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Saving Private RyanFollow

1998 • R • 2h 49m • Drama, War • DreamWorks Distribution

The mission is a man.

🍅 94% 95%

91

4.25

8.6

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$216.34M

Final

Worldwide total

$485.04M

$268.70M international

Domestic legs7.07x

Budget$70.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Starring

Tom Sizemore

Tom Sizemore Starring

Edward Burns

Edward Burns Starring

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper Starring

Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg Starring

ScreenplayRobert Rodat Produced bySteven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicJohn Williams StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 24-26 1 $30.6M — 2,463 $12,414 $30.6M

2 Jul 31-Aug 2 1 $23.6M −22.8% 2,540 $9,292 $73.4M

3 Aug 7-9 1 $17.4M −26.3% 2,592 $6,712 $103.8M

4 Aug 14-16 1 $13.2M −24.4% 2,654 $4,957 $126.0M

5 Aug 21-23 2 $10.1M −22.9% 2,671 $3,797 $142.7M

6 Aug 28-30 3 $8.1M −20.2% 2,774 $2,917 $155.3M

7 Sep 4-6 2 $6.8M −16.1% 2,807 $2,419 $165.0M

8 Sep 11-13 4 $4.5M −33.7% 2,705 $1,665 $173.1M

9 Sep 18-20 6 $3.4M −24.4% 2,511 $1,356 $178.1M

10 Sep 25-27 7 $2.5M −26.2% 2,203 $1,140 $181.8M

11 Oct 2-4 9 $1.7M −33.3% 1,510 $1,108 $184.3M

12 Oct 9-11 10 $1.3M −22.3% 1,230 $1,057 $186.3M

13 Oct 16-18 12 $904.0K −30.5% 851 $1,062 $187.7M

14 Oct 23-25 14 $740.8K −18.1% 757 $978 $188.8M

15 Oct 30-Nov 1 15 $568.7K −23.2% 707 $804 $189.7M

16 Nov 6-8 15 $448.2K −21.2% 502 $892 $190.4M

17 Feb 5-7 5 $3.6M +705.3% 1,027 $3,514 $194.6M

18 Feb 12-14 5 $3.4M −6.9% 1,140 $2,947 $199.3M

19 Feb 19-21 10 $2.4M −28.1% 1,139 $2,122 $203.2M

20 Feb 26-28 14 $1.6M −32.3% 1,008 $1,622 $205.6M

21 Mar 5-7 14 $1.2M −28.0% 945 $1,246 $207.3M

22 Mar 12-14 17 $858.6K −27.1% 616 $1,393 $208.7M

23 Mar 19-21 17 $1.1M +23.5% 616 $1,721 $210.2M

24 Mar 26-28 18 $970.4K −8.5% 655 $1,481 $211.7M

25 Apr 2-4 16 $705.9K −27.3% 542 $1,302 $212.8M

26 Apr 9-11 20 $455.5K −35.5% 498 $914 $213.6M

27 Apr 16-18 18 $558.9K +22.7% 711 $786 $214.3M

28 Apr 23-25 23 $431.8K −22.7% 627 $688 $215.0M

29 Apr 30-May 2 24 $268.7K −37.8% 524 $512 $215.4M

30 May 7-9 28 $182.1K −32.2% 401 $454 $215.7M

31 May 14-16 35 $143.6K −21.2% 319 $450 $215.9M

32 May 21-23 39 $105.9K −26.3% 258 $410 $216.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 24 #1 $9.7M — $9.7M 2,463 $3,940 1

Sat Jul 25 #1 $11.2M +15% $20.9M 2,453 $4,554 2

Sun Jul 26 #1 $9.6M −14% $30.6M 2,453 $3,919 3

Mon Jul 27 #1 $5.2M −46% $35.8M 2,463 $2,124 4

Tue Jul 28 #1 $5.0M −4% $40.8M 2,463 $2,045 5

Wed Jul 29 #1 $4.6M −9% $45.4M 2,463 $1,857 6

Thu Jul 30 #1 $4.3M −5% $49.8M 2,463 $1,764 7

Fri Jul 31 #1 $7.0M +61% −28% $56.8M 2,540 $2,758 8

Sat Aug 1 #1 $9.2M +32% −17% $66.0M 2,540 $3,640 9

Sun Aug 2 #1 $7.4M −20% −23% $73.4M 2,540 $2,916 10

Mon Aug 3 #1 $3.4M −54% −35% $76.8M 2,540 $1,343 11

Tue Aug 4 #1 $3.4M — −32% $80.2M 2,540 $1,342 12

Wed Aug 5 #2 $3.1M −8% −31% $83.3M 2,540 $1,237 13

Thu Aug 6 #2 $3.0M −3% −30% $86.4M 2,540 $1,200 14

Fri Aug 7 #3 $5.0M +65% −28% $91.4M 2,592 $1,935 15

Sat Aug 8 #1 $7.0M +40% −24% $98.4M 2,592 $2,706 16

Sun Aug 9 #1 $5.6M −21% −25% $103.8M 2,592 $2,148 17

Mon Aug 10 #1 $2.4M −57% −29% $106.2M 2,592 $929 18

Tue Aug 11 #1 $2.5M +2% −28% $108.6M 2,592 $947 19

Wed Aug 12 #1 $2.2M −10% −30% $110.8M 2,592 $853 20

Thu Aug 13 #1 $2.0M −8% −33% $112.9M 2,592 $784 21

Fri Aug 14 #3 $3.5M +71% −31% $116.4M 2,654 $1,313 22

Sat Aug 15 #1 $5.7M +62% −19% $122.0M 2,654 $2,133 23

Sun Aug 16 #1 $4.0M −29% −28% $126.0M 2,654 $1,511 24

Mon Aug 17 #1 $1.8M −56% −27% $127.8M 2,654 $660 25

Tue Aug 18 #1 $1.9M +6% −25% $129.6M 2,654 $698 26

Wed Aug 19 #1 $1.5M −17% −30% $131.2M 2,654 $581 27

Thu Aug 20 #1 $1.4M −7% −30% $132.6M 2,654 $537 28

Fri Aug 21 #2 $2.7M +89% −23% $135.3M 2,671 $1,007 29

Sat Aug 22 #2 $4.3M +61% −24% $139.6M 2,671 $1,621 30

Sun Aug 23 #2 $3.1M −28% −23% $142.7M 2,671 $1,161 31

Mon Aug 24 #2 $1.1M −64% −37% $143.9M 2,671 $416 32

Tue Aug 25 #2 $1.3M +15% −31% $145.1M 2,671 $477 33

Wed Aug 26 #2 $1.1M −17% −31% $146.2M 2,671 $398 34

Thu Aug 27 #2 $1.0M −6% −30% $147.2M 2,671 $375 35

Fri Aug 28 #4 $2.2M +121% −18% $149.4M 2,774 $798 36

Sat Aug 29 #3 $3.7M +68% −14% $153.1M 2,774 $1,345 37

Sun Aug 30 #3 $2.2M −41% −29% $155.3M 2,774 $793 38

Mon Aug 31 #3 $722.4K −67% −35% $156.0M 2,774 $260 39

Tue Sep 1 #3 $825.0K +14% −35% $156.8M 2,774 $297 40

Wed Sep 2 #3 $714.3K −13% −33% $157.6M 2,774 $258 41

Thu Sep 3 #3 $695.3K −3% −31% $158.2M 2,774 $251 42

Fri Sep 4 #3 $1.6M +136% −26% $159.9M 2,807 $584 43

Sat Sep 5 #3 $2.6M +61% −29% $162.5M 2,807 $941 44

Sun Sep 6 #3 $2.6M −3% +16% $165.1M 2,807 $912 45

Mon Sep 7 #3 $2.0M −21% +182% $167.1M 2,807 $725 46

Tue Sep 8 #3 $529.8K −74% −36% $167.6M 2,807 $189 47

Wed Sep 9 #3 $500.0K −6% −30% $168.1M 2,807 $178 48

Thu Sep 10 #3 $471.0K −6% −32% $168.6M 2,807 $168 49

Fri Sep 11 #4 $1.1M +139% −31% $169.7M 2,705 $416 50

Sat Sep 12 #4 $2.1M +89% −20% $171.8M 2,705 $786 51

Sun Sep 13 #4 $1.1M −49% −58% $173.1M 2,705 $400 52

Mon Sep 14 #4 $345.1K −68% −83% $173.4M 2,705 $128 53

Tue Sep 15 #3 $476.1K +38% −10% $173.9M 2,705 $176 54

Wed Sep 16 #3 $385.5K −19% −23% $174.3M 2,705 $143 55

Thu Sep 17 #3 $402.7K +4% −15% $174.7M 2,705 $149 56

Fri Sep 18 #6 $945.0K +135% −16% $175.6M 2,511 $376 57

Sat Sep 19 #6 $1.7M +80% −20% $177.3M 2,511 $679 58

Sun Sep 20 #7 $881.0K −48% −19% $178.1M 2,511 $351 59

Mon Sep 21 #5 $283.5K −68% −18% $178.4M 2,511 $113 60

Tue Sep 22 #5 $377.1K +33% −21% $178.8M 2,511 $150 61

Wed Sep 23 #5 $283.5K −25% −26% $179.0M 2,511 $113 62

Thu Sep 24 #5 $271.4K −4% −33% $179.3M 2,511 $108 63

Fri Sep 25 #8 $660.0K +143% −30% $180.0M 2,203 $300 64

Sat Sep 26 #6 $1.2M +87% −27% $181.2M 2,203 $562 65

Sun Sep 27 #7 $614.0K −50% −30% $181.8M 2,203 $279 66

Mon Sep 28 #6 $182.4K −70% −36% $182.0M 2,203 $83 67

Tue Sep 29 #6 $255.5K +40% −32% $182.3M 2,203 $116 68

Wed Sep 30 #6 $230.6K −10% −19% $182.5M 2,203 $105 69

Thu Oct 1 #7 $180.6K −22% −33% $182.7M 2,203 $82 70

Fri Oct 2 #9 $435.0K +141% −34% $183.1M 1,510 $288 71

Sat Oct 3 #9 $805.0K +85% −35% $183.9M 1,510 $533 72

Sun Oct 4 #9 $416.0K −48% −32% $184.3M 1,510 $275 73

Mon Oct 5 #9 $131.1K −68% −28% $184.5M 1,510 $87 74

Tue Oct 6 #9 $169.4K +29% −34% $184.6M 1,510 $112 75

Wed Oct 7 #9 $152.7K −10% −34% $184.8M 1,510 $101 76

Thu Oct 8 #9 $163.6K +7% −9% $185.0M 1,510 $108 77

Mon Oct 12 #9 $187.4K — +43% $186.4M 1,230 $152 81

Tue Oct 13 #10 $124.1K −34% −27% $186.6M 1,230 $101 82

Wed Oct 14 #10 $121.0K −3% −21% $186.7M 1,230 $98 83

Thu Oct 15 #10 $125.7K +4% −23% $186.8M 1,230 $102 84

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$182.7M

Jul 24Aug 10Aug 28Sep 14Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.5M

$30.6M

$23.6M

$17.4M

$13.2M

$10.1M

$8.1M

$6.8M

$4.5M

$3.4M

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,807 → 2,203 −21.5%

2,463 open2,203 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.2%

−22.8%

W1→2

−26.3%

W2→3

−24.4%

W3→4

−22.9%

W4→5

−20.2%

W5→6

−16.1%

W6→7

−33.7%

W7→8

−24.4%

W8→9

−26.2%

W9→10

Steepest −33.7%Best hold −16.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

Aug 9

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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