Dances with Wolves
“Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered.”
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Western
Studio
Tig Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Dances with Wolves performed
Budget
$22.0M
Worldwide Gross
$424.2M
Gross Profit
$402.2M
Return
19.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$49M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Lieutenant Dunbar
Kevin Costner
Lieutenant Dunbar
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Mary McDonnell
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Graham Greene
Kicking Bird
Wind In His Hair
Rodney A. Grant
Wind In His Hair
Ten Bears
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Ten Bears
Black Shawl
Tantoo Cardinal
Black Shawl
Timmons
Robert Pastorelli
Timmons
Lieutenant Elgin
Charles Rocket
Lieutenant Elgin
Major Fambrough
Maury Chaykin
Major Fambrough
Stone Calf
Jimmy Herman
Stone Calf
Smiles A Lot
Nathan Lee Chasing Horse
Smiles A Lot
Otter
Michael Spears
Otter
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