Australia Box Office for Crocodile Dundee (1986)

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Crocodile Dundee
Theatrical Performance (US$)
Australia Box Office $138,336Details
Worldwide Box Office $328,203,181Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$8,800,000
Australia Releases: April 24th, 1986 (Wide)
May 8th, 2025 (Limited), released as Crocodile Dundee: The Encore Cut
Video Release: 1987 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 97 minutes
Franchise: Crocodile Dundee
Keywords: Country Mouse, City Mouse, Romance, Culture Clash, Writing and Writers, Suicide Attempt, LGBTQ+, Relationships Gone Wrong, Set in New York, Action Comedy
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures
Production Countries: Australia, United States
Languages: English

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for May 13th, 2014

May 13th, 2014

It's a weird week on the home market. There are more first-run releases on this week's list than last week, as well as some TV on DVD releases and others. That said, it still feels very shallow. Even coming up with a list of ten new releases will include some filler. According to Amazon.com, I, Frankenstein is the biggest selling new release of the week. However, Her is the best new release of the week and the Blu-ray Combo Pack is the Pick of the Week. More...

Featured Blu-ray review: Crocodile Dundee / Crocodile Dundee II

May 12th, 2014

Before I say anything about this Blu-ray... Crocodile Dundee is a trilogy. It is a trilogy, but they are releasing just the first two films. That's a big slight. The first Crocodile Dundee cost less than $10 million, but it made more than $300 million worldwide in 1986. Just two years later, Crocodile Dundee 2 came out, and while it made nearly $100 million less worldwide, it was still a huge hit. Nearly 30 years later, these two films are coming out on a two-disc Blu-ray set. Has it aged well? Will fans of the films want to pick it up? More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2025/05/09 12 $64,153   0     $95,337 2,038
2025/05/16 46 $6,255 -90% 0     $120,720 2,039
2025/05/23 77 $704 -89% 0     $122,289 2,040
2025/05/30 78 $412 -41% 0     $124,733 2,041
2025/07/04 31 $4,370   0     $130,974 2,046
2025/09/26 59 $1,862   0     $134,414 2,058
2025/10/10 47 $2,959   0     $138,336 2,060

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 4/24/1986 $0 0 0 0 $138,336 10/13/2025
North America 9/26/1986 $8,038,855 879 1,495 36,381 $174,803,506
 
Rest of World $153,261,339
 
Worldwide Total$328,203,181 10/13/2025

Leading Cast

Paul Hogan    Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee

Supporting Cast

Linda Kozlowski    Sue Charlton
John Meillon    Walter Reilly
Mark Blum    Richard Mason
Michael Lombard    Sam Charlton
David Gulpilil    Neville Bell

Uncategorized

Reginald VelJohnson    Gus

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

Production and Technical Credits

Peter Faiman    Director
Ken Shadie    Screenwriter
Tim Chau    Sound Effects Editor

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