Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

The Shawshank Redemption

Name: The Shawshank Redemption
Genre: Drama
Released: 1994-09-23
Duration: 142 min
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown

Hollywood19942h 22mEnglishTop 72% of Hollywood budgets

31Standing

879th of 1,098 in Hollywood

Reported gross: 15
Return on budget: 15
Audience rating: 100
Momentum: 1

Out-grossed 15% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($28M).
Returned 1.1× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
Momentum in the 1st percentile.
Audience rating 8.7 from 31,473 votes, the 100th percentile.

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Cost: $25M
Took: $28M

Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 0.4 times what a typical release there does.

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The picture

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Released: 23 September 1994
Runtime: 2h 22m
Language: English
Industry: Hollywood

Top billedAll 20 credits

Tim RobbinsAndy Dufresne
Morgan FreemanEllis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Bob GuntonWarden Norton
William SadlerHeywood
Clancy BrownCaptain Byron T. Hadley
Gil BellowsTommy

Made by

Director: Frank Darabont
Screenplay: Frank Darabont
Original Music Composer: Thomas Newman
Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
Producer: Niki Marvin

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Drama

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