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Released
1992 · FILM

The Power of One

“An exhilarating epic of a triumph of the heart.”

Directed by
John G Avildsen
Written by
Bryce Courtenay, Robert Mark Kamen
Runtime
127 min
DramaSport

Synopsis

PK, an English orphan in Africa, is tormented for his family's political beliefs. He finds solace in Geel Piet, a kind and wise prisoner who becomes his only friend. Geel teaches him how to box, instilling in him the motto "fight with your fists and lead with your heart." As PK matures into manhood, he uses these principles to challenge the system and confront the injustices he witnesses, ultimately discovering that one individual can indeed make a difference.

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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 G AvildsenShot by Dean SemlerScored by Hans ZimmerDesigned by Roger Hall

Box Office

1992 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.2× 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

$2.8M

Budget$18.0M
Worldwide gross$2.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $684K — 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $881K — 31% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 143 theaters

Also known as

  • Im Glanz der Sonnede
  • La Puissance de l'angefr
  • La forza del singoloit

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