New Zealand Box Office for Shichinin no samurai (1954)

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Shichinin no samurai
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $27,943Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,082,530Details
Further financial details...

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  5. Cast & Crew
  6. Trailer

Synopsis

When 16th-century farmers whose village is repeatedly attacked by merciless bandits ask an elderly, masterless samurai for help.

Metrics

Movie Details

Production Budget:$500,000
New Zealand Releases: October 17th, 2024 (Limited), released as Shichinin no samurai (70th Anniversary)
Video Release: October 19th, 2010 by Criterion
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 207 minutes
Keywords: 1500s, Set in Japan
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2024/10/18 7 $19,238   12 $1,603   $19,238 1
2024/10/25 - $987 -95% 3 $329   $25,129 2
2024/11/01 - $608 -38% 3 $203   $26,435 3
2024/11/08 - $462 -24% 4 $116   $27,215 4
2024/11/22 - $216   3 $72   $27,123 6
2025/08/08 92 $27   0     $27,653 43
2025/08/22 75 $205   0     $27,943 45

Box Office Summary Per Territory

$00
Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 10/3/2024 $99,739 30 30 109 $192,167 7/28/2025
Japan 4/26/1954 00$0
Netherlands 6/26/2025 $17,500 31 34 96 $76,911 7/14/2025
New Zealand 10/17/2024 $19,238 12 12 25 $27,943 8/25/2025
North America 11/19/1956 $0 0 21 181 $753,994
Portugal 3/30/1968 $0 0 2 5 $8,036 10/27/2020
United Kingdom 10/29/2021 $23,479 11 11 14 $23,479 10/3/2024
 
Worldwide Total$1,082,530 8/25/2025

Leading Cast

Toshiro Mifune    Kikuchiyo

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Production and Technical Credits

Akira Kurosawa    Director
Akira Kurosawa    Screenwriter
Shinobu Hashimoto    Screenwriter
Hideo Oguni    Screenwriter
Sojiro Motoki    Producer
Hiroshi Nezu    Production Manager
Asakazu Nakai    Cinematographer
Fumio Hayasaka    Composer
Fumio Yanoguchi    Score Recordist