The two westerns starring John Wayne as US Marshal 'Rooster' Cogburn
Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 3 installments.
Total Worldwide Gross
$55.3M
Cumulative box office receipts
Total Production Budget
$10M
Combined studio investments
Average Gross / Film
$18.4M
Average theatrical return
Commercial Multiple
5.53x
Worldwide Gross vs Budget
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The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.
The further adventures of True Grit's Rooster Cogburn has him battling injustice in his own unorthodox way while contending with a teenage girl bent on reforming him.