Macbeth
Scotland, 11th century.Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $1M
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Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
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Box Office & Release
Macbeth returned 0.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $1M
- Release date
- Dec 20, 1971
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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