The Green Mile
“Paul Edgecomb didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one.”
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Genres
Fantasy, Drama, Crime
Studio
Castle Rock Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Green Mile performed
Budget
$60.0M
Worldwide Gross
$286.8M
Gross Profit
$226.8M
Return
4.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$32M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~32/68, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Fantasy) 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
Paul Edgecomb
Tom Hanks
Paul Edgecomb
Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
David Morse
Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
Jan Edgecomb
Bonnie Hunt
Jan Edgecomb
John Coffey
Michael Clarke Duncan
John Coffey
Warden Hal Moores
James Cromwell
Warden Hal Moores
Eduard Delacroix
Michael Jeter
Eduard Delacroix
Arlen Bitterbuck
Graham Greene
Arlen Bitterbuck
Percy Wetmore
Doug Hutchison
Percy Wetmore
'Wild Bill' Wharton
Sam Rockwell
'Wild Bill' Wharton
Dean Stanton
Barry Pepper
Dean Stanton
Harry Terwilliger
Jeffrey DeMunn
Harry Terwilliger
Melinda Moores
Patricia Clarkson
Melinda Moores
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