Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• As of 2023, adjusted for inflation, Bram Stoker's Dracula's box office is $473.5 million, making it one of the highest-grossing vampire movies of all time.
• Bram Stoker's Dracula opened at number one at the US box office with a November record of $30,521,679, beating Back to the Future Part II.
• Winona Ryder initially brought James V. Hart's screenplay to the attention of Francis Ford Coppola.
• Due to delays and cost overruns on some of Coppola's previous projects such as Apocalypse Now and One from the Heart, Coppola was determined to complete Bram Stoker's Dracula on time and on budget.
• Principal photography began at Sony Pictures Studios and Universal Studios Lot on October 14, 1991, and concluded on January 31, 1992, in addition to reshoots at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles.
• The director had agreed to meet with her so the two could clear the air after she was cast in The Godfather Part III to play Mary Corleone in September 1989 when the previous choice Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered by an obsessed fan Robert John Bardo two months earlier.
• For Oldman, the makeup required for the role was taxing: for the elderly Dracula, he spent nearly seven hours in the makeup chair, then after ten hours on the set, spent another hour-and-a-half having it removed.
• The film set an opening weekend record in the United Kingdom of $4 million, beating the record set by Batman Returns.
• Internationally, the film grossed another $133,339,902 for a total worldwide gross of $215,862,692, making it the ninth-highest-grossing film of the year worldwide.
• Bram Stoker's Dracula was theatrically released by Columbia Pictures in the United States on November 13, 1992, to mixed reviews from critics, with praise for Coppola's direction, the production values, and Oldman's performance, but criticism for the story and Reeves' performance.
• The film opened at the top of the box office, grossing $215.9 million against its $40 million production budget.
• Monica Bellucci, Michaela Bercu, and Florina Kendrick portray Dracula's Brides.

Source: Wikipedia

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