South Korea Box Office for Dead Poets Society (1989)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
South Korea Box Office $702,155Details
Worldwide Box Office $239,500,000Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$16,400,000
South Korea Releases: May 19th, 1990 (Wide)
Video Release: November 10th, 1998
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 128 minutes
Keywords: Boarding School, Coming of Age, Inspirational Teacher, New Guy/Girl in School, Dysfunctional Family, Suicide, First Love, Writing and Writers, Performing Arts, Inspired by a True Story, Coming-of-Age Drama, Filmed in St. Andrew’s School, Middletown, DE, Filmed in Middletown, DE, Filmed in New Castle County, DE, Filmed in Delaware, United States, Filmed in United States, Filmed in New Castle, DE, Filmed in Wilmington, DE, Filmed in Everett Theatre, Middletown, DE, Filmed in Beaver Valley Rock Shelter/Indian Cave, Wilmington, DE, 1990 Oscars Best Picture Nominee
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2016/08/26 16 $60,726   71 $855   $91,217 1,372
2016/09/02 20 $29,884 -51% 53 $564   $150,015 1,373
2021/04/02 14 $17,874   103 $174   $416,235 1,612
2021/04/09 - $1,440 -92% 12 $120   $424,037 1,613

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
North America 6/2/1989 $0 0 1,109 9,927 $95,860,116
South Korea 5/19/1990 $0 0 103 239 $702,155 4/15/2021
 
Rest of World $142,937,729
 
Worldwide Total$239,500,000 4/15/2021

Leading Cast

Robin Williams    John Keating

Uncategorized

Ethan Hawke    Todd Anderson
Robert Sean Leonard    Neil Perry
Josh Charles    Knox Overstreet
Kurtwood Smith    Mr. Perry
Jamie Kennedy    Extra (uncredited)
Lara Flynn Boyle    Ginny Danburry
Melora Walters    Gloria

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Peter Weir    Director