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Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeFollow

1989 • PG-13 • 2h 7m • Action, Adventure • Paramount Pictures

Have the adventure of your life keeping up with the Joneses.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend
$37.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$197.20M
Final
Worldwide total
$474.20M
$277.00M international
Domestic legs5.3x
Budget$48M
1989 rank#2
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Cast & crew

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Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Director Harrison Ford Harrison Ford Starring Sean Connery Sean Connery Starring Denholm Elliott Denholm Elliott Starring John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies Starring Julian Glover Julian Glover Starring Indiana Jones Franchise Paramount Pictures Studio
ScreenplayJeffrey Boam Story byGeorge Lucas, Menno Meyjes Produced byRobert Watts CinematographyDouglas Slocombe Music byJohn Williams StudioParamount Pictures SeriesIndiana Jones

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 26-28 1 $37.0M — 2,327 $15,914 $46.9M
2 Jun 2-4 1 $21.2M −42.7% 2,327 $9,123 $77.1M
3 Jun 9-11 2 $16.0M −24.4% 2,320 $6,916 $102.8M
4 Jun 16-18 2 $11.7M −26.9% 2,327 $5,039 $122.4M
5 Jun 23-25 4 $8.2M −30.4% 2,103 $3,881 $136.3M
6 Jun 30-Jul 2 5 $7.1M −13.1% 2,103 $3,371 $147.3M
7 Jul 7-9 5 $5.2M −26.6% 1,917 $2,715 $158.5M
8 Jul 14-16 6 $4.6M −11.4% 1,717 $2,687 $166.0M
9 Jul 21-23 8 $3.4M −26.7% 1,523 $2,221 $172.1M
10 Jul 28-30 8 $2.8M −16.8% 1,203 $2,339 $177.0M
15 Sep 1-3 11 $2.7M — 1,049 $2,575 $189.5M
31 Dec 22-24 20 $176.7K — 345 $512 $195.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8M
$37.0M
$21.2M
$16.0M
$11.7M
$8.2M
$7.1M
$5.2M
$4.6M
$3.4M
$2.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.8%
−42.7%
W1→2
−24.4%
W2→3
−26.9%
W3→4
−30.4%
W4→5
−13.1%
W5→6
−26.6%
W6→7
−11.4%
W7→8
−26.7%
W8→9
−16.8%
W9→10
Steepest −42.7%Best hold −11.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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