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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Numbers Rating: 7.58 (45 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $245,034,358
International Box Office $141,766,000
Worldwide Box Office $386,800,358
Home Market Performance
Domestic DVD Sales: $21,538,769 Weekly Breakdown
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Released June 12, 1981 (Wide)
July 16, 1982 (re-release) (Wide)
May 13, 2008 (Video Sale)
Production Budget $20,000,000
Prints and Advertising Budget $12,000,000
MPAA Rating PG
VHS sales (to end 1985):1,000,000 - first million-selling video ($40m+ in retail spending) (THR, 9/13/1985, p. 8)
Pan-Arab TV Rights (April, 2008, MBC):[All four Jones movies] "reputedly in the high six figures" (Variety, 4/4/2008)
Highest Combined Star Gross220 (see full chart)
Keywords Treasure Hunters
Franchises Indiana Jones
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Produced by Lucasfilm
Music Composed By John Williams
Source Original Screenplay
Major Genre Adventure
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Time Frame 1930-1940
Director Steven Spielberg

Cast

Harrison Ford    Indiana Jones
Karen Allen    Marion Ravenwood
Wold Kahlar    Dietrich
Paul Freeman    Dr. Rene Belloq
Ronald Lacey    Major Arnold Toht
John Rhys-Davies    Sallah
Denholm Elliott    Dr. Marcus Brody
Anthony Higgons    Gobler
Alfred Molina    Satipo
Pat Roach    Giant Sherpa/1st Mechanic
Frank Welker    Monkey and Special Vocal Effects

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
6/12/1981 1 $8,305,823   1,078 $7,705 $8,305,823 3
6/19/1981 3 $8,018,871 -3.45% 1,078 $7,439 $21,861,910 10
6/26/1981 3 $7,069,358 -11.84% 1,078 $6,558 $34,903,399 17
7/3/1981 2 $7,342,026 +3.86% 1,078 $6,811 $46,273,735 24
7/10/1981 2 $6,137,192 -16.41% 1,078 $5,693 $58,406,558 31
7/17/1981 1 $6,450,189 +5.10% 1,400 $4,607 $68,431,268 38
7/24/1981 2 $6,046,274 -6.26% 1,182 $5,115 $78,743,581 45
7/31/1981 2 $5,369,898 -11.19% 1,140 $4,710 $88,137,951 52
8/7/1981 1 $4,846,228 -9.75% 1,091 $4,442 $95,974,374 59
8/14/1981 1 $5,157,432 +6.42% 1,310 $3,937 $104,088,566 66
8/21/1981 1 $4,183,784 -18.88% 1,180 $3,546 $110,733,608 73
8/28/1981 1 $3,909,879 -6.55% 1,110 $3,522 $117,371,084 80
9/4/1981 1 $5,406,403 +38.28% 1,144 $4,726 $125,254,773 87
9/11/1981 2 $2,422,842 -55.19% 900 $2,692 $128,566,311 94
9/18/1981 4 $2,326,951 -3.96% 750 $3,103 $131,810,688 101
9/25/1981 7 $1,871,521 -19.57% 621 $3,014 $134,396,731 108
10/2/1981 6 $1,959,650 +4.71% 550 $3,563 $136,885,717 115
10/9/1981 5 $2,213,904 +12.97% 550 $4,025 $139,888,596 122
10/16/1981 7 $1,533,105 -30.75% 466 $3,290 $141,812,813 129
10/30/1981 8 $967,723   431 $2,245 $144,963,710 143
11/6/1981 5 $1,268,973 +31.13% 440 $2,884 $146,648,104 150
11/13/1981 7 $1,113,624 -12.24% 410 $2,716 $148,244,536 157
11/20/1981 2 $3,307,347 +196.99% 1,232 $2,685 $151,938,500 164
11/27/1981 2 $4,228,951 +27.87% 1,251 $3,380 $158,118,372 171
12/4/1981 1 $2,441,000 -42.28% 981 $2,488 $160,955,434 178
12/25/1981 2 $3,716,952   1,221 $3,044   199
1/1/1982 7 $3,735,244 +0.49% 1,094 $3,414 $176,193,981 206
1/8/1982 6 $1,908,232 -48.91% 914 $2,088 $179,642,063 213
1/15/1982 6 $1,629,191 -14.62% 796 $2,047 $181,717,672 220
1/22/1982 6 $1,788,556 +9.78% 740 $2,417 $183,912,000 227
1/29/1982 6 $1,520,273 -15.00% 681 $2,232 $185,748,792 234
2/5/1982 7 $1,281,561 -15.70% 732 $1,751 $187,406,147 241
2/12/1982 6 $1,640,574 +28.01% 620 $2,646 $189,468,297 248
2/19/1982 6 $1,442,813 -12.05% 668 $2,160 $191,231,287 255
2/26/1982 5 $1,410,000 -2.27% 650 $2,169 $192,999,474 262
3/5/1982 5 $1,665,000 +18.09% 650 $2,562 $194,974,748 269
3/12/1982 5 $1,243,988 -25.29% 633 $1,965 $196,614,672 276
7/16/1982 2 $4,347,101   1,330 $3,268 $213,909,222 402
7/23/1982 5 $2,827,413 -34.96% 1,330 $2,126 $219,081,050 409
7/30/1982 10 $1,617,938 -42.78% 840 $1,926 $222,254,556 416
8/6/1982 14 $1,213,958 -24.97% 630 $1,927 $224,532,266 423
8/13/1982 17 $804,124 -33.76% 479 $1,679 $226,124,455 430
8/20/1982 19 $670,596 -16.61% 425 $1,578 $227,358,343 437
8/27/1982 21 $823,798 +22.85% 490 $1,681 $228,671,608 444
9/3/1982 11 $1,362,289 +65.37% 567 $2,403 $230,329,080 451