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The Hunt for Red October

1990 • PG • 2h 15m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Invisible. Silent. Stolen.

🍅 88% 88% MC 58 LB 3.78 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$17.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$120.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$200.5M
$79.8M international
Domestic Legs7.0x
Budget$30M
1990 Rank#5
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Cast & Crew

Full McTiernan filmography
John McTiernan John McTiernan Director Sean Connery Sean Connery Starring Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin Starring Scott Glenn Scott Glenn Starring James Earl Jones James Earl Jones Starring Sam Neill Sam Neill Starring
ScreenplayLarry Ferguson, Donald E. Stewart Produced byMace Neufeld CinematographyJan de Bont Music byBasil Poledouris StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 2-4 1 $17.2M — 1,225 $14,010 $17.2M
2 Mar 9-11 1 $14.1M −18.1% 1,665 $8,444 $37.7M
3 Mar 16-18 1 $11.1M −21.2% 1,817 $6,097 $53.9M
4 Mar 23-25 2 $9.1M −17.7% 1,817 $5,015 $67.3M
5 Mar 30-Apr 1 3 $6.5M −28.3% 1,817 $3,595 $76.6M
6 Apr 6-8 5 $5.0M −23.1% 1,765 $2,846 $83.5M
7 Apr 13-15 3 $4.3M −15.2% 1,702 $2,504 $89.8M
8 Apr 20-22 3 $3.6M −16.6% 1,682 $2,112 $95.1M
9 Apr 27-29 5 $3.0M −16.0% 1,479 $2,018 $99.1M
10 May 4-6 6 $2.4M −19.3% 1,377 $1,748 $102.5M
11 May 11-13 4 $2.2M −8.2% 1,323 $1,670 $105.5M
12 May 18-20 6 $1.8M −20.6% 1,241 $1,413 $108.0M
13 May 25-27 7 $2.1M +21.3% 1,061 $2,006 $110.8M
14 Jun 1-3 8 $1.0M −50.8% 933 $1,122 $112.3M
15 Jun 8-10 9 $802.8K −23.3% 822 $977 $113.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.4M
$17.2M
$14.1M
$11.1M
$9.1M
$6.5M
$5.0M
$4.3M
$3.6M
$3.0M
$2.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.3%
−18.1%
W1→2
−21.2%
W2→3
−17.7%
W3→4
−28.3%
W4→5
−23.1%
W5→6
−15.2%
W6→7
−16.6%
W7→8
−16.0%
W8→9
−19.3%
W9→10
Steepest −28.3%Best hold −15.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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