Dead Poets Society
“He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.”
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Genres
Drama
Studio
A Steven Haft Production
Language
en
Status
Released
How Dead Poets Society performed
Budget
$16.4M
Worldwide Gross
$235.9M
Gross Profit
$219.5M
Return
14.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$34M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
John Keating
Robin Williams
John Keating
Neil Perry
Robert Sean Leonard
Neil Perry
Todd Anderson
Ethan Hawke
Todd Anderson
Knox Overstreet
Josh Charles
Knox Overstreet
Charlie Dalton
Gale Hansen
Charlie Dalton
Richard Cameron
Dylan Kussman
Richard Cameron
Steven Meeks
Allelon Ruggiero
Steven Meeks
Gerard Pitts
James Waterston
Gerard Pitts
Mr. Nolan
Norman Lloyd
Mr. Nolan
Mr. Perry
Kurtwood Smith
Mr. Perry
Mrs. Perry
Carla Belver
Mrs. Perry
McAllister
Leon Pownall
McAllister
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