corrupt sheriff in a brutal fight to preserve the last vestiges of the open range.

“No place to run. No reason to hide.”

Directed by
Kevin Costner, Norman Howell
Written by
Lauran Paine, Craig Storper
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
139 min
ActionDramaRomance

Synopsis

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 202+ 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 Miklos WrightShot by J Michael MuroScored by Michael KamenDesigned by Gae S BuckleySound by Barney CabralCostumes by John BloomfieldStunts by Guy BewsVFX by Sarah Coatts

Box Office

2003 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.1× 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

$68.3M

Budget$22.0M
Worldwide gross$68.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $58.3M — 85% of worldwide · International: $10.0M (15%)

Opening weekend: $14.0M — 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $19.8M — 34% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,075 theaters

Also known as

  • Open Range - Weites Landde
  • Weites Landde
  • Terra di confine - Open Rangeit
  • (English)Range
  • (Bulgarian)Свободна територия
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 11, 2003
  • CanadaAug 15, 2003
  • United Arab EmiratesSep 10, 2003
  • GreeceOct 4, 2003

Companies

ProductionTouchstone Pictures, Cobalt Media Group, Tig Productions
DistributionBuena Vista Pictures Distribution, Cobalt Pictures, Buena Vista International, Filmax, Odeon
Special effectsyU+Co.
Other companiesK5 International, Cinesite (Hollywood), Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), Avid, Boone's Animals for Hollywood, CNSO Studios

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