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Schindler's List

1993 R 3h 15m Biography, Drama, History Universal Pictures

Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.

Schindler's List Box Office

Opening Weekend
$4.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$96.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$322M
$225M international
Domestic Legs20.9x
Budget$22.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 17-19 14 $657K $935K 25 $26.3K 1
Dec 24-26 10 $1.28M +95.5% $2.79M 74 $17.3K 2
Dec 31-Jan 2 11 $1.65M +28.4% $6.19M 76 $21.7K 3
Jan 7-9 9 $2.60M +57.9% $9.86M 172 $15.1K 4
Jan 14-17 MLK Day 10 $3.57M $14.75M 252 $14.2K 5
Jan 21-23 7 $3.41M +9.1% $19.06M 343 $9.9K 6
Jan 28-30 7 $3.06M -10% $23.52M 354 $8.7K 7
Feb 4-6 6 $4.64M +51.3% $29.31M 764 $6.1K 8
Feb 11-13 5 $4.70M +1.4% $35.63M 782 $6.0K 9
Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 6 $4.87M $42.08M 798 $6.1K 10
Feb 25-27 8 $2.94M -28.3% $45.90M 803 $3.7K 11
Mar 4-6 6 $3.21M +9.2% $50.27M 803 $4.0K 12
Mar 11-13 5 $2.84M -11.4% $54.31M 803 $3.5K 13
Mar 18-20 4 $4.35M +53.2% $59.85M 1,246 $3.5K 14
Mar 25-27 4 $5.70M +30.8% $68.35M 1,378 $4.1K 15
Apr 1-3 5 $3.80M -33.3% $74.70M 1,382 $2.8K 16
Apr 8-10 7 $3.21M -15.6% $79.68M 1,389 $2.3K 17
Apr 15-17 10 $2.29M -28.6% $83.08M 1,343 $1.7K 18
Apr 22-24 11 $1.66M -27.6% $85.61M 1,265 $1.3K 19
Apr 29-May 1 9 $1.50M -9.6% $87.84M 1,203 $1.2K 20
May 6-8 9 $1.13M -24.6% $89.60M 1,170 $965 21
May 13-15 10 $879K -22.2% $91.02M 1,010 $870 22
May 20-22 12 $516K -41.3% $91.97M 776 $665 23
May 27-30 Memorial Day 13 $593K $92.85M 482 $1.2K 24
Jun 3-5 14 $274K -41.5% $93.29M 388 $705 25
Jun 10-12 14 $206K -24.5% $93.67M 279 $740 26
Jun 17-19 13 $126K -39% $93.91M 188 $670 27
Jun 24-26 14 $503K +299.4% $94.49M 645 $780 28
Jul 1-4 Independence Day 14 $314K $95.14M 320 $980 29
Jul 8-10 14 $220K -15.3% $95.49M 287 $765 30
Jul 15-17 13 $143K -35.1% $95.78M 190 $750 31
Jul 22-24 14 $90K -36.8% $95.95M 125 $720 32

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg
ScreenplaySteven Zaillian
Produced bySteven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
CinematographyJanusz Kamiński
Music byJohn Williams
StarringLiam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz
StudioUniversal Pictures

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