NR · 195 min
The Birth of a Nation
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie...
Release
Mar 8, 1915
Budget
$100K
Breakeven
$250K(2.5x)
Gross
$11,000,000
Profit
$10,750,000
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
Release
Mar 8, 1915
Budget
$100K
Breakeven
$250K(2.5x)
Gross
$11,000,000
Profit
$10,750,000
NR · 195 min