Movie Comparison: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) vs. The English Patient (1996)

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  The Bridge
on the River
Kwai
The English
Patient
Domestic Release Date Dec 18, 1957Nov 15, 1996
Production Budget $3,000,000$35,000,000
Opening Weekend Theaters 10
Maximum Theaters 1,409
Theatrical Engagements 21,551
Domestic Opening Weekend  $278,439
Domestic Box Office $33,300,000$78,716,374
Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Box Office
$703,870,581$187,407,756
International Box Office $21,094$152,993,634
Worldwide Box Office $33,321,094$231,710,008
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Kwai
The English
Patient
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$2,713,093 /
$3,205,999
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$9,285,765
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$2,707,595 /
$13,219,641
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$1,779,831 /
$16,015,227
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$1,670,429 /
$18,433,824
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$2,659,575 /
$22,758,252
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$2,732,463 /
$28,007,132
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$2,023,234 /
$31,002,021
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$2,336,800 /
$34,118,472
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$1,915,342 /
$36,674,728
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$1,853,099 /
$39,205,217
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$2,237,749 /
$42,013,561
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$47,738,423
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$2,823,228 /
$51,532,324
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$2,228,209 /
$54,745,722
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$2,007,254 /
$57,548,109
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$60,317,565
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$2,015,118 /
$63,154,818
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$67,599,231
  The Bridge
on the River
Kwai
The English
Patient
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$492,906 /
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$3,735,200
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$10,512,046
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$14,235,396
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$16,763,395
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$20,098,677
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$25,274,669
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$28,978,787
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$2,802,885 /
$31,781,672
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$2,977,714 /
$34,759,386
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$2,592,732 /
$37,352,118
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$39,775,812
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$3,377,060 /
$43,152,872
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$48,709,096
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$52,517,513
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$3,023,342 /
$55,540,855
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$58,416,549
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$61,139,700
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$3,440,352 /
$64,580,052
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$4,448,412 /
$69,028,464

Note: A theatrical engagement is defined as the movie playing in a single theater for one week. So, for example, a film that plays in 3,000 theaters in its first week and 2,000 theaters in its second week will have had 5,000 theatrical engagements.