The Taming of the Shrew
“The motion picture they were made for!”
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Taming of the Shrew performed
Budget
$4.0M
Worldwide Gross
$8.0M
Gross Profit
$4.0M
Return
2.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) 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
Katharina
Elizabeth Taylor
Katharina
Petruchio
Richard Burton
Petruchio
Bianca
Natasha Pyne
Bianca
Lucentio
Michael York
Lucentio
Grumio
Cyril Cusack
Grumio
Baptista
Michael Hordern
Baptista
Tranio
Alfred Lynch
Tranio
Gremio
Alan Webb
Gremio
Hortensio
Victor Spinetti
Hortensio
Biondello
Roy Holder
Biondello
Vincentio
Mark Dignam
Vincentio
The Widow
Bice Valori
The Widow
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