The Hunt for Red October (1990)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $120,709,866 | Details |
| International Box Office | $79,790,134 | |
| Worldwide Box Office | $200,500,000 | |
| Domestic Physical Disc Sales | ||
| Blu-ray Sales (estimated) | $452,893 | |
| Total | $452,893 | |
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Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $17,161,835 (14.2% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 7.03 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 60.2% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 6.7 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 1,225 opening theaters/1,817 max. theaters, 12.0 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $323,513,875 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | March 2nd, 1990 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures |
| International Releases: | November 12th, 2020 (Wide) (Australia) |
| Video Release: | December 1st, 1998 by Paramount Home Video |
| MPA Rating: | PG |
| Running Time: | 134 minutes |
| Franchise: | Jack Ryan |
| Cast, crew, or production detail: | Intertitle |
| Plot point: | On a Boat, Political, Secret Agent, Underwater |
| Social setting: | Cold War |
| Source material: | Inspired by a True Story |
| Subgenre: | Political Thriller |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Thriller/Suspense |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Mace Neufeld, Jerry Sherlock |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1990 | 1 | $17,161,835 | 1,225 | $14,010 | $17,161,835 | 1 | |
| Mar 9, 1990 | 1 | $14,058,772 | -18% | 1,665 | $8,444 | $37,656,664 | 2 |
| Mar 16, 1990 | 1 | $11,077,359 | -21% | 1,817 | $6,097 | $53,926,439 | 3 |
| Mar 23, 1990 | 2 | $9,111,680 | -18% | 1,817 | $5,015 | $67,287,859 | 4 |
| Mar 30, 1990 | 3 | $6,533,017 | -28% | 1,817 | $3,595 | $76,586,236 | 5 |
| Apr 6, 1990 | 5 | $5,023,444 | -23% | 1,765 | $2,846 | $83,548,125 | 6 |
| Apr 13, 1990 | 3 | $4,261,262 | -15% | 1,702 | $2,504 | $89,834,734 | 7 |
| Apr 20, 1990 | 3 | $3,551,837 | -17% | 1,682 | $2,112 | $95,074,508 | 8 |
| Apr 27, 1990 | 5 | $2,983,934 | -16% | 1,479 | $2,018 | $99,097,627 | 9 |
| May 4, 1990 | 6 | $2,407,207 | -19% | 1,377 | $1,748 | $102,546,578 | 10 |
| May 11, 1990 | 4 | $2,208,875 | -8% | 1,323 | $1,670 | $105,488,098 | 11 |
| May 18, 1990 | 6 | $1,754,000 | -21% | 1,241 | $1,413 | $108,032,102 | 12 |
| May 25, 1990 | 7 | $2,127,888 | +21% | 1,061 | $2,006 | $110,804,473 | 13 |
| Jun 1, 1990 | 8 | $1,046,867 | -51% | 933 | $1,122 | $112,256,167 | 14 |
| Jun 8, 1990 | 9 | $802,750 | -23% | 822 | $977 | $113,485,385 | 15 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1990 | 1 | $23,597,892 | 1,225 | $19,264 | $23,597,892 | 1 | |
| Mar 9, 1990 | 1 | $19,251,188 | -18% | 1,665 | $11,562 | $42,849,080 | 2 |
| Mar 16, 1990 | 1 | $15,327,099 | -20% | 1,817 | $8,435 | $58,176,179 | 3 |
| Mar 23, 1990 | 2 | $11,877,040 | -23% | 1,817 | $6,537 | $70,053,219 | 4 |
| Mar 30, 1990 | 3 | $8,471,462 | -29% | 1,817 | $4,662 | $78,524,681 | 5 |
| Apr 6, 1990 | 5 | $7,048,791 | -17% | 1,765 | $3,994 | $85,573,472 | 6 |
| Apr 13, 1990 | 4 | $5,949,199 | -16% | 1,702 | $3,495 | $91,522,671 | 7 |
| Apr 20, 1990 | 3 | $4,591,022 | -23% | 1,682 | $2,730 | $96,113,693 | 8 |
| Apr 27, 1990 | 5 | $4,025,678 | -12% | 1,479 | $2,722 | $100,139,371 | 9 |
| May 4, 1990 | 6 | $3,139,852 | -22% | 1,377 | $2,280 | $103,279,223 | 10 |
| May 11, 1990 | 4 | $2,998,879 | -4% | 1,323 | $2,267 | $106,278,102 | 11 |
| May 18, 1990 | 6 | $2,398,483 | -20% | 1,241 | $1,933 | $108,676,585 | 12 |
| May 25, 1990 | 7 | $2,532,715 | +6% | 1,061 | $2,387 | $111,209,300 | 13 |
| Jun 1, 1990 | 8 | $1,473,335 | -42% | 933 | $1,579 | $112,682,635 | 14 |
Leading
| Sean Connery | Marko Ramius |
Supporting
| Alec Baldwin | Jack Ryan | |
| Joss Ackland | Andrei Lysenko | |
| Tim Curry | Dr. Petrov | |
| Peter Firth | Ivan Putin | |
| Scott Glenn | Bart Mancuso | |
| James Earl Jones | Admiral James Greer | |
| Jeffrey Jones | Skip Tyler | |
| Richard Jordan | Jeffrey Pelt | |
| Sam Neill | Captain Borodin | |
| Stellan Skarsgård | Capt. Tupolev | |
| Larry Ferguson | Chief of the Boat | |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | Admiral Painter | |
| Courtney B. Vance | Seaman Jones | |
| Tomas Arana | Loginov | |
| Timothy Carhart | Bill Steiner | |
| Daniel Davis | Captain Davenport | |
| Anatoly Davydov | Officer | |
| Rick Ducommun | Navigator C-2A | |
| Ned Vaughn | Seaman Beaumont | |
| Anthony Peck | Lt. Comm. Thompson | |
| Mark Draxton | Seaman | |
| Ronald Guttman | Lt. Melekhin | |
| Michael George Benko | Ivan | |
| Ivan G'Vera | Officer | |
| Artur Cybulski | Diving Officer | |
| Sven-Ole Thorsen | Russian COB | |
| Michael Weldon | Kamarov | |
| Boris Krutonog | Slavin | |
| Kenton Kovell | Seaman | |
| Radu Gavor | Seaman | |
| Ivan Ivanov | Seaman | |
| Ping Wu | Seaman | |
| Herman Sinitzyn | Seaman | |
| Christopher Janczar | Andrei Bonovia | |
| Vlado Benden | Seaman | |
| George Winston | Seaman | |
| Don Oscar Smith | Helicopter Pilot | |
| George H. Billy | DSRV Officer | |
| Reed Popovich | Lt. Jim Curry | |
| Andrew Divoff | Andrei Amalric | |
| Peter Zinner | Admiral Padorin | |
| Tony Veneto | Padorin's Orderly | |
| Ben Hartigan | Admiral | |
| Ray Reinhardt | Judge Moore | |
| F.J. O'Neil | General | |
| Robert Buckingham | Admiral | |
| A.C. Lyles | Advisor | |
| John McTiernan | Advisor | |
| David Sederholm | Sunglasses | |
| John Shepherd | Foxtrot Pilot | |
| William Bell Sullivan | Lt. Cmd. Mike Hewitt | |
| Gates McFadden | Caroline Ryan | |
| Louise Borras | Sally Ryan | |
| Denise E. James | Stewardess |
Production and Technical Credits
| John McTiernan | Director | |
| Larry Ferguson | Screenwriter | |
| Tom Clancy | Story Creator | |
| Mace Neufeld | Producer | |
| Larry DeWaay | Executive Producer | |
| Jerry Sherlock | Executive Producer | |
| Terence Marsh | Production Designer | |
| Dennis Virkler | Editor | |
| John Wright | Editor | |
| Basil Poledouris | Composer | |
| Jan De Bont | Director of Photography | |
| Jerry L. Ballew | Assistant Director | |
| Beau Marks | Second Unit Director | |
| Beau Marks | Unit Production Manager | |
| Dianne Wager | Art Director | |
| Donald Woodruff | Art Director | |
| William Cruse | Art Director | |
| Mickey S. Michaels | Set Decorator | |
| Alexander Witt | Second Unit Camera | |
| Scott Squires | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| James W. Tyson | Costume Supervisor | |
| Richard Bryce Goodman | Sound Mixer | |
| Don Bassman | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Richard Overton | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Kevin F. Cleary | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Gary Rogers | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Cecelia Hall | Supervising Sound Editor | |
| George Watters II | Supervising Sound Editor | |
| John Benson | Sound Editor | |
| Larry Carow | Sound Editor | |
| Bruce Fortune | Sound Editor | |
| Frank Howard | Sound Editor | |
| F. Hudson Miller | Sound Editor | |
| R.J. Palmer | Sound Editor | |
| Bruce Richardson | Sound Editor | |
| Mary Ruth Smith | Sound Editor | |
| Beth Sterner | Sound Editor | |
| Tom Villano | Music Editor | |
| Basil Poledouris | Song Writer | |
| Amanda Mackey | Casting Director | |
| Charles Picerni Jr | Stunt Coordinator |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $17,161,835 (14.2% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 7.03 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 60.2% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 6.7 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 1,225 opening theaters/1,817 max. theaters, 12.0 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $323,513,875 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | March 2nd, 1990 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures |
| International Releases: | November 12th, 2020 (Wide) (Australia) |
| Video Release: | December 1st, 1998 by Paramount Home Video |
| MPA Rating: | PG |
| Running Time: | 134 minutes |
| Franchise: | Jack Ryan |
| Cast, crew, or production detail: | Intertitle |
| Plot point: | On a Boat, Political, Secret Agent, Underwater |
| Social setting: | Cold War |
| Source material: | Inspired by a True Story |
| Subgenre: | Political Thriller |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Thriller/Suspense |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Mace Neufeld, Jerry Sherlock |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1990 | 1 | $17,161,835 | 1,225 | $14,010 | $17,161,835 | 1 | |
| Mar 9, 1990 | 1 | $14,058,772 | -18% | 1,665 | $8,444 | $37,656,664 | 2 |
| Mar 16, 1990 | 1 | $11,077,359 | -21% | 1,817 | $6,097 | $53,926,439 | 3 |
| Mar 23, 1990 | 2 | $9,111,680 | -18% | 1,817 | $5,015 | $67,287,859 | 4 |
| Mar 30, 1990 | 3 | $6,533,017 | -28% | 1,817 | $3,595 | $76,586,236 | 5 |
| Apr 6, 1990 | 5 | $5,023,444 | -23% | 1,765 | $2,846 | $83,548,125 | 6 |
| Apr 13, 1990 | 3 | $4,261,262 | -15% | 1,702 | $2,504 | $89,834,734 | 7 |
| Apr 20, 1990 | 3 | $3,551,837 | -17% | 1,682 | $2,112 | $95,074,508 | 8 |
| Apr 27, 1990 | 5 | $2,983,934 | -16% | 1,479 | $2,018 | $99,097,627 | 9 |
| May 4, 1990 | 6 | $2,407,207 | -19% | 1,377 | $1,748 | $102,546,578 | 10 |
| May 11, 1990 | 4 | $2,208,875 | -8% | 1,323 | $1,670 | $105,488,098 | 11 |
| May 18, 1990 | 6 | $1,754,000 | -21% | 1,241 | $1,413 | $108,032,102 | 12 |
| May 25, 1990 | 7 | $2,127,888 | +21% | 1,061 | $2,006 | $110,804,473 | 13 |
| Jun 1, 1990 | 8 | $1,046,867 | -51% | 933 | $1,122 | $112,256,167 | 14 |
| Jun 8, 1990 | 9 | $802,750 | -23% | 822 | $977 | $113,485,385 | 15 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1990 | 1 | $23,597,892 | 1,225 | $19,264 | $23,597,892 | 1 | |
| Mar 9, 1990 | 1 | $19,251,188 | -18% | 1,665 | $11,562 | $42,849,080 | 2 |
| Mar 16, 1990 | 1 | $15,327,099 | -20% | 1,817 | $8,435 | $58,176,179 | 3 |
| Mar 23, 1990 | 2 | $11,877,040 | -23% | 1,817 | $6,537 | $70,053,219 | 4 |
| Mar 30, 1990 | 3 | $8,471,462 | -29% | 1,817 | $4,662 | $78,524,681 | 5 |
| Apr 6, 1990 | 5 | $7,048,791 | -17% | 1,765 | $3,994 | $85,573,472 | 6 |
| Apr 13, 1990 | 4 | $5,949,199 | -16% | 1,702 | $3,495 | $91,522,671 | 7 |
| Apr 20, 1990 | 3 | $4,591,022 | -23% | 1,682 | $2,730 | $96,113,693 | 8 |
| Apr 27, 1990 | 5 | $4,025,678 | -12% | 1,479 | $2,722 | $100,139,371 | 9 |
| May 4, 1990 | 6 | $3,139,852 | -22% | 1,377 | $2,280 | $103,279,223 | 10 |
| May 11, 1990 | 4 | $2,998,879 | -4% | 1,323 | $2,267 | $106,278,102 | 11 |
| May 18, 1990 | 6 | $2,398,483 | -20% | 1,241 | $1,933 | $108,676,585 | 12 |
| May 25, 1990 | 7 | $2,532,715 | +6% | 1,061 | $2,387 | $111,209,300 | 13 |
| Jun 1, 1990 | 8 | $1,473,335 | -42% | 933 | $1,579 | $112,682,635 | 14 |
Leading
| Sean Connery | Marko Ramius |
Supporting
| Alec Baldwin | Jack Ryan | |
| Joss Ackland | Andrei Lysenko | |
| Tim Curry | Dr. Petrov | |
| Peter Firth | Ivan Putin | |
| Scott Glenn | Bart Mancuso | |
| James Earl Jones | Admiral James Greer | |
| Jeffrey Jones | Skip Tyler | |
| Richard Jordan | Jeffrey Pelt | |
| Sam Neill | Captain Borodin | |
| Stellan Skarsgård | Capt. Tupolev | |
| Larry Ferguson | Chief of the Boat | |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | Admiral Painter | |
| Courtney B. Vance | Seaman Jones | |
| Tomas Arana | Loginov | |
| Timothy Carhart | Bill Steiner | |
| Daniel Davis | Captain Davenport | |
| Anatoly Davydov | Officer | |
| Rick Ducommun | Navigator C-2A | |
| Ned Vaughn | Seaman Beaumont | |
| Anthony Peck | Lt. Comm. Thompson | |
| Mark Draxton | Seaman | |
| Ronald Guttman | Lt. Melekhin | |
| Michael George Benko | Ivan | |
| Ivan G'Vera | Officer | |
| Artur Cybulski | Diving Officer | |
| Sven-Ole Thorsen | Russian COB | |
| Michael Weldon | Kamarov | |
| Boris Krutonog | Slavin | |
| Kenton Kovell | Seaman | |
| Radu Gavor | Seaman | |
| Ivan Ivanov | Seaman | |
| Ping Wu | Seaman | |
| Herman Sinitzyn | Seaman | |
| Christopher Janczar | Andrei Bonovia | |
| Vlado Benden | Seaman | |
| George Winston | Seaman | |
| Don Oscar Smith | Helicopter Pilot | |
| George H. Billy | DSRV Officer | |
| Reed Popovich | Lt. Jim Curry | |
| Andrew Divoff | Andrei Amalric | |
| Peter Zinner | Admiral Padorin | |
| Tony Veneto | Padorin's Orderly | |
| Ben Hartigan | Admiral | |
| Ray Reinhardt | Judge Moore | |
| F.J. O'Neil | General | |
| Robert Buckingham | Admiral | |
| A.C. Lyles | Advisor | |
| John McTiernan | Advisor | |
| David Sederholm | Sunglasses | |
| John Shepherd | Foxtrot Pilot | |
| William Bell Sullivan | Lt. Cmd. Mike Hewitt | |
| Gates McFadden | Caroline Ryan | |
| Louise Borras | Sally Ryan | |
| Denise E. James | Stewardess |
Production and Technical Credits
| John McTiernan | Director | |
| Larry Ferguson | Screenwriter | |
| Tom Clancy | Story Creator | |
| Mace Neufeld | Producer | |
| Larry DeWaay | Executive Producer | |
| Jerry Sherlock | Executive Producer | |
| Terence Marsh | Production Designer | |
| Dennis Virkler | Editor | |
| John Wright | Editor | |
| Basil Poledouris | Composer | |
| Jan De Bont | Director of Photography | |
| Jerry L. Ballew | Assistant Director | |
| Beau Marks | Second Unit Director | |
| Beau Marks | Unit Production Manager | |
| Dianne Wager | Art Director | |
| Donald Woodruff | Art Director | |
| William Cruse | Art Director | |
| Mickey S. Michaels | Set Decorator | |
| Alexander Witt | Second Unit Camera | |
| Scott Squires | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| James W. Tyson | Costume Supervisor | |
| Richard Bryce Goodman | Sound Mixer | |
| Don Bassman | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Richard Overton | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Kevin F. Cleary | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Gary Rogers | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Cecelia Hall | Supervising Sound Editor | |
| George Watters II | Supervising Sound Editor | |
| John Benson | Sound Editor | |
| Larry Carow | Sound Editor | |
| Bruce Fortune | Sound Editor | |
| Frank Howard | Sound Editor | |
| F. Hudson Miller | Sound Editor | |
| R.J. Palmer | Sound Editor | |
| Bruce Richardson | Sound Editor | |
| Mary Ruth Smith | Sound Editor | |
| Beth Sterner | Sound Editor | |
| Tom Villano | Music Editor | |
| Basil Poledouris | Song Writer | |
| Amanda Mackey | Casting Director | |
| Charles Picerni Jr | Stunt Coordinator |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.