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Congo

1995 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Action, Adventure, Mystery • Paramount Pictures

Where you are the endangered species.

🍅 24% 30% MC 24 LB 2.67 IMDb 5.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$24.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$81.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$152.0M
$71.0M international
Domestic Legs3.3x
Budget$50M
1995 Rank#16
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Cast & Crew

Laura Linney Laura Linney Starring Ernie Hudson Ernie Hudson Starring Tim Curry Tim Curry Starring Joe Don Baker Joe Don Baker Starring
ScreenplayJohn Patrick Shanley Produced byKathleen Kennedy, Sam Mercer CinematographyAllen Daviau MusicJerry Goldsmith Prod. DesignJ. Michael Riva StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 9-11 1 $24.6M — 2,649 $9,303 $24.6M
2 Jun 16-18 2 $10.7M −56.6% 2,676 $4,000 $44.5M
3 Jun 23-25 3 $8.1M −24.5% 2,676 $3,021 $58.0M
4 Jun 30-Jul 2 6 $4.8M −40.1% 2,221 $2,179 $66.8M
5 Jul 7-9 9 $2.7M −43.6% 1,789 $1,526 $73.1M
6 Jul 14-16 13 $1.3M −52.1% 1,352 $968 $75.8M
7 Jul 21-23 15 $779.2K −40.5% 798 $976 $77.2M
8 Jul 28-30 26 $293.2K −62.4% 381 $770 $78.0M
9 Aug 4-6 29 $208.6K −28.8% 213 $979 $78.4M
10 Aug 11-13 35 $133.5K −36.0% 152 $878 $78.6M
11 Aug 18-20 38 $94.1K −29.5% 115 $818 $78.8M
12 Aug 25-27 23 $585.5K +522.2% 521 $1,124 $79.4M
13 Sep 1-4 28 $509.5K −13.0% 481 $1,059 $80.1M
14 Sep 8-10 28 $268.4K −47.3% 410 $655 $80.5M
15 Sep 15-17 36 $178.2K −33.6% 310 $575 $80.7M
16 Sep 22-24 46 $95.9K −46.2% 170 $564 $80.9M
17 Sep 29-Oct 1 53 $44.0K −54.1% 95 $463 $80.9M
18 Oct 6-8 58 $21.8K −50.4% 43 $508 $81.0M
19 Oct 13-15 72 $9.9K −54.8% 34 $291 $81.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $133.5K
$24.6M
$10.7M
$8.1M
$4.8M
$2.7M
$1.3M
$779.2K
$293.2K
$208.6K
$133.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.0%
−56.6%
W1→2
−24.5%
W2→3
−40.1%
W3→4
−43.6%
W4→5
−52.1%
W5→6
−40.5%
W6→7
−62.4%
W7→8
−28.8%
W8→9
−36.0%
W9→10
Steepest −62.4%Best hold −24.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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