New Zealand Box Office for Ishtar (1987)

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Ishtar
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $15Details
Worldwide Box Office $14,375,196Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$40,000,000
New Zealand Releases: May 5th, 1987 (Wide)
December 11th, 2025 (Limited)
Video Release: June 8th, 2013 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 107 minutes
Keywords: Farcical / Slapstick Comedy, Famously Bad, Songwriter, C.I.A., Mistaken Identity, Blackmail
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States

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
2025/12/12 99 $15   0     $15 2,015
2025/12/19 71 $6 -60% 0     $6 2,016

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
New Zealand 5/5/1987 $0 0 0 0 $15 12/22/2025
North America 5/15/1987 $4,331,817 1,139 1,139 4,442 $14,375,181
 
Worldwide Total$14,375,196 12/22/2025

Leading Cast

Dustin Hoffman    Chuck Clarke

Uncategorized

Jack Weston    Marty Freed
Tess Harper    Willa
Warren Beatty    Lyle Rogers
Charles Grodin    Jim Harrison
Isabelle Adjani    Shirra Assel
Carol Kane    Carol
Alex Hyde-White    CIA Agent

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

Production and Technical Credits

Elaine May    Director
Elaine May    Screenwriter