Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Redford/Newman film
09/23/1969 AD released
The world premiere of the movie was at the Roger Sherman Theater and was attended by Paul Newman, his wife Joanne Woodward, Robert Redford, George Roy Hill, William Goldman, and John Foreman, among others.
It opened the next day in New York City at the Penthouse and Sutton theaters.
The film grossed $82,625 in its opening week from two theaters in New York City.
It went on to earn $15 million in theatrical rentals in the United States and Canada by the end of 1969.
According to Fox records the film required $13,850,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $36,825,000 so made a considerable profit to the studio.
It eventually returned $45,953,000 in rentals.
With a final US gross of over $100 million, it was the top-grossing film released in 1969. Adjusted for inflation, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ranks as the 34th top-grossing film of all time and in the top 10 for its decade, due in part to subsequent re-releases.
Lattitude: 41.31° N
Longitude: 72.9235° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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