The Running Man (1987)

The Running Man
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $38,122,000Details
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $1,253,551 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $1,253,551
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$8,117,465 (21.3% of total gross)
Legs:4.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,692 opening theaters/1,694 max. theaters, 6.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $104,874,534

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,429 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,701-3,800) 3,755 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 756 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,152 $38,122,000

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


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 13th, 1987 (Wide) by Sony/TriStar
Video Release: February 9th, 2010 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 101 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
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Keywords: Post Apocalypse, Action Thriller, Reality TV, Dystopia, Wrongfully Convicted, Falsely Accused, Yesterday's Tomorrow, 2010s
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Taft Entertainment, A Keith Barish, Tri-Star Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 246 $5,364,177 Nov 27, 1987 17
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 191 $15,077,313 Nov 27, 1987 17
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 274 $5,364,177 Nov 27, 1987 17
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 201 $12,566,714 Nov 27, 1987 17
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 117 $8,117,465 Nov 13, 1987 3
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 67 $22,816,097 Nov 13, 1987 3
Veterans Day (Opening, 3-Day) 58 $8,117,465 Nov 13, 1987 3
Veterans Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 35 $22,816,097 Nov 13, 1987 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,429 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,643 $104,874,534
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,906 $38,122,000
Top 1987 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 28 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 501-600) 509 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,037 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300) 260 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 401-500) 455 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 756 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony/TriStar Movies 10 $38,122,000

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 13, 1987 1 $8,117,465   1,692 $4,798   $8,117,465 1
Nov 20, 1987 1 $5,671,255 -30% 1,692 $3,352   $15,924,720 2
Nov 27, 1987 5 $5,364,177 -5% 1,694 $3,167   $25,085,126 3
Dec 4, 1987 5 $2,885,927 -46% 1,689 $1,709   $29,084,695 4
Dec 11, 1987 6 $1,898,940 -34% 1,595 $1,191   $31,673,635 5
Dec 25, 1987 15 $969,930   829 $1,170   $34,249,318 7
Jan 1, 1988 14 $1,156,639 +19% 869 $1,331   $36,035,906 8
Jan 22, 1988 22 $250,059   332 $753   $37,743,350 11

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 13, 1987 1 $10,253,465   1,692 $6,060   $10,253,465 1
Nov 20, 1987 1 $9,467,484 -8% 1,692 $5,595   $19,720,949 2
Nov 27, 1987 5 $6,477,819 -32% 1,694 $3,824   $26,198,768 3
Dec 4, 1987 5 $3,575,927 -45% 1,689 $2,117   $29,774,695 4
Dec 25, 1987 14 $1,599,879   829 $1,930   $34,879,267 7

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Nov 6, 202287,173 7,173$142,528$142,528665

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Leading Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger    Ben Richards

Supporting Cast

Maria Conchita Alonso    Amber Mendez
Yaphet Kotto    Laughlin
Richard Dawson    Damon Killian
Jesse Ventura    Capt. Freedom
Jim Brown    Fireball
Sven-Ole Thorsen    Sven
Kurt Fuller    Tony
Erland van Lidth    Dynamo

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

Production and Technical Credits

Paul Michael Glaser    Director
Tim Zinnemann    Producer
George Linder    Producer
Richard Bachman*    Story Based on the Novel by
Steven E. de Souza    Screenwriter
Keith Barish    Executive Producer
Rob Cohen    Executive Producer
Thomas Del Ruth    Director of Photography
Harold Faltermeyer    Composer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for November 23rd, 2010

November 22nd, 2010

This Friday is Black Friday, but there's a lull on the home market with not a whole lot of great releases. (This is the usual pattern for Thanksgiving.) The biggest hit coming out is The Expendables, which should top the chart, while there are a number of smaller releases that are in contention for Pick of the Week. The best of these is Metropolis: The Complete Metropolis, which comes out on Blu-ray this week after being released on DVD last week. More...


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$8,117,465 (21.3% of total gross)
Legs:4.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,692 opening theaters/1,694 max. theaters, 6.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $104,874,534

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,429 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,701-3,800) 3,755 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 756 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,152 $38,122,000

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


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Amazon VOD:Amazon
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 13th, 1987 (Wide) by Sony/TriStar
Video Release: February 9th, 2010 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 101 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
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Keywords: Post Apocalypse, Action Thriller, Reality TV, Dystopia, Wrongfully Convicted, Falsely Accused, Yesterday's Tomorrow, 2010s
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Taft Entertainment, A Keith Barish, Tri-Star Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 246 $5,364,177 Nov 27, 1987 17
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 191 $15,077,313 Nov 27, 1987 17
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 274 $5,364,177 Nov 27, 1987 17
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 201 $12,566,714 Nov 27, 1987 17
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 117 $8,117,465 Nov 13, 1987 3
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 67 $22,816,097 Nov 13, 1987 3
Veterans Day (Opening, 3-Day) 58 $8,117,465 Nov 13, 1987 3
Veterans Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 35 $22,816,097 Nov 13, 1987 3

Leading Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger    Ben Richards

Supporting Cast

Maria Conchita Alonso    Amber Mendez
Yaphet Kotto    Laughlin
Richard Dawson    Damon Killian
Jesse Ventura    Capt. Freedom
Jim Brown    Fireball
Sven-Ole Thorsen    Sven
Kurt Fuller    Tony
Erland van Lidth    Dynamo

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

Production and Technical Credits

Paul Michael Glaser    Director
Tim Zinnemann    Producer
George Linder    Producer
Richard Bachman*    Story Based on the Novel by
Steven E. de Souza    Screenwriter
Keith Barish    Executive Producer
Rob Cohen    Executive Producer
Thomas Del Ruth    Director of Photography
Harold Faltermeyer    Composer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for November 23rd, 2010

November 22nd, 2010

This Friday is Black Friday, but there's a lull on the home market with not a whole lot of great releases. (This is the usual pattern for Thanksgiving.) The biggest hit coming out is The Expendables, which should top the chart, while there are a number of smaller releases that are in contention for Pick of the Week. The best of these is Metropolis: The Complete Metropolis, which comes out on Blu-ray this week after being released on DVD last week. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,429 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,643 $104,874,534
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,906 $38,122,000
Top 1987 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 28 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 501-600) 509 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,037 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300) 260 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 401-500) 455 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 756 $38,122,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony/TriStar Movies 10 $38,122,000

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 13, 1987 1 $8,117,465   1,692 $4,798   $8,117,465 1
Nov 20, 1987 1 $5,671,255 -30% 1,692 $3,352   $15,924,720 2
Nov 27, 1987 5 $5,364,177 -5% 1,694 $3,167   $25,085,126 3
Dec 4, 1987 5 $2,885,927 -46% 1,689 $1,709   $29,084,695 4
Dec 11, 1987 6 $1,898,940 -34% 1,595 $1,191   $31,673,635 5
Dec 25, 1987 15 $969,930   829 $1,170   $34,249,318 7
Jan 1, 1988 14 $1,156,639 +19% 869 $1,331   $36,035,906 8
Jan 22, 1988 22 $250,059   332 $753   $37,743,350 11

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 13, 1987 1 $10,253,465   1,692 $6,060   $10,253,465 1
Nov 20, 1987 1 $9,467,484 -8% 1,692 $5,595   $19,720,949 2
Nov 27, 1987 5 $6,477,819 -32% 1,694 $3,824   $26,198,768 3
Dec 4, 1987 5 $3,575,927 -45% 1,689 $2,117   $29,774,695 4
Dec 25, 1987 14 $1,599,879   829 $1,930   $34,879,267 7

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,701-3,800) 3,755 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,063 $38,122,000
Top 1987 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 29 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 701-800) 728 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,197 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 301-400) 365 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 701-800) 716 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,152 $38,122,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony/TriStar Movies 10 $38,122,000

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Nov 6, 202287,173 7,173$142,528$142,528665

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.