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Released
1987 · FILM

Roxanne

A charismatic fire chief with an oversized nose must help his shy deputy woo the brilliant astronomer he secretly loves—risking his own heart in a witty battle of words and desire.

Roxanne dreamed of a handsome, intelligent, romantic man. C.D. Bales is two out of three—but looks aren't everything.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
107 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

In this modern adaptation of Edmond Rostand's classic play *Cyrano de Bergerac*, C. D. Bales is a witty, intelligent, and brave fire chief in a small Pacific Northwest town who, due to his large nose, refrains from pursuing Roxanne Kowalski, the woman he loves. When his shy subordinate, Chris McConnell, falls for Roxanne, C.D. helps him by providing the words of love needed to win her affection.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 John ScottShot by Ian BakerScored by Bruce SmeatonDesigned by Jackson De Govia

Box Office

1987 · Box office

Made its money back — grossed 3.3× 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

$40.1M

Budget$12.0M
Worldwide gross$40.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $4.6M 11% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $7.4M19% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 847 theaters

Also known as

  • Roxaneit

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