Synopsis
New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to be a hero, but he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years: A perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Together, they must save the world.
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Movie Details
Production Budget: | $95,000,000 |
Germany Releases: |
August 28th, 1997 (Wide), released as Das fünfte Element February 1st, 2024 (Limited), released as Das fünfte Element |
Video Release: |
December 10th, 1997 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for intense sci-fi violence, some sexuality and brief nudity |
Running Time: |
126 minutes |
Keywords: |
Cloning, Good vs. Evil, Space Opera, Interspecies Romance, Dystopia, Fired, Rescue, Shapeshifter, Prologue, Ex-soldier, Genetic Engineering, Archaeology, Set in Brooklyn, Set in New York City, Set in New York, Kidnap, Invented Language, Action Adventure |
Source: | Original Screenplay |
Genre: | Action |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Science Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: |
Gaumont |
Production Countries: |
United States |
Languages: |
English |
July 22nd, 2017
Dunkirk dominated the Friday box office chart. Okay, maybe dominate is too strong a word, but more on that down below. The film earned a better than anticipated opening day of $19.8 million. Additionally, its reviews are award-worthy, while it earned an A minus from CinemaScore. Frankly, given its reviews, I’m surprised it only got an A minus. With its $5.5 million in previews, I was expecting an opening day a little north of $20 million, so hopefully this isn’t a sign of short legs. Look for an opening weekend of $55 million. On a side note, the reason we are not using Dunkirk images is we only got two of them and we’ve already used them both, twice. I tried to find the French site to see if they had more images (This is what I did for Kong: Skull Island.) but I ended up on the Dunkirk tourist site by accident and now all of the ads I see on YouTube are in French.
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Production and Technical Credits
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