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The Graduate(1967)
Released
1967 · FILM

The Graduate

A recent college graduate is drawn into an illicit affair with an older woman, only to discover that his true love lies with her unsuspecting daughter, forcing him to confront societal expectations and personal desire.

“This is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future.”

Directed by
Mike Nichols, Mike Nichols Nm0001566
Written by
Calder Willingham, Buck Henry
Rated
BBFC · AA
Runtime
106 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

A disillusioned college graduate becomes caught between his older lover and her daughter.

Credits

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 108+ 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 Sam O SteenShot by Robert SurteesDesigned by Richard SylbertCostumes by Patricia Zipprodt

Box Office

1967 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 35× 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

$104.9M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$104.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Re-release box office

20122 theaters
$71K($102K today)
19972 theaters
$38K($78K today)
Total re-release
$109K

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

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Die Reifeprüfungde
  • (Flemish)De laureaat
  • El graduadoes
  • Le lauréatfr
  • Il laureatoit
  • (French)Le lauréat
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 20, 1967
  • CanadaDec 22, 1967
  • BrazilJan 15, 1968
  • ArgentinaFeb 15, 1968

Production & Distribution

Production
Lawrence Turman

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