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7.0(172)1h 44m• Drama, Romance, Adventure
Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet.
Movie Saga1982 – 1988
The Man From Snowy River Collection
2 Films
6.9 Avg Rating
$31.4M Saga Box Office
3.04x Commercial Multiplier
The Man from Snowy River is a 1982 Australian drama film based on the Banjo Paterson poem The Man from Snowy River. The film had a cast including Kirk Douglas in a dual role as the brothers Harrison (a character who appeared frequently in Patterson's poems) and Spur, a prospector, Jack Thompson as Clancy, Tom Burlinson as "Jim Craig" (The Man), Sigrid Thornton as Harrison's daughter Jessica, Terence Donovan as Jim's father Henry Craig, and Chris Haywood as Curly. Both Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton later reprised their roles in the 1988 sequel, The Man from Snowy River II, which was released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Franchise Box Office Economics
Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 2 installments.
Total Worldwide Gross
$31.4M
Cumulative box office receipts
Total Production Budget
$10.3M
Combined studio investments
Average Gross / Film
$15.7M
Average theatrical return
Commercial Multiple
3.04x
Worldwide Gross vs Budget
Films in Saga(2)
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6.8(55)1h 50m• Adventure, Western
After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison, Jim Craig returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.