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Saving Private Ryan

1998 R 2h 49m Drama, War DreamWorks Distribution

The mission is a man.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$216M
Final
Opening Weekend
$30.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
7.07x
Opening → Total
Budget
$70.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$482M
$266M international
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 24-26 1 $30.6M $30.6M 2,463 $12K 1
Jul 31-Aug 2 1 $23.6M -22.8% $73.4M 2,540 $9K 2
Aug 7-9 1 $17.4M -26.3% $103.8M 2,592 $7K 3
Aug 14-16 1 $13.2M -24.4% $126.0M 2,654 $5K 4
Aug 21-23 2 $10.1M -22.9% $142.7M 2,671 $4K 5
Aug 28-30 3 $8.1M -20.2% $155.3M 2,774 $3K 6
Sep 4-6 2 $6.8M -16.1% $165.0M 2,807 $2K 7
Sep 11-13 4 $4.5M -33.7% $173.1M 2,705 $2K 8
Sep 18-20 6 $3.4M -24.4% $178.1M 2,511 $1K 9
Sep 25-27 7 $2.5M -26.2% $181.8M 2,203 $1K 10
Oct 2-4 9 $1.7M -33.3% $184.3M 1,510 $1K 11
Oct 9-11 10 $1.3M -22.3% $186.3M 1,230 $1K 12
Oct 16-18 12 $904K -30.5% $187.7M 851 $1K 13
Oct 23-25 14 $741K -18.1% $188.8M 757 $978 14
Oct 30-Nov 1 15 $569K -23.2% $189.7M 707 $804 15
Nov 6-8 15 $448K -21.2% $190.4M 502 $892 16
Feb 5-7 5 $3.6M +705.3% $194.6M 1,027 $4K 17
Feb 12-14 5 $3.4M -6.9% $199.3M 1,140 $3K 18
Feb 19-21 10 $2.4M -28.1% $203.2M 1,139 $2K 19
Feb 26-28 14 $1.6M -32.3% $205.6M 1,008 $2K 20
Mar 5-7 14 $1.2M -28.0% $207.3M 945 $1K 21
Mar 12-14 17 $859K -27.1% $208.7M 616 $1K 22
Mar 19-21 17 $1.1M +23.5% $210.2M 616 $2K 23
Mar 26-28 18 $970K -8.5% $211.7M 655 $1K 24
Apr 2-4 16 $706K -27.3% $212.8M 542 $1K 25
Apr 9-11 20 $456K -35.5% $213.6M 498 $914 26
Apr 16-18 18 $559K +22.7% $214.3M 711 $786 27
Apr 23-25 23 $432K -22.7% $215.0M 627 $688 28
Apr 30-May 2 24 $269K -37.8% $215.4M 524 $512 29
May 7-9 28 $182K -32.2% $215.7M 401 $454 30
May 14-16 35 $144K -21.2% $215.9M 319 $450 31
May 21-23 39 $106K -26.3% $216.1M 258 $410 32

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg
ScreenplayRobert Rodat
Produced bySteven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
CinematographyJanusz Kamiński
MusicJohn Williams
StarringTom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel
StudioDreamWorks Distribution