Stargate (1994)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $71,565,669Details
International Box Office $125,000,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $196,565,669
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Egyptologist Daniel Jackson and colonel Jack O’Neill travel through an interstellar portal (a stargate) to investigate what is on the other side, only to end up on a desert planet on the other side of the universe. The planet is rules by Ra, a hermaphroditic Egyptian sun god, who oppresses hordes of slave workers.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$16,651,018 (23.3% of total gross)
Legs:4.30 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:36.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$55,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,033 opening theaters/2,033 max. theaters, 9.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $188,644,642

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

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: October 28th, 1994 (Wide) by MGM
Video Release: June 18th, 1997 by Live / Artisan
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence
Running Time: 121 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Ancient Egypt, Humans as Aliens, 1920s, Invented Language, Intertitle, Action Adventure, Prologue
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: StudioCanal, Centropolis Entertainment
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 220 $13,230,967 Nov 25, 1994 31
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 225 $10,725,279 Nov 25, 1994 31
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 115 $8,107,032 Nov 11, 1994 17
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 73 $22,453,303 Nov 11, 1994 17
Halloween (All Movies, 3-Day) 24 $16,651,018 Oct 28, 1994 3
Halloween (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 6 $46,116,792 Oct 28, 1994 3
Halloween (Opening, 3-Day) 13 $16,651,018 Oct 28, 1994 3
Halloween (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 6 $46,116,792 Oct 28, 1994 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 28, 1994 1 $16,651,018   2,033 $8,190   $16,651,018 1
Nov 4, 1994 1 $12,368,778 -26% 2,033 $6,084   $34,462,744 2
Nov 11, 1994 3 $8,107,032 -34% 2,033 $3,988   $46,505,549 3
Nov 18, 1994 6 $4,413,420 -46% 2,033 $2,171   $52,869,582 4
Nov 25, 1994 7 $4,777,198 +8% 2,033 $2,350   $60,169,143 5
Dec 2, 1994 9 $2,265,067 -53% 1,904 $1,190   $63,291,430 6
Dec 9, 1994 11 $1,170,559 -48% 1,484 $789   $65,097,345 7
Dec 16, 1994 13 $695,378 -41% 936 $743   $66,201,560 8
Dec 23, 1994 21 $685,424 -1% 775 $884   $67,280,619 9
Dec 30, 1994 21 $777,678 +13% 704 $1,105   $68,644,252 10
Jan 6, 1995 21 $504,079 -35% 658 $766   $69,320,469 11
Jan 13, 1995 24 $458,860 -9% 413 $1,111   $69,977,992 12
Jan 20, 1995 24 $261,761 -43% 396 $661   $70,338,783 13
Jan 27, 1995 27 $212,554 -19% 371 $573   $70,673,374 14
Feb 3, 1995 33 $160,317 -25% 224 $716   $70,926,023 15
Feb 10, 1995 39 $113,416 -29% 161 $704   $71,085,359 16
Feb 17, 1995 41 $115,693 +2% 139 $832   $71,234,377 17
Feb 24, 1995 44 $88,314 -24% 155 $570   $71,346,004 18

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 28, 1994 1 $22,093,966   2,033 $10,868   $22,093,966 1
Nov 4, 1994 1 $16,304,551 -26% 2,033 $8,020   $38,398,517 2
Nov 11, 1994 3 $10,057,645 -38% 2,033 $4,947   $48,456,162 3
Nov 18, 1994 6 $6,935,783 -31% 2,033 $3,412   $55,391,945 4
Nov 25, 1994 7 $5,634,418 -19% 2,033 $2,771   $61,026,363 5
Dec 2, 1994 9 $2,900,423 -49% 1,904 $1,523   $63,926,786 6
Dec 9, 1994 11 $1,579,396 -46% 1,484 $1,064   $65,506,182 7
Dec 16, 1994 14 $1,089,013 -31% 936 $1,163   $66,595,195 8
Dec 23, 1994 20 $1,271,379 +17% 775 $1,640   $67,866,574 9
Dec 30, 1994 21 $949,816 -25% 704 $1,349   $68,816,390 10
Jan 6, 1995 21 $702,742 -26% 658 $1,068   $69,519,132 11
Jan 13, 1995 23 $557,890 -21% 413 $1,351   $70,077,022 12
Jan 20, 1995 24 $383,798 -31% 396 $969   $70,460,820 13
Jan 27, 1995 27 $304,886 -21% 371 $822   $70,765,706 14
Feb 3, 1995 33 $206,237 -32% 224 $921   $70,971,943 15
Feb 10, 1995 39 $146,741 -29% 161 $911   $71,118,684 16
Feb 17, 1995 41 $139,006 -5% 139 $1,000   $71,257,690 17

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 26, 20091415,244 15,244$195,486$195,486632

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

Kurt Russell Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil
James Spader Dr. Daniel Jackson

Supporting Cast

Jaye Davidson Ra
Viveca Lindfors Catherine
Alexis Cruz Skaara
Mili Avital Sha'uri
Leon Rippy General West
John Diehl Lieutenant Kawalsky
Carlos Lauchu Anubis
Djimon* Horus
Erick Avari Kasuf
French Stewart Louis Ferretti
Gianin Loffler Nabeh
Christopher John Fields Freeman
Derek Webster Lieutenant Brown
Jack Moore Lieutenant Reilly
Steve Giannelli Lieutenant Porro
David Pressman Assistant Lieutenant
Scott Smith Officer
Cecil Hoffman Sarah O'Neil
Rae Allen Barbara Shore
Richard Kind Gary Meyers, PhD
John Storey Mitch
Lee Taylor-Allan Jenny
George Gray Technician
Kelly Vint Young Catherine
Erik Holland Professor Langford
Nick Wilder Foreman Taylor
Sayed Badreya Arabic Interpreter
Michael Concepcion Horus #1
Jerry Gilmore Horus #2
Michel Jean-Phillipe Horus #3
Dialy N'Daiye Horus #4
Gladys Holland Professor
Roger Til Professor
Kenneth Danziger Professor
Christopher West Professor
Robert Ackerman Companion
Kieron Lee Masked Ra
Frank Welker Mastadge
John Rhys-Davies Shouting Arab Digger (uncredited)

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

Production and Technical Credits

Roland Emmerich Director
Dean Devlin Producer
Oliver Eberle Producer
Joel B. Michaels Producer
Roland Emmerich Screenwriter
Dean Devlin Screenwriter
Mario Kassar Executive Producer
Ute Emmerich Co-Producer
Karl Walter Lindenlaub Director of Photography
Holger Gross Production Designer
Derek G. Brechin Editor
Michael J. Duthie Editor
Joseph Porro Costume Designer
Patrick Tatopoulos Additional Costume Designer
David Arnold Composer
Peter Winther Associate Producer
Steve Love Assistant Director
Donald Heitzer Unit Production Manager
Ramsey Thomas Unit Production Manager
Peter Murton Art Director
Frank Bollinger Art Director
Jim Erickson Set Decorator
Peter Krause Director of Photography
Garey Reilly* Costume Supervisor
Peter S. Elliot Additional Editor
Roy Watts Additional Editor
David Ronne Sound Mixer
Patrick Cyccone Jr.* Re-recording Mixer
Greg P. Russell Re-recording Mixer
Don White Re-recording Mixer
Scott Purdy Re-recording Mixer
Sandy Gendler Supervising Sound Editor
Val Kuklowsky Supervising Sound Editor
Noah Blough Sound Editor
Michael Dandy Sound Editor
Cameron Frankley Sound Editor
Mike Goodman Sound Editor
Harry Harris Sound Editor
Andréia Horta Sound Editor
Lenny Jenning* Sound Editor
Mark LaPointe Sound Editor
Raoul* Sound Editor
Mike Szakmeister Sound Editor
Bill Van Daalen Sound Editor
Ben Wilkins Sound Editor
Daniel Yale Sound Editor
Laurie Higgins-Tobias Supervising Music Editor
Greg Nelson Key Makeup
Lori Guidroz Supervisor Hairstylist
Beth Miller Key Hairstylist
Patrick Tatopoulos Creature Effects
April Webster Casting Director
Andy Armstrong 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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Synopsis

Egyptologist Daniel Jackson and colonel Jack O’Neill travel through an interstellar portal (a stargate) to investigate what is on the other side, only to end up on a desert planet on the other side of the universe. The planet is rules by Ra, a hermaphroditic Egyptian sun god, who oppresses hordes of slave workers.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$16,651,018 (23.3% of total gross)
Legs:4.30 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:36.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$55,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,033 opening theaters/2,033 max. theaters, 9.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $188,644,642

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

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


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Netflix:Netflix, Netflix

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 28th, 1994 (Wide) by MGM
Video Release: June 18th, 1997 by Live / Artisan
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence
Running Time: 121 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Ancient Egypt, Humans as Aliens, 1920s, Invented Language, Intertitle, Action Adventure, Prologue
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: StudioCanal, Centropolis Entertainment
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 220 $13,230,967 Nov 25, 1994 31
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 225 $10,725,279 Nov 25, 1994 31
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 115 $8,107,032 Nov 11, 1994 17
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 73 $22,453,303 Nov 11, 1994 17
Halloween (All Movies, 3-Day) 24 $16,651,018 Oct 28, 1994 3
Halloween (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 6 $46,116,792 Oct 28, 1994 3
Halloween (Opening, 3-Day) 13 $16,651,018 Oct 28, 1994 3
Halloween (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 6 $46,116,792 Oct 28, 1994 3

Leading Cast

Kurt Russell Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil
James Spader Dr. Daniel Jackson

Supporting Cast

Jaye Davidson Ra
Viveca Lindfors Catherine
Alexis Cruz Skaara
Mili Avital Sha'uri
Leon Rippy General West
John Diehl Lieutenant Kawalsky
Carlos Lauchu Anubis
Djimon* Horus
Erick Avari Kasuf
French Stewart Louis Ferretti
Gianin Loffler Nabeh
Christopher John Fields Freeman
Derek Webster Lieutenant Brown
Jack Moore Lieutenant Reilly
Steve Giannelli Lieutenant Porro
David Pressman Assistant Lieutenant
Scott Smith Officer
Cecil Hoffman Sarah O'Neil
Rae Allen Barbara Shore
Richard Kind Gary Meyers, PhD
John Storey Mitch
Lee Taylor-Allan Jenny
George Gray Technician
Kelly Vint Young Catherine
Erik Holland Professor Langford
Nick Wilder Foreman Taylor
Sayed Badreya Arabic Interpreter
Michael Concepcion Horus #1
Jerry Gilmore Horus #2
Michel Jean-Phillipe Horus #3
Dialy N'Daiye Horus #4
Gladys Holland Professor
Roger Til Professor
Kenneth Danziger Professor
Christopher West Professor
Robert Ackerman Companion
Kieron Lee Masked Ra
Frank Welker Mastadge
John Rhys-Davies Shouting Arab Digger (uncredited)

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

Production and Technical Credits

Roland Emmerich Director
Dean Devlin Producer
Oliver Eberle Producer
Joel B. Michaels Producer
Roland Emmerich Screenwriter
Dean Devlin Screenwriter
Mario Kassar Executive Producer
Ute Emmerich Co-Producer
Karl Walter Lindenlaub Director of Photography
Holger Gross Production Designer
Derek G. Brechin Editor
Michael J. Duthie Editor
Joseph Porro Costume Designer
Patrick Tatopoulos Additional Costume Designer
David Arnold Composer
Peter Winther Associate Producer
Steve Love Assistant Director
Donald Heitzer Unit Production Manager
Ramsey Thomas Unit Production Manager
Peter Murton Art Director
Frank Bollinger Art Director
Jim Erickson Set Decorator
Peter Krause Director of Photography
Garey Reilly* Costume Supervisor
Peter S. Elliot Additional Editor
Roy Watts Additional Editor
David Ronne Sound Mixer
Patrick Cyccone Jr.* Re-recording Mixer
Greg P. Russell Re-recording Mixer
Don White Re-recording Mixer
Scott Purdy Re-recording Mixer
Sandy Gendler Supervising Sound Editor
Val Kuklowsky Supervising Sound Editor
Noah Blough Sound Editor
Michael Dandy Sound Editor
Cameron Frankley Sound Editor
Mike Goodman Sound Editor
Harry Harris Sound Editor
Andréia Horta Sound Editor
Lenny Jenning* Sound Editor
Mark LaPointe Sound Editor
Raoul* Sound Editor
Mike Szakmeister Sound Editor
Bill Van Daalen Sound Editor
Ben Wilkins Sound Editor
Daniel Yale Sound Editor
Laurie Higgins-Tobias Supervising Music Editor
Greg Nelson Key Makeup
Lori Guidroz Supervisor Hairstylist
Beth Miller Key Hairstylist
Patrick Tatopoulos Creature Effects
April Webster Casting Director
Andy Armstrong 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

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 28, 1994 1 $16,651,018   2,033 $8,190   $16,651,018 1
Nov 4, 1994 1 $12,368,778 -26% 2,033 $6,084   $34,462,744 2
Nov 11, 1994 3 $8,107,032 -34% 2,033 $3,988   $46,505,549 3
Nov 18, 1994 6 $4,413,420 -46% 2,033 $2,171   $52,869,582 4
Nov 25, 1994 7 $4,777,198 +8% 2,033 $2,350   $60,169,143 5
Dec 2, 1994 9 $2,265,067 -53% 1,904 $1,190   $63,291,430 6
Dec 9, 1994 11 $1,170,559 -48% 1,484 $789   $65,097,345 7
Dec 16, 1994 13 $695,378 -41% 936 $743   $66,201,560 8
Dec 23, 1994 21 $685,424 -1% 775 $884   $67,280,619 9
Dec 30, 1994 21 $777,678 +13% 704 $1,105   $68,644,252 10
Jan 6, 1995 21 $504,079 -35% 658 $766   $69,320,469 11
Jan 13, 1995 24 $458,860 -9% 413 $1,111   $69,977,992 12
Jan 20, 1995 24 $261,761 -43% 396 $661   $70,338,783 13
Jan 27, 1995 27 $212,554 -19% 371 $573   $70,673,374 14
Feb 3, 1995 33 $160,317 -25% 224 $716   $70,926,023 15
Feb 10, 1995 39 $113,416 -29% 161 $704   $71,085,359 16
Feb 17, 1995 41 $115,693 +2% 139 $832   $71,234,377 17
Feb 24, 1995 44 $88,314 -24% 155 $570   $71,346,004 18

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 28, 1994 1 $22,093,966   2,033 $10,868   $22,093,966 1
Nov 4, 1994 1 $16,304,551 -26% 2,033 $8,020   $38,398,517 2
Nov 11, 1994 3 $10,057,645 -38% 2,033 $4,947   $48,456,162 3
Nov 18, 1994 6 $6,935,783 -31% 2,033 $3,412   $55,391,945 4
Nov 25, 1994 7 $5,634,418 -19% 2,033 $2,771   $61,026,363 5
Dec 2, 1994 9 $2,900,423 -49% 1,904 $1,523   $63,926,786 6
Dec 9, 1994 11 $1,579,396 -46% 1,484 $1,064   $65,506,182 7
Dec 16, 1994 14 $1,089,013 -31% 936 $1,163   $66,595,195 8
Dec 23, 1994 20 $1,271,379 +17% 775 $1,640   $67,866,574 9
Dec 30, 1994 21 $949,816 -25% 704 $1,349   $68,816,390 10
Jan 6, 1995 21 $702,742 -26% 658 $1,068   $69,519,132 11
Jan 13, 1995 23 $557,890 -21% 413 $1,351   $70,077,022 12
Jan 20, 1995 24 $383,798 -31% 396 $969   $70,460,820 13
Jan 27, 1995 27 $304,886 -21% 371 $822   $70,765,706 14
Feb 3, 1995 33 $206,237 -32% 224 $921   $70,971,943 15
Feb 10, 1995 39 $146,741 -29% 161 $911   $71,118,684 16
Feb 17, 1995 41 $139,006 -5% 139 $1,000   $71,257,690 17

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 26, 20091415,244 15,244$195,486$195,486632

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.