Air Force One (1997)

Air Force One
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $172,956,409Details
International Box Office $142,311,944Details
Worldwide Box Office $315,268,353
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $381,429 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $381,429
OpusData ID: 129780100
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$37,132,505 (21.5% of total gross)
Legs:4.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:54.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$85,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,919 opening theaters/2,981 max. theaters, 10.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $426,148,608

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 346 $172,956,409
All Time International Box Office (Rank 701-800) 794 $142,311,944
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) 553 $315,268,353
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 35 $172,956,409
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 123 $142,311,944
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 82 $315,268,353

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 25th, 1997 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: November 16th, 2010 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence
Running Time: 117 minutes
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Keywords: Terrorism, Hostage, In a Plane, Washington, D.C., Action Thriller, Political
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Beacon Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Biggest 6th Monday 38 $1,835,743 Sep 1, 1997 39
Biggest 6th Sunday 94 $2,307,440 Aug 31, 1997 38
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 81 $8,520,110 Aug 29, 1997 38
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 44 $21,884,987 Aug 29, 1997 38
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 78 $10,355,853 Aug 29, 1997 38
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 26 $26,600,327 Aug 29, 1997 38
Biggest Domestic August Weekend 76 $25,731,622 Aug 1, 1997 10
Biggest Domestic July Weekend 97 $37,132,505 Jul 25, 1997 3
Top R Weekend Domestic 90 $37,132,505 Jul 25, 1997 3
Top Sony Pictures Weekend Domestic 72 $37,132,505 Jul 25, 1997 3
Top 1997 Theater Average 85 $12,721 Jul 25, 1997 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 346 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 101-200) 169 $426,148,608
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 101-200) 188 $172,956,409
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1997 5 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 101-200) 135 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 193 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies 69 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 114 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 35 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 30 $172,956,409

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 25, 1997 1 $37,132,505   2,919 $12,721   $37,132,505 1
Aug 1, 1997 1 $25,731,622 -31% 2,919 $8,815   $80,738,833 2
Aug 8, 1997 2 $17,827,096 -31% 2,981 $5,980   $110,582,800 3
Aug 15, 1997 2 $12,350,122 -31% 2,981 $4,143   $130,353,620 4
Aug 22, 1997 3 $7,870,403 -36% 2,824 $2,787   $143,092,008 5
Aug 29, 1997 3 $8,520,110 +8% 2,601 $3,276   $154,240,266 6
Sep 5, 1997 5 $3,861,490 -55% 2,468 $1,565   $159,262,854 7
Sep 12, 1997 6 $2,810,020 -27% 2,190 $1,283   $163,224,275 8
Sep 19, 1997 9 $2,073,198 -26% 1,885 $1,100   $166,093,896 9
Sep 26, 1997 11 $1,216,315 -41% 1,540 $790   $167,901,381 10
Oct 3, 1997 13 $756,150 -38% 1,094 $691   $169,003,294 11
Oct 10, 1997 23 $308,185 -59% 521 $592   $169,517,032 12
Oct 17, 1997 33 $169,478 -45% 333 $509   $169,792,834 13
Oct 24, 1997 37 $104,292 -38% 280 $372   $169,950,374 14
Oct 31, 1997 19 $621,083 +496% 1,010 $615   $170,606,595 15
Nov 7, 1997 27 $252,630 -59% 505 $500   $171,013,550 16
Nov 14, 1997 30 $237,020 -6% 389 $609   $171,372,714 17
Nov 21, 1997 49 $45,081 -81% 118 $382   $171,461,309 18
Nov 28, 1997 59 $24,443 -46% 77 $317   $171,501,547 19
Dec 26, 1997 30 $189,031   584 $324   $171,769,219 23
Jan 2, 1998 30 $203,070 +7% 593 $342   $172,144,501 24
Jan 9, 1998 33 $118,980 -41% 508 $234   $172,334,889 25
Jan 16, 1998 34 $117,992 -1% 383 $308   $172,500,454 26
Jan 23, 1998 45 $60,331 -49% 302 $200   $172,573,708 27
Jan 30, 1998 57 $34,077 -44% 165 $207   $172,620,724 28

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 25, 1997 1 $11,981,951     2,919 $4,105   $11,981,951 1
Jul 26, 1997 1 $14,006,743 +17%   2,919 $4,798   $25,988,694 2
Jul 27, 1997 1 $11,143,811 -20%   2,919 $3,818   $37,132,505 3
Jul 28, 1997 1 $5,075,313 -54%   2,919 $1,739   $42,207,818 4
Jul 29, 1997 1 $4,804,269 -5%   2,919 $1,646   $47,012,087 5
Jul 30, 1997 1 $4,132,300 -14%   2,919 $1,416   $51,144,387 6
Jul 31, 1997 1 $3,862,824 -7%   2,919 $1,323   $55,007,211 7
Aug 1, 1997 2 $7,473,778 +93% -38% 2,919 $2,560   $62,480,989 8
Aug 2, 1997 1 $10,511,122 +41% -25% 2,919 $3,601   $72,992,111 9
Aug 3, 1997 1 $7,746,722 -26% -30% 2,919 $2,654   $80,738,833 10
Aug 4, 1997 1 $3,267,306 -58% -36% 2,919 $1,119   $84,006,139 11
Aug 5, 1997 1 $3,302,994 +1% -31% 2,919 $1,132   $87,309,133 12
Aug 6, 1997 1 $2,823,124 -15% -32% 2,919 $967   $90,132,257 13
Aug 7, 1997 1 $2,623,447 -7% -32% 2,919 $899   $92,755,704 14
Aug 8, 1997 2 $5,103,400 +95% -32% 2,981 $1,712   $97,859,104 15
Aug 9, 1997 1 $7,590,798 +49% -28% 2,981 $2,546   $105,449,902 16
Aug 10, 1997 2 $5,132,898 -32% -34% 2,981 $1,722   $110,582,800 17
Aug 11, 1997 2 $1,924,412 -63% -41% 2,981 $646   $112,507,212 18
Aug 12, 1997 2 $2,028,640 +5% -39% 2,981 $681   $114,535,852 19
Aug 13, 1997 2 $1,881,812 -7% -33% 2,981 $631   $116,417,664 20
Aug 14, 1997 2 $1,585,834 -16% -40% 2,981 $532   $118,003,498 21
Aug 15, 1997 3 $3,504,053 +121% -31% 2,981 $1,175   $121,507,551 22
Aug 16, 1997 1 $5,277,454 +51% -30% 2,981 $1,770   $126,785,005 23
Aug 17, 1997 3 $3,568,615 -32% -30% 2,981 $1,197   $130,353,620 24
Aug 18, 1997 3 $1,186,734 -67% -38% 2,981 $398   $131,540,354 25
Aug 19, 1997 3 $1,278,443 +8% -37% 2,981 $429   $132,818,797 26
Aug 20, 1997 3 $1,232,271 -4% -35% 2,981 $413   $134,051,068 27
Aug 21, 1997 3 $1,170,537 -5% -26% 2,981 $393   $135,221,605 28
Aug 22, 1997 4 $2,279,783 +95% -35% 2,824 $807   $137,501,388 29
Aug 23, 1997 3 $3,523,860 +55% -33% 2,824 $1,248   $141,025,248 30
Aug 24, 1997 5 $2,066,760 -41% -42% 2,824 $732   $143,092,008 31
Aug 25, 1997 5 $638,267 -69% -46% 2,824 $226   $143,730,275 32
Aug 26, 1997 6 $741,357 +16% -42% 2,824 $263   $144,471,632 33
Aug 27, 1997 7 $602,112 -19% -51% 2,824 $213   $145,073,744 34
Aug 28, 1997 4 $646,412 +7% -45% 2,824 $229   $145,720,156 35
Aug 29, 1997 5 $1,662,927 +157% -27% 2,601 $639   $147,383,083 36
Aug 30, 1997 3 $2,714,000 +63% -23% 2,601 $1,043   $150,097,083 37
Aug 31, 1997 3 $2,307,440 -15% +12% 2,601 $887   $152,404,523 38
Sep 1, 1997 3 $1,835,743 -20% +188% 2,601 $706   $154,240,266 39
Sep 2, 1997 5 $426,627 -77% -42% 2,501 $171   $154,666,893 40
Sep 3, 1997 4 $376,629 -12% -37% 2,601 $145   $155,043,522 41
Sep 4, 1997 4 $357,842 -5% -45% 2,601 $138   $155,401,364 42
Sep 5, 1997 5 $1,033,398 +189% -38% 2,468 $419   $156,434,762 43
Sep 6, 1997 4 $1,927,805 +87% -29% 2,468 $781   $158,362,567 44
Sep 7, 1997 5 $900,287 -53% -61% 2,468 $365   $159,262,854 45
Sep 8, 1997 5 $247,621 -72% -87% 2,468 $100   $159,510,475 46
Sep 9, 1997 4 $323,206 +31% -24% 2,468 $131   $159,833,681 47
Sep 10, 1997 4 $287,665 -11% -24% 2,468 $117   $160,121,346 48
Sep 11, 1997 4 $292,909 +2% -18% 2,468 $119   $160,414,255 49
Sep 12, 1997 6 $797,922 +172% -23% 2,190 $364   $161,212,177 50
Sep 13, 1997 5 $1,400,593 +76% -27% 2,190 $640   $162,612,770 51
Sep 14, 1997 7 $611,505 -56% -32% 2,190 $279   $163,224,275 52
Sep 15, 1997 7 $168,538 -72% -32% 2,190 $77   $163,392,813 53
Sep 16, 1997 6 $225,353 +34% -30% 2,190 $103   $163,618,166 54
Sep 17, 1997 6 $194,786 -14% -32% 2,190 $89   $163,812,952 55
Sep 18, 1997 6 $207,746 +7% -29% 2,190 $95   $164,020,698 56
Sep 19, 1997 8 $552,385 +166% -31% 1,885 $293   $164,573,083 57
Sep 20, 1997 8 $1,083,717 +96% -23% 1,885 $575   $165,656,800 58
Sep 21, 1997 9 $437,096 -60% -29% 1,885 $232   $166,093,896 59
Sep 22, 1997 9 $128,957 -70% -23% 1,885 $68   $166,222,853 60
Sep 23, 1997 8 $175,333 +36% -22% 1,885 $93   $166,398,186 61
Sep 24, 1997 8 $145,274 -17% -25% 1,885 $77   $166,543,460 62
Sep 25, 1997 8 $141,606 -3% -32% 1,885 $75   $166,685,066 63
Sep 26, 1997 11 $321,203 +127% -42% 1,540 $209   $167,006,269 64
Sep 27, 1997 11 $633,150 +97% -42% 1,540 $411   $167,639,419 65
Sep 28, 1997 - $261,962 -59% -40% 1,540 $170   $167,901,381 66
Sep 29, 1997 - $77,356 -70% -40% 1,540 $50   $167,978,737 67
Sep 30, 1997 - $92,740 +20% -47% 1,540 $60   $168,071,477 68
Oct 1, 1997 - $82,410 -11% -43% 1,540 $54   $168,153,887 69
Oct 2, 1997 - $93,257 +13% -34% 1,540 $61   $168,247,144 70
Oct 3, 1997 - $217,225 +133% -32% 1,094 $199   $168,464,369 71
Oct 4, 1997 - $376,523 +73% -41% 1,094 $344   $168,840,892 72
Oct 5, 1997 - $162,402 -57% -38% 1,094 $148   $169,003,294 73
Oct 6, 1997 - $43,839 -73% -43% 1,094 $40   $169,047,133 74
Oct 7, 1997 - $57,854 +32% -38% 1,094 $53   $169,104,987 75
Oct 8, 1997 - $48,026 -17% -42% 1,094 $44   $169,153,013 76
Oct 9, 1997 - $55,834 +16% -40% 1,094 $51   $169,208,847 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 25, 1997 1 $55,007,211   2,919 $18,845   $55,007,211 1
Aug 1, 1997 1 $37,748,493 -31% 2,919 $12,932   $92,755,704 2
Aug 8, 1997 2 $25,247,794 -33% 2,981 $8,470   $118,003,498 3
Aug 15, 1997 3 $17,218,107 -32% 2,981 $5,776   $135,221,605 4
Aug 22, 1997 4 $10,498,551 -39% 2,824 $3,718   $145,720,156 5
Aug 29, 1997 4 $9,681,208 -8% 2,601 $3,722   $155,401,364 6
Sep 5, 1997 5 $5,012,891 -48% 2,468 $2,031   $160,414,255 7
Sep 12, 1997 6 $3,606,443 -28% 2,190 $1,647   $164,020,698 8
Sep 19, 1997 9 $2,664,368 -26% 1,885 $1,413   $166,685,066 9
Sep 26, 1997 11 $1,562,078 -41% 1,540 $1,014   $168,247,144 10
Oct 3, 1997 15 $961,703 -38% 1,094 $879   $169,208,847 11
Oct 10, 1997 23 $414,509 -57% 521 $796   $169,623,356 12
Oct 17, 1997 33 $222,726 -46% 333 $669   $169,846,082 13
Oct 24, 1997 35 $139,430 -37% 280 $498   $169,985,512 14
Oct 31, 1997 19 $775,408 +456% 1,010 $768   $170,760,920 15
Nov 7, 1997 26 $374,774 -52% 505 $742   $171,135,694 16
Nov 14, 1997 33 $280,534 -25% 389 $721   $171,416,228 17
Nov 21, 1997 47 $60,876 -78% 118 $516   $171,477,104 18
Dec 26, 1997 27 $361,243   584 $619   $171,941,431 23
Jan 2, 1998 33 $274,478 -24% 593 $463   $172,215,909 24
Jan 9, 1998 31 $166,553 -39% 508 $328   $172,382,462 25
Jan 16, 1998 38 $130,915 -21% 383 $342   $172,513,377 26
Jan 23, 1998 47 $73,270 -44% 302 $243   $172,586,647 27

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 701-800) 794 $142,311,944
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 401-500) 489 $142,311,944
Top 1997 Movies at the International Box Office 11 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 301-400) 353 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 501-600) 512 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300) 234 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 259 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 123 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 79 $142,311,944

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) 553 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 301-400) 312 $315,268,353
Top 1997 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 5 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300) 238 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 301-400) 336 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 130 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 197 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 82 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 48 $315,268,353

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

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Units		Spending
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Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
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Mar 12, 202378,845 9,716$86,239$94,731643

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Leading Cast

Harrison Ford    President James Marshall

Supporting Cast

Gary Oldman    Ivan Korshunov
Wendy Crewson    Grace Marshall
Paul Guilfoyle    Chief of Staff Lloyd 'Shep' Shepherd
William H. Macy    Major Caldwell
Liesel Matthews    Alice Marshall
Dean Stockwell    Defense Secretary Walter Dean
Glenn Close    Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Xander Berkeley    Secret Service Agent Gibbs
Tom Everett    NSA Adviser Jack Doherty
Jurgen Prochnow    Gen. Evan Radek
Donna Bullock    Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell
Michael Ray Miller    AFO Pilot Colonel Axelrod
Carl Weintraub    AFO Co-Pilot Lt. Col. Ingrahams
Elester Ladham    AFO Navigator
Elya Baskin    Andrei Kolchak
Levani*    Sergei Lenski
David Vadim    Igor Nevski
Andrew Divoff    Boris Bazylev
Ilia Volokh*    Vladimir Krasin
Chris Howell    Major Perkins
Spencer Garrett    Lee, White House Aide
Bill Smitrovich    General Northwood
Philip Baker Hall    U.S. Attorney General Ward
Albert Owens    "Football" Colonel
Willard Pugh    White House Comm. Officer
Michael Monks    Assistant Press Secretary
Alan Woolf    Russian President Petrov
Messiri Freeman    Future Postmaster General
Thomas Crawford    Steward Mike
Fenton Lawless    Steward Joey
Dan Shor    Notre Dame Aide
David Gianopolous    Agent Johnson
Glenn Morshower    Agent Walters
Richard Doyle    AFO Back-up Pilot
Don R. McManus*    F-15 Leader Col. Carlton
Duke Miglin    F-15 "Halo 2" Fighter Pilot
Pavel D. Lychnikoff    Prison Guard
Oleg Taktarov    Prison Guard
Mario Roberts    Secret Service Agent
Keith Woulard    Secret Service Agent
J. Mark Donaldson    Secret Service Agent
Bruce Holman    Secret Service Agent
Brian Libby    Chief Mechanic
Diana Bellamy    Switchboard Operator
Thom Barry    Ramstein S.O.F. Watch Officer
Harry Hutchinson    Ramstein Airbase Controller
E.E. Bell    Reporter
Mark Thompson    Reporter
Marciarose Shestack    Reporter
Ren Hanami    Reporter
Suzanne Michaels    CNN Anchor
Boris Krutonog    MiG Leader
Alex Veadov    MiG Pilo
Allan Kolman    Kazak Soldier
Dan Barringer    USAF Jump Master
Mark Knutson    Russian Jump Master
Jim Harley    Willis
Aleks Shaklin    Government Official
Igor N. Lobotsky    Russian Official
Koko Kiledjian    Russian Speaker
Gordon Michaels    USAF Radio Specialist
Robert Peters    USAF Radio Specialist
Kristian Sorensen    USAF Radio Specialist
Stuart Nixon    USAF Security
Marty Rosen    CIA Director
Lee Faranda    Russian Bad Guy
Michael Hambrick    CNN Reporter
Catherine T. Yang    Foreign TV Reporter
David Macisaac    MC-130 Pilot
J. Scott Shonka    Pararescue Jumper
Paul Sklar    Pararescue Jumper
David Permenter    Winch Recovery Master
David O'Donnell    Young Airman
Timothy Carhart    Secret Service Agent at Checkpoint (uncredited)

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Wolfgang Petersen    Director
Jon Shestack    Producer
Gail Katz    Producer
Wolfgang Petersen    Producer
Armyan Bernstein    Producer
Andrew W. Marlowe    Screenwriter
David Lester    Executive Producer
Marc Abraham    Executive Producer
Thomas A. Bliss    Executive Producer
Michael Ballhaus    Director of Photography
William Sandell    Production Designer
Richard Francis-Bruce    Editor
Richard Edlund    Visual Effects Supervisor
Erica Edell Phillips    Costume Designer
Jerry Goldsmith    Composer
Peter Kohn    Assistant Director
David A. Siegel    Unit Production Manager
Nancy Patton    Supervising Art Director
Carl Aldana    Art Director
Carl Stensel    Art Director
Ernie Bishop    Set Decorator
Terry D. Frazee    Special Effects Coordinator
Amy Stofsky    Costume Supervisor
Mark Peterson    Costume Supervisor
Keith A. Wester    Production Sound Mixer
Paul Massey    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
D.M. Hemphill    Re-recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman    Supervising Sound Editor
Peter Michael Sullivan    Supervising Sound Editor
Randy Kelley    Sound Effects Editor
Jon Title    Sound Effects Editor
Christopher Assells    Sound Effects Editor
Rick Bozeat    Sound Effects Editor
Nick Kharabadze    Sound Effects Editor
Peter Zinda    Sound Effects Editor
Kevin Haney    Key Makeup
Gerald J. Solomon    Key Hairstylist
Janet Hirshenson    Casting Director
Jane Jenkins    Casting Director
Doug Coleman    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$37,132,505 (21.5% of total gross)
Legs:4.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:54.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$85,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,919 opening theaters/2,981 max. theaters, 10.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $426,148,608

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 346 $172,956,409
All Time International Box Office (Rank 701-800) 794 $142,311,944
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) 553 $315,268,353
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 35 $172,956,409
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 123 $142,311,944
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 82 $315,268,353

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 25th, 1997 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: November 16th, 2010 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence
Running Time: 117 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Jurassic World
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Keywords: Terrorism, Hostage, In a Plane, Washington, D.C., Action Thriller, Political
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Beacon Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Biggest 6th Monday 38 $1,835,743 Sep 1, 1997 39
Biggest 6th Sunday 94 $2,307,440 Aug 31, 1997 38
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 81 $8,520,110 Aug 29, 1997 38
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 44 $21,884,987 Aug 29, 1997 38
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 78 $10,355,853 Aug 29, 1997 38
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 26 $26,600,327 Aug 29, 1997 38
Biggest Domestic August Weekend 76 $25,731,622 Aug 1, 1997 10
Biggest Domestic July Weekend 97 $37,132,505 Jul 25, 1997 3
Top R Weekend Domestic 90 $37,132,505 Jul 25, 1997 3
Top Sony Pictures Weekend Domestic 72 $37,132,505 Jul 25, 1997 3
Top 1997 Theater Average 85 $12,721 Jul 25, 1997 3

Leading Cast

Harrison Ford    President James Marshall

Supporting Cast

Gary Oldman    Ivan Korshunov
Wendy Crewson    Grace Marshall
Paul Guilfoyle    Chief of Staff Lloyd 'Shep' Shepherd
William H. Macy    Major Caldwell
Liesel Matthews    Alice Marshall
Dean Stockwell    Defense Secretary Walter Dean
Glenn Close    Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Xander Berkeley    Secret Service Agent Gibbs
Tom Everett    NSA Adviser Jack Doherty
Jurgen Prochnow    Gen. Evan Radek
Donna Bullock    Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell
Michael Ray Miller    AFO Pilot Colonel Axelrod
Carl Weintraub    AFO Co-Pilot Lt. Col. Ingrahams
Elester Ladham    AFO Navigator
Elya Baskin    Andrei Kolchak
Levani*    Sergei Lenski
David Vadim    Igor Nevski
Andrew Divoff    Boris Bazylev
Ilia Volokh*    Vladimir Krasin
Chris Howell    Major Perkins
Spencer Garrett    Lee, White House Aide
Bill Smitrovich    General Northwood
Philip Baker Hall    U.S. Attorney General Ward
Albert Owens    "Football" Colonel
Willard Pugh    White House Comm. Officer
Michael Monks    Assistant Press Secretary
Alan Woolf    Russian President Petrov
Messiri Freeman    Future Postmaster General
Thomas Crawford    Steward Mike
Fenton Lawless    Steward Joey
Dan Shor    Notre Dame Aide
David Gianopolous    Agent Johnson
Glenn Morshower    Agent Walters
Richard Doyle    AFO Back-up Pilot
Don R. McManus*    F-15 Leader Col. Carlton
Duke Miglin    F-15 "Halo 2" Fighter Pilot
Pavel D. Lychnikoff    Prison Guard
Oleg Taktarov    Prison Guard
Mario Roberts    Secret Service Agent
Keith Woulard    Secret Service Agent
J. Mark Donaldson    Secret Service Agent
Bruce Holman    Secret Service Agent
Brian Libby    Chief Mechanic
Diana Bellamy    Switchboard Operator
Thom Barry    Ramstein S.O.F. Watch Officer
Harry Hutchinson    Ramstein Airbase Controller
E.E. Bell    Reporter
Mark Thompson    Reporter
Marciarose Shestack    Reporter
Ren Hanami    Reporter
Suzanne Michaels    CNN Anchor
Boris Krutonog    MiG Leader
Alex Veadov    MiG Pilo
Allan Kolman    Kazak Soldier
Dan Barringer    USAF Jump Master
Mark Knutson    Russian Jump Master
Jim Harley    Willis
Aleks Shaklin    Government Official
Igor N. Lobotsky    Russian Official
Koko Kiledjian    Russian Speaker
Gordon Michaels    USAF Radio Specialist
Robert Peters    USAF Radio Specialist
Kristian Sorensen    USAF Radio Specialist
Stuart Nixon    USAF Security
Marty Rosen    CIA Director
Lee Faranda    Russian Bad Guy
Michael Hambrick    CNN Reporter
Catherine T. Yang    Foreign TV Reporter
David Macisaac    MC-130 Pilot
J. Scott Shonka    Pararescue Jumper
Paul Sklar    Pararescue Jumper
David Permenter    Winch Recovery Master
David O'Donnell    Young Airman
Timothy Carhart    Secret Service Agent at Checkpoint (uncredited)

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Wolfgang Petersen    Director
Jon Shestack    Producer
Gail Katz    Producer
Wolfgang Petersen    Producer
Armyan Bernstein    Producer
Andrew W. Marlowe    Screenwriter
David Lester    Executive Producer
Marc Abraham    Executive Producer
Thomas A. Bliss    Executive Producer
Michael Ballhaus    Director of Photography
William Sandell    Production Designer
Richard Francis-Bruce    Editor
Richard Edlund    Visual Effects Supervisor
Erica Edell Phillips    Costume Designer
Jerry Goldsmith    Composer
Peter Kohn    Assistant Director
David A. Siegel    Unit Production Manager
Nancy Patton    Supervising Art Director
Carl Aldana    Art Director
Carl Stensel    Art Director
Ernie Bishop    Set Decorator
Terry D. Frazee    Special Effects Coordinator
Amy Stofsky    Costume Supervisor
Mark Peterson    Costume Supervisor
Keith A. Wester    Production Sound Mixer
Paul Massey    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
D.M. Hemphill    Re-recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman    Supervising Sound Editor
Peter Michael Sullivan    Supervising Sound Editor
Randy Kelley    Sound Effects Editor
Jon Title    Sound Effects Editor
Christopher Assells    Sound Effects Editor
Rick Bozeat    Sound Effects Editor
Nick Kharabadze    Sound Effects Editor
Peter Zinda    Sound Effects Editor
Kevin Haney    Key Makeup
Gerald J. Solomon    Key Hairstylist
Janet Hirshenson    Casting Director
Jane Jenkins    Casting Director
Doug Coleman    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 346 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 101-200) 169 $426,148,608
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 101-200) 188 $172,956,409
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1997 5 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 101-200) 135 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 193 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies 69 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 114 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 35 $172,956,409
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 30 $172,956,409

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 25, 1997 1 $37,132,505   2,919 $12,721   $37,132,505 1
Aug 1, 1997 1 $25,731,622 -31% 2,919 $8,815   $80,738,833 2
Aug 8, 1997 2 $17,827,096 -31% 2,981 $5,980   $110,582,800 3
Aug 15, 1997 2 $12,350,122 -31% 2,981 $4,143   $130,353,620 4
Aug 22, 1997 3 $7,870,403 -36% 2,824 $2,787   $143,092,008 5
Aug 29, 1997 3 $8,520,110 +8% 2,601 $3,276   $154,240,266 6
Sep 5, 1997 5 $3,861,490 -55% 2,468 $1,565   $159,262,854 7
Sep 12, 1997 6 $2,810,020 -27% 2,190 $1,283   $163,224,275 8
Sep 19, 1997 9 $2,073,198 -26% 1,885 $1,100   $166,093,896 9
Sep 26, 1997 11 $1,216,315 -41% 1,540 $790   $167,901,381 10
Oct 3, 1997 13 $756,150 -38% 1,094 $691   $169,003,294 11
Oct 10, 1997 23 $308,185 -59% 521 $592   $169,517,032 12
Oct 17, 1997 33 $169,478 -45% 333 $509   $169,792,834 13
Oct 24, 1997 37 $104,292 -38% 280 $372   $169,950,374 14
Oct 31, 1997 19 $621,083 +496% 1,010 $615   $170,606,595 15
Nov 7, 1997 27 $252,630 -59% 505 $500   $171,013,550 16
Nov 14, 1997 30 $237,020 -6% 389 $609   $171,372,714 17
Nov 21, 1997 49 $45,081 -81% 118 $382   $171,461,309 18
Nov 28, 1997 59 $24,443 -46% 77 $317   $171,501,547 19
Dec 26, 1997 30 $189,031   584 $324   $171,769,219 23
Jan 2, 1998 30 $203,070 +7% 593 $342   $172,144,501 24
Jan 9, 1998 33 $118,980 -41% 508 $234   $172,334,889 25
Jan 16, 1998 34 $117,992 -1% 383 $308   $172,500,454 26
Jan 23, 1998 45 $60,331 -49% 302 $200   $172,573,708 27
Jan 30, 1998 57 $34,077 -44% 165 $207   $172,620,724 28

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 25, 1997 1 $11,981,951     2,919 $4,105   $11,981,951 1
Jul 26, 1997 1 $14,006,743 +17%   2,919 $4,798   $25,988,694 2
Jul 27, 1997 1 $11,143,811 -20%   2,919 $3,818   $37,132,505 3
Jul 28, 1997 1 $5,075,313 -54%   2,919 $1,739   $42,207,818 4
Jul 29, 1997 1 $4,804,269 -5%   2,919 $1,646   $47,012,087 5
Jul 30, 1997 1 $4,132,300 -14%   2,919 $1,416   $51,144,387 6
Jul 31, 1997 1 $3,862,824 -7%   2,919 $1,323   $55,007,211 7
Aug 1, 1997 2 $7,473,778 +93% -38% 2,919 $2,560   $62,480,989 8
Aug 2, 1997 1 $10,511,122 +41% -25% 2,919 $3,601   $72,992,111 9
Aug 3, 1997 1 $7,746,722 -26% -30% 2,919 $2,654   $80,738,833 10
Aug 4, 1997 1 $3,267,306 -58% -36% 2,919 $1,119   $84,006,139 11
Aug 5, 1997 1 $3,302,994 +1% -31% 2,919 $1,132   $87,309,133 12
Aug 6, 1997 1 $2,823,124 -15% -32% 2,919 $967   $90,132,257 13
Aug 7, 1997 1 $2,623,447 -7% -32% 2,919 $899   $92,755,704 14
Aug 8, 1997 2 $5,103,400 +95% -32% 2,981 $1,712   $97,859,104 15
Aug 9, 1997 1 $7,590,798 +49% -28% 2,981 $2,546   $105,449,902 16
Aug 10, 1997 2 $5,132,898 -32% -34% 2,981 $1,722   $110,582,800 17
Aug 11, 1997 2 $1,924,412 -63% -41% 2,981 $646   $112,507,212 18
Aug 12, 1997 2 $2,028,640 +5% -39% 2,981 $681   $114,535,852 19
Aug 13, 1997 2 $1,881,812 -7% -33% 2,981 $631   $116,417,664 20
Aug 14, 1997 2 $1,585,834 -16% -40% 2,981 $532   $118,003,498 21
Aug 15, 1997 3 $3,504,053 +121% -31% 2,981 $1,175   $121,507,551 22
Aug 16, 1997 1 $5,277,454 +51% -30% 2,981 $1,770   $126,785,005 23
Aug 17, 1997 3 $3,568,615 -32% -30% 2,981 $1,197   $130,353,620 24
Aug 18, 1997 3 $1,186,734 -67% -38% 2,981 $398   $131,540,354 25
Aug 19, 1997 3 $1,278,443 +8% -37% 2,981 $429   $132,818,797 26
Aug 20, 1997 3 $1,232,271 -4% -35% 2,981 $413   $134,051,068 27
Aug 21, 1997 3 $1,170,537 -5% -26% 2,981 $393   $135,221,605 28
Aug 22, 1997 4 $2,279,783 +95% -35% 2,824 $807   $137,501,388 29
Aug 23, 1997 3 $3,523,860 +55% -33% 2,824 $1,248   $141,025,248 30
Aug 24, 1997 5 $2,066,760 -41% -42% 2,824 $732   $143,092,008 31
Aug 25, 1997 5 $638,267 -69% -46% 2,824 $226   $143,730,275 32
Aug 26, 1997 6 $741,357 +16% -42% 2,824 $263   $144,471,632 33
Aug 27, 1997 7 $602,112 -19% -51% 2,824 $213   $145,073,744 34
Aug 28, 1997 4 $646,412 +7% -45% 2,824 $229   $145,720,156 35
Aug 29, 1997 5 $1,662,927 +157% -27% 2,601 $639   $147,383,083 36
Aug 30, 1997 3 $2,714,000 +63% -23% 2,601 $1,043   $150,097,083 37
Aug 31, 1997 3 $2,307,440 -15% +12% 2,601 $887   $152,404,523 38
Sep 1, 1997 3 $1,835,743 -20% +188% 2,601 $706   $154,240,266 39
Sep 2, 1997 5 $426,627 -77% -42% 2,501 $171   $154,666,893 40
Sep 3, 1997 4 $376,629 -12% -37% 2,601 $145   $155,043,522 41
Sep 4, 1997 4 $357,842 -5% -45% 2,601 $138   $155,401,364 42
Sep 5, 1997 5 $1,033,398 +189% -38% 2,468 $419   $156,434,762 43
Sep 6, 1997 4 $1,927,805 +87% -29% 2,468 $781   $158,362,567 44
Sep 7, 1997 5 $900,287 -53% -61% 2,468 $365   $159,262,854 45
Sep 8, 1997 5 $247,621 -72% -87% 2,468 $100   $159,510,475 46
Sep 9, 1997 4 $323,206 +31% -24% 2,468 $131   $159,833,681 47
Sep 10, 1997 4 $287,665 -11% -24% 2,468 $117   $160,121,346 48
Sep 11, 1997 4 $292,909 +2% -18% 2,468 $119   $160,414,255 49
Sep 12, 1997 6 $797,922 +172% -23% 2,190 $364   $161,212,177 50
Sep 13, 1997 5 $1,400,593 +76% -27% 2,190 $640   $162,612,770 51
Sep 14, 1997 7 $611,505 -56% -32% 2,190 $279   $163,224,275 52
Sep 15, 1997 7 $168,538 -72% -32% 2,190 $77   $163,392,813 53
Sep 16, 1997 6 $225,353 +34% -30% 2,190 $103   $163,618,166 54
Sep 17, 1997 6 $194,786 -14% -32% 2,190 $89   $163,812,952 55
Sep 18, 1997 6 $207,746 +7% -29% 2,190 $95   $164,020,698 56
Sep 19, 1997 8 $552,385 +166% -31% 1,885 $293   $164,573,083 57
Sep 20, 1997 8 $1,083,717 +96% -23% 1,885 $575   $165,656,800 58
Sep 21, 1997 9 $437,096 -60% -29% 1,885 $232   $166,093,896 59
Sep 22, 1997 9 $128,957 -70% -23% 1,885 $68   $166,222,853 60
Sep 23, 1997 8 $175,333 +36% -22% 1,885 $93   $166,398,186 61
Sep 24, 1997 8 $145,274 -17% -25% 1,885 $77   $166,543,460 62
Sep 25, 1997 8 $141,606 -3% -32% 1,885 $75   $166,685,066 63
Sep 26, 1997 11 $321,203 +127% -42% 1,540 $209   $167,006,269 64
Sep 27, 1997 11 $633,150 +97% -42% 1,540 $411   $167,639,419 65
Sep 28, 1997 - $261,962 -59% -40% 1,540 $170   $167,901,381 66
Sep 29, 1997 - $77,356 -70% -40% 1,540 $50   $167,978,737 67
Sep 30, 1997 - $92,740 +20% -47% 1,540 $60   $168,071,477 68
Oct 1, 1997 - $82,410 -11% -43% 1,540 $54   $168,153,887 69
Oct 2, 1997 - $93,257 +13% -34% 1,540 $61   $168,247,144 70
Oct 3, 1997 - $217,225 +133% -32% 1,094 $199   $168,464,369 71
Oct 4, 1997 - $376,523 +73% -41% 1,094 $344   $168,840,892 72
Oct 5, 1997 - $162,402 -57% -38% 1,094 $148   $169,003,294 73
Oct 6, 1997 - $43,839 -73% -43% 1,094 $40   $169,047,133 74
Oct 7, 1997 - $57,854 +32% -38% 1,094 $53   $169,104,987 75
Oct 8, 1997 - $48,026 -17% -42% 1,094 $44   $169,153,013 76
Oct 9, 1997 - $55,834 +16% -40% 1,094 $51   $169,208,847 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 25, 1997 1 $55,007,211   2,919 $18,845   $55,007,211 1
Aug 1, 1997 1 $37,748,493 -31% 2,919 $12,932   $92,755,704 2
Aug 8, 1997 2 $25,247,794 -33% 2,981 $8,470   $118,003,498 3
Aug 15, 1997 3 $17,218,107 -32% 2,981 $5,776   $135,221,605 4
Aug 22, 1997 4 $10,498,551 -39% 2,824 $3,718   $145,720,156 5
Aug 29, 1997 4 $9,681,208 -8% 2,601 $3,722   $155,401,364 6
Sep 5, 1997 5 $5,012,891 -48% 2,468 $2,031   $160,414,255 7
Sep 12, 1997 6 $3,606,443 -28% 2,190 $1,647   $164,020,698 8
Sep 19, 1997 9 $2,664,368 -26% 1,885 $1,413   $166,685,066 9
Sep 26, 1997 11 $1,562,078 -41% 1,540 $1,014   $168,247,144 10
Oct 3, 1997 15 $961,703 -38% 1,094 $879   $169,208,847 11
Oct 10, 1997 23 $414,509 -57% 521 $796   $169,623,356 12
Oct 17, 1997 33 $222,726 -46% 333 $669   $169,846,082 13
Oct 24, 1997 35 $139,430 -37% 280 $498   $169,985,512 14
Oct 31, 1997 19 $775,408 +456% 1,010 $768   $170,760,920 15
Nov 7, 1997 26 $374,774 -52% 505 $742   $171,135,694 16
Nov 14, 1997 33 $280,534 -25% 389 $721   $171,416,228 17
Nov 21, 1997 47 $60,876 -78% 118 $516   $171,477,104 18
Dec 26, 1997 27 $361,243   584 $619   $171,941,431 23
Jan 2, 1998 33 $274,478 -24% 593 $463   $172,215,909 24
Jan 9, 1998 31 $166,553 -39% 508 $328   $172,382,462 25
Jan 16, 1998 38 $130,915 -21% 383 $342   $172,513,377 26
Jan 23, 1998 47 $73,270 -44% 302 $243   $172,586,647 27

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 701-800) 794 $142,311,944
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 401-500) 489 $142,311,944
Top 1997 Movies at the International Box Office 11 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 301-400) 353 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 501-600) 512 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300) 234 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 259 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 123 $142,311,944
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 79 $142,311,944

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) 553 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 301-400) 312 $315,268,353
Top 1997 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 5 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300) 238 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 301-400) 336 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 130 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 197 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 82 $315,268,353
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 48 $315,268,353

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
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Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
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Release
Mar 12, 202378,845 9,716$86,239$94,731643

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