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Born on the Fourth of July

1989 • R • 2h 25m • Drama, War • Universal Pictures

A true story of innocence lost and courage found.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$172K
Limited · 5 theaters
Domestic Total
$70.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$161M
$91.0M international
Domestic Legs6.3x
Budget$14.0M
1990 Rank#16
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Cast & Crew

Full Stone filmography
Oliver Stone Oliver Stone Director Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Starring Kyra Sedgwick Kyra Sedgwick Starring Raymond J. Barry Raymond J. Barry Starring Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe Starring
ScreenplayOliver Stone, Ron Kovic Produced byA. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone CinematographyRobert Richardson Music byJohn Williams StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 22-25 Christmas 18 $172.0K — 5 $34,404 $172.0K
2 Dec 29-Jan 1 New Year's 17 $492.2K — 8 $61,529 $937.9K
3 Jan 5-7 1 $11.0M — 1,310 $8,415 $12.2M
4 Jan 12-14 1 $8.0M −27.2% 1,315 $6,105 $23.8M
5 Jan 19-21 1 $6.2M −22.4% 1,314 $4,740 $32.6M
6 Jan 26-28 2 $4.6M −25.5% 1,311 $3,540 $39.2M
7 Feb 2-4 3 $4.0M −13.6% 1,309 $3,065 $44.5M
8 Feb 9-11 4 $3.0M −25.1% 1,295 $2,320 $48.4M
9 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 5 $4.1M — 1,363 $3,008 $53.6M
10 Feb 23-25 5 $2.5M — 1,432 $1,755 $56.8M
11 Mar 2-4 5 $2.1M −16.1% 1,434 $1,470 $59.7M
12 Mar 9-11 8 $1.5M −31.1% 1,206 $1,205 $61.8M
13 Mar 16-18 10 $1.2M −14.6% 1,030 $1,205 $63.6M
14 Mar 23-25 9 $1.3M +6.7% 1,064 $1,245 $65.4M
15 Mar 30-Apr 1 11 $1.0M −23.7% 1,042 $970 $66.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.5M
$172.0K
$492.2K
$11.0M
$8.0M
$6.2M
$4.6M
$4.0M
$3.0M
$4.1M
$2.5M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.1%
−27.2%
W3→4
−22.4%
W4→5
−25.5%
W5→6
−13.6%
W6→7
−25.1%
W7→8
Steepest −27.2%Best hold −13.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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