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

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,220 $71,565,669
All Time International Box Office (Rank 801-900) 858 $125,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 941 $196,565,669

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


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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. Independence Day
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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

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,220 $71,565,669
All Time International Box Office (Rank 801-900) 858 $125,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 941 $196,565,669

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. Independence Day
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.