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The Ghost and the DarknessFollow

1996 • R • 1h 49m • Adventure, Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Prey For The Hunters

🍅 51% 75% MC 46 LB 3.33 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$38.60M
Final
Domestic legs3.7x
Budget$55M
1996 rank#38
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Cast & crew

Michael Douglas Michael Douglas Starring Val Kilmer Val Kilmer Starring Tom Wilkinson Tom Wilkinson Starring Emily Mortimer Emily Mortimer Starring Bernard Hill Bernard Hill Starring
ScreenplayWilliam Goldman Produced byGale Anne Hurd, A. Kitman Ho, Paul B. Radin CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond MusicJerry Goldsmith StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 11-13 1 $10.3M — 2,142 $4,819 $10.3M
2 Oct 18-20 2 $7.5M −27.3% 2,154 $3,486 $20.2M
3 Oct 25-27 4 $4.4M −41.5% 2,202 $1,994 $26.8M
4 Nov 1-3 5 $3.7M −16.6% 2,038 $1,796 $31.8M
5 Nov 8-10 8 $1.7M −52.8% 1,711 $1,009 $34.6M
6 Nov 15-17 9 $1.0M −40.1% 1,328 $778 $36.2M
7 Nov 22-24 11 $470.2K −54.5% 820 $573 $36.9M
8 Nov 29-Dec 1 17 $371.6K −21.0% 402 $924 $37.4M
9 Dec 6-8 26 $104.4K −71.9% 320 $326 $37.6M
10 Dec 13-15 32 $49.0K −53.0% 191 $257 $37.7M
11 Dec 20-22 46 $21.5K −56.1% 72 $299 $37.7M
13 Jan 3-5 56 $17.5K — 31 $563 $37.8M
15 Jan 17-20 27 $387.7K — 512 $757 $38.2M
16 Jan 24-26 38 $133.5K −65.6% 461 $290 $38.4M
17 Jan 31-Feb 2 43 $94.9K −28.9% 275 $345 $38.5M
18 Feb 7-9 55 $44.6K −53.0% 142 $314 $38.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $49.0K
$10.3M
$7.5M
$4.4M
$3.7M
$1.7M
$1.0M
$470.2K
$371.6K
$104.4K
$49.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.0%
−27.3%
W1→2
−41.5%
W2→3
−16.6%
W3→4
−52.8%
W4→5
−40.1%
W5→6
−54.5%
W6→7
−21.0%
W7→8
−71.9%
W8→9
−53.0%
W9→10
Steepest −71.9%Best hold −16.6%

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