Jack Palance

Best known as an Actor based on credits in that role in 16 films, with $792,602,776 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #5,171)
Best-known acting roles: Carl Grissom (Batman), Curly (City Slickers), Yves Perret (Tango & Cash), Duke Washburn (City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold), Lawrence G. Murphy (Young Guns)
Born: February 18, 1919
Died: November 10, 2006
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
As an ActorSupporting6$424,485,225$198,595,368$623,080,593
Leading2$43,440,947$0$43,440,947
(Unclassified)8$126,081,236$0$126,081,236

Career Trend

This graph shows Jack Palance’s score on our annual analysis of leading stars at the box office. The Star Score represents points assigned to each of the leading stars of the top 100 movies (based on box office) in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on..

Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists


DVD and Blu-ray Releases for May 27th, 2014

May 26th, 2014

While summer time is a great time for theatrical releases, it is a terrible time on the home market. This week, there are nearly no first-run releases, and the one that came out, Endless Love, earned terrible reviews and failed to find an audience in theaters. Unfortunately, there's not a lot of other releases to make up for the lack of first-run releases. There are some catalog releases, like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which is coming out on Blu-ray. There are also some summer shows coming out on DVD ahead of the premiere of the latest season, like Suits: Season Three. There's not much in the way of contenders for Pick of the Week. Cheap Thrills is one such contender, but I'm still waiting for the DVD or the Blu-ray screener to arrive. This leaves Journey to the West on Blu-ray as the only choice for Pick of the Week. More...

Featured Blu-ray review: Dan Curtis' Dracula

May 25th, 2014

Dan Curtis is best know for creating Dark Shadows, a Gothic supernatural soap opera that ran for five years starting in 1966. He also directed a number of other projects, mostly TV projects like a couple of mini-series and TV movies. One such TV movie was Dracula, starring Jack Palance. This TV movie came out 40 years ago this year. How does it compare to other adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel? And has it aged well? More...

All Acting Credits



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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Nov 18, 1994The Swan Princess Lord Rothbart (vo… $9,771,658$9,771,658
Jun 10, 1994City Slickers II: The … Duke Washburn $43,440,947$43,440,947
Apr 15, 1994Cops and Robbersons Jake Stone $11,363,618$11,363,618
Jun 7, 1991City Slickers Curly $124,033,791$81$124,033,872
Dec 22, 1989Tango & Cash Yves Perret $63,408,614$63,408,614
Jun 23, 1989Batman Carl Grissom $251,188,924$160,160,000$411,348,924
Aug 12, 1988Young Guns Lawrence G. Murphy $44,726,644$44,726,644
Apr 29, 1988Bagdad Cafe Rudi Cox $3,587,303$38,414,607$42,001,910
Nov 12, 1982Alone in the Dark
Sep 26, 1980Without Warning Joe Taylor
Jun 27, 1969Che! Fidel Castro $2,000,000$2,000,000
Nov 2, 1966The Professionals Jesus Raza $19,537,346$19,537,346
Dec 18, 1964Le Mépris Jeremy Prokosch $924,087$20,396$944,483
Oct 17, 1956Attack! Lt. Joe Costa, Fo…
Apr 24, 1953Shane Jack Wilson (as W… $20,000,000$20,000,000
Aug 7, 1952Sudden Fear Lester Blaine $24,476$284$24,760
 
Averages $45,692,878$39,719,074$60,969,444
Totals 16 $594,007,408$198,595,368$792,602,776


Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Jun 10, 1994City Slickers II: The … $11,516,3752,243$43,440,947$43,440,947100.0%
Oct 17, 1956Attack!
 
Averages $11,516,3752,243$43,440,947$43,440,947100.0%
Totals 2 $43,440,947$43,440,947


Supporting Roles


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Jun 7, 1991City Slickers $13,032,1212,171$124,033,791$124,033,872100.0%
Jun 23, 1989Batman $40,489,7462,201$251,188,924$411,348,92461.1%
Aug 12, 1988Young Guns $7,011,3931,416$44,726,644$44,726,644100.0%
Apr 29, 1988Bagdad Cafe $3,587,303$42,001,9108.5%
Dec 18, 1964Le Mépris 9$924,087$944,48397.8%
Aug 7, 1952Sudden Fear 25$24,476$24,76098.9%
 
Averages $20,177,7531,164$70,747,538$103,846,76677.7%
Totals 6 $424,485,225$623,080,593

Latest Ranking on All Acting Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,462 $43,440,947
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,893 $424,485,225
Top Live Action Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,108 $584,235,750
Top Above the Line Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,117 $467,002,085
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,471 $594,007,408
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 11,201-11,300) 11,282 $198,595,368
Top Live Action Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 10,901-11,000) 10,911 $198,595,368
Top Above the Line Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,533 $198,574,972
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 12,201-12,300) 12,224 $198,595,368
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,201-3,300) 3,271 $43,440,947
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,001-6,100) 6,039 $623,080,593
Top Live Action Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,501-4,600) 4,513 $782,831,118
Top Above the Line Stars at the Wordwide Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,672 $665,577,057
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,101-5,200) 5,171 $792,602,776
Highest Grossing Stars of 1994 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 145 68
Highest Grossing Stars of 1995 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 142 68
Highest Grossing Stars of 1996 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 138 68
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,487 $43,440,947
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,063 $43,440,947
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,046 $43,440,947
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,781 $43,440,947
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,365 $43,440,947
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,857 $43,440,947
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Western Movies 79 $43,440,947
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Western Movies 87 $43,440,947
Top Domestic Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,267 $43,440,947
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,570 $43,440,947
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 401-500) 459 $43,440,947
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 501-600) 600 $43,440,947

All Technical Credits