One of the greatest heroes in American history never fired a bullet.

Hacksaw Ridge

Name: Hacksaw Ridge
Genre: Drama, War, History
Released: 2016-10-07
Duration: 139 min
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey

Hollywood20162h 19mEnglishTop 58% of Hollywood budgets

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300th of 1,098 in Hollywood

Reported gross: 55
Return on budget: 68
Audience rating: 97
Momentum: 51

Out-grossed 55% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($175M).
Returned 4.4× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
Momentum in the 51st percentile.
Audience rating 8.2 from 15,365 votes, the 97th percentile.

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Cost: $40M
Took: $175M

Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 1.4 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Released: 7 October 2016
Runtime: 2h 19m
Language: English
Industry: Hollywood

Top billedAll 27 credits

Andrew GarfieldDesmond T. Doss
Sam WorthingtonCaptain Glover
Vince VaughnSgt Howell
Teresa PalmerDorothy Schuttle
Luke BraceySmitty Ryker
Hugo WeavingTom Doss

Made by

Director: Mel Gibson
Screenplay: Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
Original Music Composer: Rupert Gregson-Williams
Director of Photography: Simon Duggan
Producer: Terry Benedict, Paul Currie, Bruce Davey, William D. Johnson, Bill Mechanic, Brian Oliver, David Permut

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