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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Box Office History for War 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 - - - -
1/1/1942 Casablanca - $10,462,500 - $950,000
11/21/1946 The Best Years of Our Lives - $23,600,000 - $2,100,000
12/18/1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai - $33,300,000 - $3,000,000
10/24/1960 The Alamo - $7,900,000 - $12,000,000
5/17/1962 Bon Voyage! - $9,230,769 - -
10/4/1962 The Longest Day - $39,100,000 $50,100,000 $10,000,000
8/8/1963 The Great Escape - $11,744,471 - $4,000,000
6/15/1967 The Dirty Dozen - $45,300,000 - -
3/12/1969 Where Eagles Dare - $7,100,000 - -
1/1/1970 Kelly's Heroes - $5,200,000 - -
1/1/1970 M*A*S*H - $81,600,000 - $3,500,000
6/24/1970 Catch-22 - $24,911,670 - $18,000,000
9/23/1970 Tora, Tora, Tora - $29,548,291 - $25,000,000
6/18/1976 Midway - $43,220,000 - -
6/15/1977 A Bridge Too Far - $50,800,000 - $26,000,000
1/1/1978 Coming Home - $32,653,000 - $3,000,000
12/22/1978 Force 10 from Navarone - $7,100,000 - $5,000,000
1/1/1979 The Deer Hunter - $50,000,000 - $15,000,000
8/15/1979 Apocalypse Now $118,558 $78,800,000 - $31,500,000
12/14/1979 1941 $2,701,898 $34,175,000 $94,875,000 $32,000,000
7/18/1980 The Big Red One - $7,206,220 - -
2/11/1981 Le dernier métro - $3,000,000 - -
7/24/1981 Eye of the Needle $1,832,928 $17,583,000 - -
7/31/1981 Victory $2,488,808 $10,853,000 $27,453,000 -
8/28/1981 Gallipoli $59,757 $5,732,587 - $3,000,000
10/23/1981 Das boot ist voll - $1,016 - -
2/10/1982 Boot, Das $26,994 $11,487,676 $84,970,337 $12,000,000
10/22/1982 First Blood $6,642,005 $47,212,904 $125,212,904 $14,000,000
9/23/1983 Last Plane Out $115,475 $115,475 - -
12/16/1983 Uncommon Valor $3,144,367 $27,900,000 - -
11/2/1984 The Killing Fields $32,181 $34,609,720 - -
11/16/1984 Missing in Action $6,101,460 $22,812,411 - -
3/1/1985 Missing in Action 2: The Beginning $3,868,515 $10,755,447 - -
5/22/1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II $25,520,843 $150,415,432 $300,400,000 $44,000,000
12/19/1986 Platoon - $137,963,328 - $6,000,000
6/26/1987 Full Metal Jacket $2,217,307 $45,015,999 - -
10/16/1987 Hope and Glory - $4,537,186 - -
12/23/1987 Good Morning Vietnam - $123,922,370 - $13,000,000
1/22/1988 Braddock: Missing in Action III $2,208,116 $6,000,000 - -
5/25/1988 Rambo III $16,745,418 $53,715,611 $188,715,611 $58,000,000
10/31/1988 Platoon Leader - $1,348,771 - -
11/23/1988 Hanna's War - $139,796 - -
4/7/1989 84C MoPic - $154,264 - -
8/18/1989 Casualties of War $5,201,261 $18,468,714 - -
12/14/1989 Glory - $26,593,580 - $18,000,000
12/20/1989 Born on the Fourth of July $172,021 $70,001,698 - $14,000,000
12/15/1993 Schindler's List $656,636 $96,067,179 $321,200,000 $25,000,000
12/25/1993 Heaven & Earth - $5,840,300 - -
11/26/1997 Bent $109,243 $372,341 - -
7/24/1998 Saving Private Ryan $30,576,104 $216,335,085 $481,635,085 $65,000,000
10/23/1998 Life is Beautiful $118,920 $57,598,247 $229,400,000 -
12/23/1998 The Thin Red Line $223,548 $36,400,491 - $52,000,000
4/21/2000 U-571 $19,553,310 $77,086,030 $127,630,030 $62,000,000
6/9/2000 The Children of Chabannes $6,430 $33,413 - -
8/11/2000 Aimée & Jaguar $42,919 $927,107 - $6,800,000
3/16/2001 Enemy at the Gates $13,810,266 $51,396,781 $96,971,293 $85,000,000
5/25/2001 Pearl Harbor $59,078,912 $198,539,855 $450,500,000 $151,500,000
8/3/2001 Apocalypse Now Redux $96,992 $4,615,959 - -
12/28/2001 Charlotte Gray $46,271 $668,140 - -
2/15/2002 Hart's War $7,771,753 $19,076,815 $33,076,815 $70,000,000
3/1/2002 We Were Soldiers $20,212,543 $78,120,196 $114,658,262 $70,000,000
9/20/2002 Invincible $14,293 $80,636 - -
9/27/2002 Shanghai Ghetto $10,356 $712,446 - -
10/18/2002 Children on Their Birthdays - $54,912 - -
10/18/2002 The Grey Zone $24,526 $507,443 - -
10/25/2002 All the Queen's Men $15,026 $22,723 $22,723 $15,000,000
11/22/2002 The Quiet American $101,663 $12,987,647 - $20,000,000
12/27/2002 The Pianist $111,261 $32,519,322 $120,000,000 $35,000,000
1/24/2003 Amen $16,284 $274,299 - $14,000,000
2/21/2003 Gods and Generals $4,675,246 $12,882,934 $12,923,936 $55,000,000
6/20/2003 Bonhoeffer $10,099 $296,181 - -
12/19/2003 The Fog of War $41,449 $4,198,566 $5,038,841 -
12/25/2003 L.O.C. (Kargil) $223,793 $621,103 - -
4/2/2004 Walking Tall $15,501,114 $46,213,824 $47,313,824 $56,000,000
8/6/2004 Saints and Soldiers $129,056 $1,310,470 - $780,000
9/3/2004 Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War $260,135 $1,110,186 $69,826,708 $12,500,000
10/1/2004 Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry $279,219 $613,252 - -
2/18/2005 Downfall $18,195 $5,501,940 $93,501,940 $13,500,000
3/4/2005 Gunner Palace $63,520 $607,502 - -
8/12/2005 The Great Raid $3,376,009 $10,166,502 $10,597,070 $60,000,000
9/23/2005 Proud - - - $1,000,000
9/30/2005 The Last Drop - - - -
11/4/2005 Jarhead $27,726,210 $62,647,540 $96,780,312 $72,000,000
11/18/2005 The Aryan Couple - $290,211 - -
2/17/2006 Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage $17,310 $680,331 $9,237,193 -
3/3/2006 Joyeux Noël $42,732 $1,054,361 - $22,000,000
4/28/2006 L'armée des ombres $12,620 $741,766 $810,532 -
9/22/2006 Flyboys $6,004,219 $13,090,630 $14,816,379 $60,000,000
10/13/2006 The Marine $7,138,774 $18,844,784 $22,161,958 $15,000,000
10/20/2006 Flags of Our Fathers $10,245,190 $33,602,376 $61,902,376 $53,000,000
12/15/2006 The Good German $76,817 $1,308,696 - $32,000,000
12/20/2006 Letters from Iwo Jima $89,097 $13,756,082 $68,356,082 $13,000,000
12/29/2006 El Laberinto del Fauno $568,641 $37,634,615 $49,234,615 $16,000,000
2/16/2007 Indigènes $5,470 $320,700 $6,877,936 $18,900,000
4/6/2007 Zwartboek $112,521 $4,398,392 - $20,000,000
5/11/2007 Home of the Brave $25,261 $43,753 - -
5/11/2007 Delta Farce $3,420,645 $8,130,530 - -
7/4/2007 Rescue Dawn $110,326 $5,490,423 $7,037,886 $10,000,000
9/14/2007 Closing the Ring - - - -
9/28/2007 Shake Hands with the Devil - - - -
9/28/2007 Se jie $63,918 $4,602,512 $65,693,581 $15,000,000
11/9/2007 Lions for Lambs $6,702,434 $14,998,070 $62,659,445 $35,000,000
11/16/2007 Redacted $25,628 $65,388 - $5,000,000
12/21/2007 Charlie Wilson's War $9,656,250 $66,661,095 $113,620,766 -
1/18/2008 Taxi to the Dark Side $10,930 $270,888 - -
2/19/2008 Company K - - - -
3/28/2008 Stop-Loss $4,555,117 $10,861,873 - -
5/7/2008 Battle for Haditha $2,181 $3,478 - -
5/23/2008 War, Inc. - - - -
8/15/2008 Tropic Thunder - - - -
11/14/2008 Australia - - - -
12/31/2009 Inglorious Bastards - - - -
12/31/2009 The Few - - - -
12/31/2009 Green Zone - - - -
12/31/2009 Brothers - - - -
Totals $2,736,550,227 $4,874,895,935 $1,630,030,000
Averages $26,568,449 $47,329,087 $28,103,966




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