Name: Saving Private Ryan
Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1998
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 24	#1	$9.71M		—	$9.71M	2,463	$3.9K	1
Sat Jul 25	#1	$11.17M	+15%	—	$20.88M	2,453	$4.6K	2
Sun Jul 26	#1	$9.61M	-14%	—	$30.58M	2,453	$3.9K	3
Mon Jul 27	#1	$5.23M	-46%	—	$35.81M	2,463	$2.1K	4
Tue Jul 28	#1	$5.04M	-4%	—	$40.84M	2,463	$2.0K	5
Wed Jul 29	#1	$4.57M	-9%	—	$45.42M	2,463	$1.9K	6
Thu Jul 30	#1	$4.34M	-5%	—	$49.76M	2,463	$1.8K	7
Fri Jul 31	#1	$7.00M	+61%	-28%	$56.77M	2,540	$2.8K	8
Sat Aug 1	#1	$9.24M	+32%	-17%	$66.01M	2,540	$3.6K	9
Sun Aug 2	#1	$7.41M	-20%	-23%	$73.36M	2,540	$2.9K	10
Mon Aug 3	#1	$3.41M	-54%	-35%	$76.77M	2,540	$1.3K	11
Tue Aug 4	#1	$3.41M		-32%	$80.18M	2,540	$1.3K	12
Wed Aug 5	#2	$3.14M	-8%	-31%	$83.33M	2,540	$1.2K	13
Thu Aug 6	#2	$3.05M	-3%	-30%	$86.37M	2,540	$1.2K	14
Fri Aug 7	#3	$5.02M	+65%	-28%	$91.39M	2,592	$1.9K	15
Sat Aug 8	#1	$7.01M	+40%	-24%	$98.40M	2,592	$2.7K	16
Sun Aug 9	#1	$5.57M	-21%	-25%	$103.77M	2,592	$2.1K	17
Mon Aug 10	#1	$2.41M	-57%	-29%	$106.18M	2,592	$929	18
Tue Aug 11	#1	$2.46M	+2%	-28%	$108.63M	2,592	$947	19
Wed Aug 12	#1	$2.21M	-10%	-30%	$110.85M	2,592	$853	20
Thu Aug 13	#1	$2.03M	-8%	-33%	$112.88M	2,592	$784	21
Fri Aug 14	#3	$3.48M	+71%	-31%	$116.36M	2,654	$1.3K	22
Sat Aug 15	#1	$5.66M	+62%	-19%	$122.03M	2,654	$2.1K	23
Sun Aug 16	#1	$4.01M	-29%	-28%	$126.04M	2,654	$1.5K	24
Mon Aug 17	#1	$1.75M	-56%	-27%	$127.79M	2,654	$660	25
Tue Aug 18	#1	$1.85M	+6%	-25%	$129.64M	2,654	$698	26
Wed Aug 19	#1	$1.54M	-17%	-30%	$131.18M	2,654	$581	27
Thu Aug 20	#1	$1.43M	-7%	-30%	$132.61M	2,654	$537	28
Fri Aug 21	#2	$2.69M	+89%	-23%	$135.30M	2,671	$1.0K	29
Sat Aug 22	#2	$4.33M	+61%	-24%	$139.63M	2,671	$1.6K	30
Sun Aug 23	#2	$3.10M	-28%	-23%	$142.73M	2,671	$1.2K	31
Mon Aug 24	#2	$1.11M	-64%	-37%	$143.86M	2,671	$416	32
Tue Aug 25	#2	$1.27M	+15%	-31%	$145.13M	2,671	$477	33
Wed Aug 26	#2	$1.06M	-17%	-31%	$146.19M	2,671	$398	34
Thu Aug 27	#2	$1.00M	-6%	-30%	$147.20M	2,671	$375	35
Fri Aug 28	#4	$2.21M	+121%	-18%	$149.41M	2,774	$798	36
Sat Aug 29	#3	$3.73M	+68%	-14%	$153.10M	2,774	$1.3K	37
Sun Aug 30	#3	$2.20M	-41%	-29%	$155.29M	2,774	$793	38
Mon Aug 31	#3	$722K	-67%	-35%	$156.01M	2,774	$260	39
Tue Sep 1	#3	$825K	+14%	-35%	$156.84M	2,774	$297	40
Wed Sep 2	#3	$714K	-13%	-33%	$157.56M	2,774	$258	41
Thu Sep 3	#3	$695K	-3%	-31%	$158.25M	2,774	$251	42
Fri Sep 4	#3	$1.64M	+136%	-26%	$159.89M	2,807	$584	43
Sat Sep 5	#3	$2.64M	+61%	-29%	$162.53M	2,807	$941	44
Sun Sep 6	#3	$2.56M	-3%	+16%	$165.09M	2,807	$912	45
Mon Sep 7	#3	$2.03M	-21%	+182%	$167.07M	2,807	$725	46
Tue Sep 8	#3	$530K	-74%	-36%	$167.60M	2,807	$189	47
Wed Sep 9	#3	$500K	-6%	-30%	$168.10M	2,807	$178	48
Thu Sep 10	#3	$471K	-6%	-32%	$168.57M	2,807	$168	49
Fri Sep 11	#4	$1.13M	+139%	-31%	$169.70M	2,705	$416	50
Sat Sep 12	#4	$2.13M	+89%	-20%	$171.82M	2,705	$786	51
Sun Sep 13	#4	$1.08M	-49%	-58%	$173.08M	2,705	$400	52
Mon Sep 14	#4	$345K	-68%	-83%	$173.42M	2,705	$128	53
Tue Sep 15	#3	$476K	+38%	-10%	$173.90M	2,705	$176	54
Wed Sep 16	#3	$385K	-19%	-23%	$174.28M	2,705	$143	55
Thu Sep 17	#3	$403K	+4%	-15%	$174.69M	2,705	$149	56
Fri Sep 18	#6	$945K	+135%	-16%	$175.63M	2,511	$376	57
Sat Sep 19	#6	$1.71M	+80%	-20%	$177.34M	2,511	$679	58
Sun Sep 20	#7	$881K	-48%	-19%	$178.09M	2,511	$351	59
Mon Sep 21	#5	$283K	-68%	-18%	$178.38M	2,511	$113	60
Tue Sep 22	#5	$377K	+33%	-21%	$178.75M	2,511	$150	61
Wed Sep 23	#5	$283K	-25%	-26%	$179.04M	2,511	$113	62
Thu Sep 24	#5	$271K	-4%	-33%	$179.31M	2,511	$108	63
Fri Sep 25	#8	$660K	+143%	-30%	$179.97M	2,203	$300	64
Sat Sep 26	#6	$1.24M	+87%	-27%	$181.21M	2,203	$562	65
Sun Sep 27	#7	$614K	-50%	-30%	$181.82M	2,203	$279	66
Mon Sep 28	#6	$182K	-70%	-36%	$182.00M	2,203	$83	67
Tue Sep 29	#6	$255K	+40%	-32%	$182.26M	2,203	$116	68
Wed Sep 30	#6	$231K	-10%	-19%	$182.49M	2,203	$105	69
Thu Oct 1	#7	$181K	-22%	-33%	$182.67M	2,203	$82	70
Fri Oct 2	#9	$435K	+141%	-34%	$183.10M	1,510	$288	71
Sat Oct 3	#9	$805K	+85%	-35%	$183.91M	1,510	$533	72
Sun Oct 4	#9	$416K	-48%	-32%	$184.34M	1,510	$275	73
Mon Oct 5	#9	$131K	-68%	-28%	$184.47M	1,510	$87	74
Tue Oct 6	#9	$169K	+29%	-34%	$184.64M	1,510	$112	75
Wed Oct 7	#9	$153K	-10%	-34%	$184.79M	1,510	$101	76
Thu Oct 8	#9	$164K	+7%	-9%	$184.96M	1,510	$108	77
Mon Oct 12	#9	$187K		+43%	$186.45M	1,230	$152	81
Tue Oct 13	#10	$124K	-34%	-27%	$186.57M	1,230	$101	82
Wed Oct 14	#10	$121K	-3%	-21%	$186.69M	1,230	$98	83
Thu Oct 15	#10	$126K	+4%	-23%	$186.82M	1,230	$102	84

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 24-26	1	$30.58M	—	$30.58M	2,463	$12.4K	1
Jul 31-Aug 2	1	$23.60M	-22.8%	$73.36M	2,540	$9.3K	2
Aug 7-9	1	$17.40M	-26.3%	$103.77M	2,592	$6.7K	3
Aug 14-16	1	$13.16M	-24.4%	$126.04M	2,654	$5.0K	4
Aug 21-23	2	$10.14M	-22.9%	$142.75M	2,671	$3.8K	5
Aug 28-30	3	$8.09M	-20.2%	$155.29M	2,774	$2.9K	6
Sep 4-6	2	$6.79M	-16.1%	$165.04M	2,807	$2.4K	7
Sep 11-13	4	$4.50M	-33.7%	$173.08M	2,705	$1.7K	8
Sep 18-20	6	$3.41M	-24.4%	$178.09M	2,511	$1.4K	9
Sep 25-27	7	$2.51M	-26.2%	$181.82M	2,203	$1.1K	10
Oct 2-4	9	$1.67M	-33.3%	$184.34M	1,510	$1.1K	11
Oct 9-11	10	$1.30M	-22.3%	$186.26M	1,230	$1.1K	12
Oct 16-18	12	$904K	-30.5%	$187.72M	851	$1.1K	13
Oct 23-25	14	$741K	-18.1%	$188.81M	757	$978	14
Oct 30-Nov 1	15	$569K	-23.2%	$189.66M	707	$804	15
Nov 6-8	15	$448K	-21.2%	$190.37M	502	$892	16
Feb 5-7	5	$3.61M	+705.3%	$194.63M	1,027	$3.5K	17
Feb 12-14	5	$3.36M	-6.9%	$199.32M	1,140	$2.9K	18
Feb 19-21	10	$2.42M	-28.1%	$203.15M	1,139	$2.1K	19
Feb 26-28	14	$1.64M	-32.3%	$205.56M	1,008	$1.6K	20
Mar 5-7	14	$1.18M	-28.0%	$207.32M	945	$1.2K	21
Mar 12-14	17	$859K	-27.1%	$208.67M	616	$1.4K	22
Mar 19-21	17	$1.06M	+23.5%	$210.21M	616	$1.7K	23
Mar 26-28	18	$970K	-8.5%	$211.70M	655	$1.5K	24
Apr 2-4	16	$706K	-27.3%	$212.82M	542	$1.3K	25
Apr 9-11	20	$456K	-35.5%	$213.56M	498	$914	26
Apr 16-18	18	$559K	+22.7%	$214.28M	711	$786	27
Apr 23-25	23	$432K	-22.7%	$214.95M	627	$688	28
Apr 30-May 2	24	$269K	-37.8%	$215.41M	524	$512	29
May 7-9	28	$182K	-32.2%	$215.71M	401	$454	30
May 14-16	35	$144K	-21.2%	$215.95M	319	$450	31
May 21-23	39	$106K	-26.3%	$216.12M	258	$410	32

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

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

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