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Sunday, September 7, 2008

Box Office History for Historical Fiction Movies

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Released    Movie Name    1st Weekend    US Gross    Worldwide Gross    Budget   
4/21/1930 All Quiet on the Western Front - - - -
12/23/1938 Dawn Patrol, The - - - -
12/15/1939 Gone with the Wind $945,000 $198,680,470 $390,525,192 $3,900,000
1/1/1942 Casablanca - $10,462,500 - $950,000
10/20/1948 The Three Musketeers - $8,000,000 - -
12/1/1948 Adventures of Don Juan, The - - - -
1/1/1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. - $6,000,000 - -
1/1/1951 Across the Wide Missouri - $5,500,000 - -
1/1/1951 Call Me Mister - $5,000,000 - -
1/1/1954 Apache - $6,000,000 - -
4/17/1954 Casanova's Big Night - $3,500,000 - -
6/24/1954 The Caine Mutiny - $21,800,000 - -
11/19/1956 Shichinin no samurai $21,830 $271,736 - $500,000
8/3/1957 Band of Angels - - - -
1/1/1958 The Bravados - $4,400,000 - -
1/1/1958 The Big Country - $10,000,000 - -
10/24/1960 The Alamo - $7,900,000 - $12,000,000
9/13/1961 Yojimbo - - - -
2/20/1963 How the West Was Won - $46,500,000 - -
12/12/1963 The Cardinal - $11,170,588 - -
4/1/1965 The Sound of Music - $163,214,286 - $8,200,000
4/7/1965 Major Dundee - $14,873 - $3,800,000
6/24/1965 Cat Ballou - $20,666,667 - -
12/22/1965 Doctor Zhivago - $111,721,000 - $11,000,000
1/18/1967 Per un pugno di dollari - $3,500,000 - $200,000
5/10/1967 Per qualche dollaro in più - $4,300,000 - $600,000
10/25/1967 Camelot - $31,102,578 - -
12/29/1967 Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo - $6,100,000 - $1,200,000
1/1/1968 Bandolero! - $12,000,000 - -
6/19/1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? - $7,988,000 - -
8/3/1968 Hang 'em High - $6,800,000 - $1,800,000
3/12/1969 Where Eagles Dare - $7,100,000 - -
5/28/1969 C'era una volta il West - $5,321,508 - $5,000,000
6/18/1969 The Wild Bunch - $509,424 - $6,000,000
10/15/1969 Paint Your Wagon - $31,678,778 - $20,000,000
10/24/1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - $102,308,900 - $6,000,000
1/1/1970 Kelly's Heroes - $5,200,000 - -
1/1/1970 Chisum - $6,000,000 - -
5/13/1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue - $3,500,000 $5,000,000 $3,716,946
6/16/1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara - $5,050,000 - -
6/24/1970 Catch-22 - $24,911,670 - $18,000,000
1/1/1971 The Beguiled - $1,100,000 - -
1/1/1971 Fiddler on the Roof - $80,500,000 - $9,000,000
1/1/1971 Big Jake - $7,500,000 - -
6/24/1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller - $8,200,000 - -
1/1/1972 Joe Kidd - $6,330,000 - -
1/1/1972 High Plains Drifter - $15,700,000 - $15,700,000
2/12/1972 Cabaret - $41,326,446 - -
3/15/1972 The Godfather $302,393 $134,966,411 $268,500,000 $7,000,000
11/9/1972 1776 - - - $4,000,000
12/25/1973 The Sting - $159,616,327 - $5,500,000
12/11/1974 The Godfather: Part II - $57,300,000 - $13,000,000
1/1/1975 Bite the Bullet - $11,000,000 - -
1/1/1976 Across the Great Divide - $18,800,000 - -
1/1/1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales - $27,000,000 - -
1/1/1978 The Buddy Holly Story - $14,363,400 - -
1/1/1978 Caravans - $1,000,000 - $14,000,000
2/3/1978 The One and Only $2,707,679 $2,707,679 - -
6/9/1978 The Cheap Detective - $28,221,552 - -
6/16/1978 Grease $8,941,717 $181,508,510 $379,790,306 $6,000,000
9/13/1978 Days of Heaven $26,100 $26,100 - -
3/9/1979 The Passage $70,461 $70,461 - -
6/15/1979 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days - - - -
7/13/1979 The Frisco Kid $160,292 $12,000,000 - -
8/15/1979 Apocalypse Now $118,558 $78,800,000 - $31,500,000
8/17/1979 The Life of Brian $140,034 $20,008,693 $36,000,000 $4,000,000
12/14/1979 1941 $2,701,898 $34,175,000 $94,875,000 $32,000,000
12/21/1979 Cuba $527,540 $527,540 - -
1/1/1980 Kagemusha - $4,000,000 - -
2/1/1980 Caligula $8,669 $23,400,000 - -
3/12/1980 A Small Circle of Friends $61,109 $766,760 - -
3/21/1980 Little Miss Marker $853,173 $6,321,392 - -
5/16/1980 The Long Riders $2,351,112 $15,198,912 - $10,000,000
2/11/1981 Le dernier métro - $3,000,000 - -
4/17/1981 Caveman - $15,965,000 - -
4/24/1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches $115,679 $115,679 - -
5/22/1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger $1,423,606 $13,400,000 - $18,000,000
6/12/1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark $8,305,823 $245,034,358 $386,800,358 $20,000,000
6/12/1981 History of the World: Part I $4,792,731 $31,672,000 - $11,000,000
7/24/1981 Eye of the Needle $1,832,928 $17,583,000 - -
7/24/1981 Zorro, The Gay Blade - $10,000,000 - -
7/31/1981 Under the Rainbow $2,287,205 $18,826,490 - $20,000,000
7/31/1981 Victory $2,488,808 $10,853,000 $27,453,000 -
9/18/1981 Raggedy Man $287,081 $11,000,000 - -
10/2/1981 Zoot Suit $63,356 $380,302 - -
11/20/1981 Ragtime $151,351 $17,468,158 - -
12/4/1981 Reds $2,411,083 $50,000,000 - $33,500,000
12/11/1981 Four Friends - - - -
12/11/1981 Pennies from Heaven - $6,200,000 - -
2/10/1982 Boot, Das $26,994 $11,487,676 $84,970,337 $12,000,000
2/12/1982 Cannery Row $1,500,000 $2,638,311 - -
2/12/1982 La Guerre du feu - $20,959,585 - $12,500,000
3/19/1982 Porky's $7,623,988 $109,492,484 - $4,000,000
3/19/1982 Victor/Victoria $139,634 $22,524,614 - -
4/2/1982 Diner - $12,592,907 - -
4/2/1982 Some Kind of Hero $5,631,293 $20,400,486 - -
5/21/1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid $4,289,601 $18,196,170 - -
5/21/1982 Annie $510,632 $57,059,003 - -
6/11/1982 Grease 2 $4,645,411 $14,297,083 - -
8/6/1982 The Pirate Movie $2,528,133 $7,983,086 - -
9/17/1982 Inchon $2,326,112 $4,408,636 - $46,000,000
10/22/1982 Monsignor $3,631,834 $12,408,066 - -
11/3/1982 The Man From Snowy River $694,126 $20,659,423 - $5,000,000
11/5/1982 The Missionary $1,864,852 $7,241,180 - -
12/15/1982 Honkytonk Man $667,727 $3,695,409 - -
1/21/1983 The Year of Living Dangerously $35,000 $8,601,065 - -
2/18/1983 The Pirates of Penzance $255,496 $694,497 - -
2/18/1983 The Lords of Discipline $3,011,932 $11,721,041 - -
2/18/1983 The Sting II $3,106,108 $6,347,072 - -
3/4/1983 Baby It's You - $1,312,473 - -
3/18/1983 High Road to China $6,156,049 $28,416,459 - -
3/25/1983 The Outsiders $5,068,165 $25,697,647 - $10,000,000
4/22/1983 La traviata $33,977 $3,594,000 - -
6/3/1983 Le retour de Martin Guerre - $2,522,881 - -
6/17/1983 Fanny och Alexander $36,365 $4,971,340 - -
6/24/1983 Yellowbeard $1,564,155 $4,300,000 - -
6/24/1983 Porky's II: The Next Day $7,054,988 $33,759,266 - -
7/15/1983 Zelig $60,119 $11,798,616 - -
8/19/1983 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez $15,477 $909,000 - $1,305,000
8/26/1983 Daniel $27,859 $484,068 - -
8/26/1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence $99,221 $2,306,560 - -
9/9/1983 Leidenschaftliche Blümchen - $131,396 - -
9/15/1983 Heat and Dust $36,079 $903,037 - -
10/21/1983 Under Fire $1,837,768 $5,700,000 - -
11/18/1983 A Christmas Story $2,071,473 $19,294,144 - $3,250,000
11/18/1983 Nate and Hayes $815,160 $1,643,022 - -
12/6/1983 The Dresser $43,132 $5,310,748 - -
12/9/1983 Scarface $4,597,536 $44,942,821 - $25,000,000
12/16/1983 The Keep $1,032,295 $3,661,757 - -
12/16/1983 To Be or Not to Be $1,020,958 $13,030,214 - -
1/27/1984 Broadway Danny Rose $953,740 $10,600,497 - -
2/17/1984 Lassiter $5,072,583 $17,513,452 - -
3/23/1984 Racing with the Moon $1,803,432 $5,400,000 - -
3/30/1984 Purple Hearts - $952,478 - -
3/30/1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes $6,517,732 $45,900,000 - -
4/13/1984 Swing Shift $2,270,136 $6,700,000 - -
5/4/1984 The Bounty $2,622,306 $8,613,462 - -
5/11/1984 The Natural $5,088,381 $47,951,979 - -
5/23/1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom $25,337,110 $179,880,271 $333,080,271 $28,000,000
6/1/1984 Once Upon a Time in America $2,412,014 $5,321,508 - -
6/13/1984 Under the Volcano $31,000 $2,428,653 - -
7/20/1984 The Bostonians - $312,566 - -
8/31/1984 Bolero $4,579,240 $9,000,000 - -
9/14/1984 A Soldier's Story $156,383 $22,100,000 - -
9/14/1984 Un amour de Swann - $223,327 - -
9/21/1984 Places in the Heart $274,279 $34,900,814 - -
11/2/1984 The Killing Fields $32,181 $34,609,720 - -
11/16/1984 Un dimanche à la campagne $21,447 $2,153,717 - -
12/14/1984 A Passage to India $84,580 $27,187,653 - -
12/14/1984 The Cotton Club $2,903,603 $25,928,721 - $48,000,000
12/21/1984 Johnny Dangerously $2,947,746 $17,124,395 - -
12/26/1984 Mrs. Soffel $86,280 $4,012,827 - -
1/25/1985 Fandango $50,437 $86,134 - -
2/8/1985 Lust in the Dust $101,146 $727,639 - -
2/8/1985 Mischief $2,618,460 $8,700,000 - -
2/8/1985 Heaven Help Us $2,235,687 $6,070,794 - -
2/15/1985 The Bay Boy $3,665 $3,665 - -
3/1/1985 A Private Function - $2,516,761 - -
3/1/1985 Missing in Action 2: The Beginning $3,868,515 $10,755,447 - -
3/1/1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo $114,095 $10,631,333 - -
3/1/1985 The Aviator - $287,195 - -
3/15/1985 Camila - - - -
3/22/1985 Porky's Revenge $6,207,507 $20,518,000 - -
3/29/1985 King David $2,212,481 $4,800,000 - -
5/10/1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody $2,374,973 $4,847,085 - -
6/28/1985 Pale Rider $9,119,111 $41,410,568 - $6,900,000
7/10/1985 Silverado $3,522,897 $33,200,000 - $26,000,000
8/16/1985 Volunteers $5,184,360 $19,875,740 - -
9/12/1985 James Joyce's Women $8,103 $8,103 - -
9/19/1985 Plenty $436,266 $6,104,212 - -
9/27/1985 The Journey of Natty Gann $490,318 $9,468,512 - -
9/27/1985 Code Name: Emerald $241,108 $515,029 - -
10/4/1985 Came a Hot Friday $8,905 $8,905 - -
10/4/1985 The Doctor and the Devils $22,559 $147,070 - -
10/11/1985 Otac na sluzbenom putu $11,614 $11,614 - -
11/8/1985 La historia oficial $29,426 $29,426 - -
11/22/1985 King Solomon's Mines $5,005,788 $15,057,465 - -
12/4/1985 Young Sherlock Holmes $2,528,234 $19,739,000 - $18,000,000
12/18/1985 Out of Africa $3,637,290 $79,096,868 $258,210,860 $31,000,000
12/18/1985 The Color Purple $1,710,333 $93,589,701 - -
12/20/1985 Ran - $2,132,974 - -
12/20/1985 The Trip to Bountiful $8,387 $7,466,662 - -
12/25/1985 Revolution $52,755 $346,761 - -
1/17/1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear $25,428 $1,953,732 - $15,000,000
1/17/1986 The Adventures of Mark Twain $226,525 $646,803 - -
1/22/1986 Those Glory, Glory Days $2,207 $2,968 - -
1/31/1986 Uphill all the Way - - - -
2/7/1986 Lady Jane $55,964 $277,646 - -
3/7/1986 A Room with a View - $20,966,644 - -
3/7/1986 Desert Hearts - $2,492,088 - -
6/13/1986 Belizaire the Cajun - $1,444,618 - -
8/8/1986 Stand by Me $251,628 $52,287,414 - $8,000,000
10/31/1986 The Mission - $17,218,000 - -
10/31/1986 Sky Bandits $1,468,500 $1,468,500 - -
11/7/1986 Tai-Pan $1,863,469 $4,000,000 - -
11/14/1986 Hoosiers - $28,607,524 - -
12/5/1986 Heartbreak Ridge $8,100,840 $42,724,017 - -
12/12/1986 Three Amigos $5,939,000 $39,246,734 - -
12/19/1986 Platoon - $137,963,328 - $6,000,000
12/25/1986 Brighton Beach Memoirs $2,580,750 $11,957,943 - -
1/30/1987 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City $1,960,352 $3,751,699 - -
1/30/1987 Radio Days $1,522,423 $14,792,779 - $16,000,000
2/20/1987 The Good Wife - $1,155,020 - -
3/6/1987 Tin Men - $25,411,386 - -
3/6/1987 Angel Heart $3,688,721 $17,185,000 - -
5/1/1987 Mitt liv som hund - $8,345,266 - -
5/8/1987 Gardens of Stone $1,645,588 $5,262,047 - -
6/3/1987 The Untouchables $10,023,094 $76,270,454 - $25,000,000
6/19/1987 Withnail & I - $1,544,889 - -
6/26/1987 Full Metal Jacket $2,217,307 $45,015,999 - -
8/21/1987 Dirty Dancing $3,900,000 $63,892,689 $213,900,000 -
8/28/1987 Hamburger Hill $3,360,705 $13,839,404 - -
9/16/1987 In the Mood - $999,000 - -
9/25/1987 The Big Town $776,675 $1,733,017 - -
9/25/1987 Best Seller $905,399 $4,278,150 - -
10/16/1987 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 $911,351 $911,351 - -
10/16/1987 Hope and Glory - $4,537,186 - -
11/6/1987 Russkies $1,030,101 $1,030,101 - -
11/30/1987 Housekeeping - $647,518 - -
12/9/1987 Empire of the Sun $1,314,509 $22,238,696 - -
12/17/1987 The Dead - $961,426 - -
12/18/1987 Ironweed - $7,393,346 - -
12/23/1987 Good Morning Vietnam - $123,922,370 - $13,000,000
1/1/1988 Buster - $540,000 - -
2/26/1988 A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon $2,737,106 $6,264,058 - -
3/11/1988 Off Limits $2,796,111 $7,242,035 - -
3/25/1988 Biloxi Blues $7,093,325 $43,184,798 $51,684,798 -
4/15/1988 Return to Snowy River $3,023,248 $13,687,027 - -
4/29/1988 Sunset $2,031,678 $4,595,000 - -
8/12/1988 The Last Temptation of Christ $401,211 $8,373,585 - $7,000,000
8/12/1988 Young Guns $7,011,393 $44,726,644 - $13,000,000
9/23/1988 Dead Ringers $3,012,180 $9,134,733 - -
9/30/1988 Heartbreak Hotel $2,063,546 $5,509,417 - -
10/21/1988 Without a Clue $1,246,772 $8,000,000 - -
10/31/1988 Platoon Leader - $1,348,771 - -
11/18/1988 1969 $1,706,120 $5,979,011 - -
11/18/1988 The Land Before Time $7,526,025 $48,092,846 $81,972,846 $12,300,000
12/21/1988 Dangerous Liaisons - $34,700,000 - $14,000,000
12/21/1988 Beaches - $57,041,866 - -
12/21/1988 Pelle erobreren - $2,053,931 - -
1/27/1989 Parents $277,952 $870,532 $871,113 -
5/24/1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $37,031,573 $197,171,806 $474,171,806 $48,000,000
8/18/1989 Casualties of War $5,201,261 $18,468,714 - -
10/6/1989 Old Gringo $1,151,749 $3,574,256 - -
10/6/1989 Drugstore Cowboy - $4,729,352 - -
11/8/1989 Henry V - $10,161,099 - $9,000,000
11/17/1989 Harlem Nights $16,096,808 $60,857,262 $95,857,262 -
12/13/1989 Driving Miss Daisy - $106,593,296 - $7,500,000
12/13/1989 Enemies: A Love Story - $7,815,403 - -
2/2/1990 Nuovo cinema Paradiso - $11,985,152 - -
2/9/1990 Torrents of Spring - $111,747 - -
2/23/1990 Mountains of the Moon - $4,011,793 - -
3/2/1990 The Hunt for Red October $17,161,835 $120,709,866 $200,500,000 $30,000,000
4/6/1990 Cry-Baby $3,004,905 $7,735,790 - -
8/1/1990 Young Guns II $8,017,438 $44,143,410 - -
8/10/1990 Air America $8,064,480 $30,506,847 $32,914,515 -
8/10/1990 The Two Jakes $3,729,149 $10,005,969 - -
9/22/1990 Miller's Crossing - $4,693,759 - -
9/28/1990 Texasville $823,534 $2,268,181 - -
10/5/1990 Avalon $2,813,165 $15,702,685 - -
10/12/1990 Memphis Belle $5,026,846 $27,385,582 - -
10/19/1990 Quigley Down Under $3,853,149 $21,413,105 - $20,000,000
10/31/1990 Book of Love - $1,382,259 - -
11/9/1990 Dances with Wolves $598,257 $184,208,842 $424,200,000 $19,000,000
12/12/1990 Havana $2,175,360 $9,200,339 - -
12/14/1990 Mermaids $3,514,678 $35,140,500 - -
12/19/1990 Hamlet - $20,710,451 $22,493,727 -
12/25/1990 The Godfather: Part III $19,558,558 $66,520,529 - $54,000,000
1/1/1991 Black Robe - $8,211,952 - -
1/18/1991 Flight of the Intruder $5,725,133 $14,471,440 - $35,000,000
1/18/1991 White Fang $5,640,712 $34,729,091 - $14,000,000
3/1/1991 Haakon Haakonsen $3,871,766 $15,024,232 - $8,500,000
3/15/1991 Guilty by Suspicion $2,278,290 $9,445,090 - -
4/12/1991 Impromptu - $4,076,211 - -
6/14/1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves $25,625,602 $165,493,908 $390,500,000 $50,000,000
9/20/1991 Rambling Rose - $6,266,621 - -
10/4/1991 Shout $1,611,725 $3,463,620 - -
10/4/1991 The Man in the Moon - $2,853,801 - -
11/1/1991 29th Street - $1,287,171 - -
11/1/1991 Billy Bathgate $4,051,590 $15,565,363 - -
11/22/1991 For the Boys - $17,684,580 - -
11/27/1991 My Girl $12,391,783 $58,011,485 - -
12/13/1991 Bugsy - $49,103,967 - -
12/27/1991 Fried Green Tomatoes - $81,204,830 - -
1/31/1992 Shining Through $6,406,829 $21,733,781 - -
2/21/1992 Radio Flyer $1,932,595 $4,651,977 - $35,000,000
3/13/1992 Da hong deng long gao gao gua - $2,603,061 - -
3/13/1992 American Me $3,378,100 $11,318,100 - -
3/13/1992 Howards End - $25,919,211 - -
5/22/1992 Far and Away $12,948,940 $58,883,840 - -
7/1/1992 A League of Their Own $13,739,456 $107,533,925 $132,440,066 $40,000,000
7/31/1992 Enchanted April - $13,200,170 - -
8/7/1992 Unforgiven $15,018,007 $101,157,447 - -
9/18/1992 School Ties $3,020,071 $14,715,067 - -
9/18/1992 Sarafina! - $7,306,242 - -
9/25/1992 The Last of the Mohicans $10,976,661 $72,455,275 - $40,000,000
10/2/1992 Of Mice and Men - $5,101,632 - -
10/14/1992 The Public Eye $1,139,825 $3,067,917 - -
11/14/1992 Flirting - $2,415,396 - -
1/29/1993 Matinee $3,601,015 $8,925,775 - -
2/5/1993 Sommersby $8,104,624 $50,081,992 $140,081,992 -
2/17/1993 Como agua para chocolate - $21,656,534 - -
3/5/1993 Swing Kids $1,967,957 $5,632,086 - -
3/5/1993 Shadow of the Wolf $747,119 $1,448,640 - -
4/2/1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn $5,033,029 $24,103,594 - $6,500,000
4/7/1993 The Sandlot $4,918,712 $32,416,586 - -
4/9/1993 This Boy's Life - $4,104,962 - -
4/23/1993 Map of the Human Heart - $2,806,881 - -
5/7/1993 Much Ado About Nothing - $22,549,338 - $8,000,000
5/14/1993 Lost in Yonkers $3,002,150 $9,285,189 - -
5/14/1993 Posse $5,311,902 $18,290,000 $19,290,000 -
7/28/1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights $6,841,830 $35,699,287 - -
8/20/1993 The Ballad of Little Jo - $514,451 - -
9/3/1993 Calendar Girl $1,802,688 $2,501,113 - -
9/17/1993 The Age of Innocence $2,317,289 $32,014,993 - $34,000,000
9/29/1993