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Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Sep 2, 1975
107 min
DramaMystery
7.2/ 10
845 votes

Overview

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

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TMDB
7.2/10
845 votes
IMDB
7.4/10
43,997 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
81/100
Metascore

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$460,000Production cost
Box Office$5,125,000Worldwide gross
Profit$4,665,000Profitable
ROI
+1014.1%Return on investment
US Box Office$83,212Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Won 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 11 nominations total

Details

Production information

"On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$460,000

Revenue

$5,125,000

Production Companies

McElroy & McElroyPicnic Productions Pty. Ltd.British Empire Films AustraliaAustralian Film Commission

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