The Princess Bride
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In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size.But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
- Director
- Rob Reiner
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $31M
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Cast
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In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
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The record
Awards
1 win
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1 win
- WinnerHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Princess Bride returned 1.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $16M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $31M
- Release date
- Sep 25, 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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