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Romeo + Juliet(1996)
Released
1996 · FILM

Romeo + Juliet

When rival heirs Benvolio and Romeo crash a high‑stakes Capulet gala to win over their loves, they must outwit a deadly family feud and a relentless police captain before the night’s violence shatters Verona Beach’s fragile peace.

“My only love sprung from my only hate.”

Directed by
Baz Luhrmann, Monica Castellanos
Written by
William Shakespeare, Craig Pearce
Rated
BBFC · 12
Runtime
120 min
DramaRomance

Synopsis

Claire Danes recalled a moment from the 1996 film *Romeo + Juliet* during a recent interview with Richard Gadd for *Variety*'s *Actors on Actors* series. She remembered Leonardo DiCaprio telling her not to play with the prop guns on set, a memory she found particularly notable in light of his later Oscar success. The film, known for its emotionally intense scenes, marked Danes' first major role when she was 17 years old.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 236+ 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 Jill BilcockShot by Donald McalpineScored by Marius De VriesDesigned by Catherine MartinSound by Fernando Camara Nm0194569Costumes by Kym BarrettVFX by Daniel Chuba

Box Office

1996 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 10× 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

$147.3M

Budget$14.5M
Worldwide gross$147.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $46.4M — 31% of worldwide · International: $100.9M (69%)

Opening weekend: $11.1M — 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $14.5M — 31% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,276 theaters

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Also known as

  • Romeo & Juliade
  • William Shakespeares Romeo & Juliade
  • William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliade
  • Romeo & Julieten
  • William Shakespeare's Romeo & Julieten
  • William Shakespeare's Romeo + Julieten
  • Roméo + Juliettefr
  • Romeo + Giulietta di William Shakespeareit
  • (Bulgarian)Ромео и Жулиета
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesOct 27, 1996
  • CanadaNov 1, 1996
  • Puerto RicoNov 21, 1996

Production & Distribution

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20th Century FoxBazmark Films

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