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Saving Private Ryan

1998 R 2h 49m Drama, War DreamWorks Distribution

The mission is a man.

Compare to other movies
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

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
StarringTom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel
StudioDreamWorks Distribution