Romeo + Juliet
“My only love sprung from my only hate.”
In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
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Cast
41 people
Leonardo DiCaprio
Romeo
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Claire Danes
Juliet
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Jesse Bradford
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Vondie Curtis-Hall
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Brian Dennehy
Ted Montague
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John Leguizamo
Tybalt
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Miriam Margolyes
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Babe
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Harold Perrineau
Mercutio
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Christina Pickles
Caroline Montague
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Friends
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Pete Postlethwaite
Father Laurence
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Inception
Paul Rudd
Dave Paris
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Paul Sorvino
Fulgencio Capulet
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Baz Luhrmann Director · Craig Pearce Screenplay William Shakespeare Author
Worldwide gross $147M · Budget $14M · United States release November 1, 1996
Box office
Budget
$14,500,000
Worldwide gross
$147,298,761
Gross vs. budget
10.2×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Bazmark
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
Bazmark Films
Production
Australia · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 27, 1996
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · November 1, 1996
Theatrical
Australia
December 26, 1996 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 10, 1997 · Theatrical
Canada
November 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Czechia
March 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Estonia
August 4, 2025 · Premiere · tARTuff Tartu Love Film Festival
France
April 9, 1997 · Theatrical
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
March 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Greece
March 14, 1997 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 3, 1997 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 28, 1997 · Theatrical
Italy
February 28, 1997 · Theatrical
Norway
March 7, 1997 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 2, 1997 · Theatrical
Romania
March 7, 1997 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 28, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
June 3, 1997 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 21, 1997 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 28, 1997 · Theatrical
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