The Siege (1998)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $40,934,175Details
International Box Office $75,691,623Details
Worldwide Box Office $116,625,798
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$13,931,285 (34.0% of total gross)
Legs:2.94 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:35.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$70,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,541 opening theaters/2,582 max. theaters, 5.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $93,951,872

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,260 $40,934,175
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,440 $75,691,623
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,594 $116,625,798
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 601-700) 691 $40,934,175
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 301-400) 318 $75,691,623
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 301-400) 397 $116,625,798

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 6th, 1998 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and brief nudity
Running Time: 120 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Negotiator
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Keywords: Terrorism
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lynda Obst Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 350 $6,019,736 Nov 27, 1998 24
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 117 $8,101,705 Nov 13, 1998 10
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 87 $19,520,095 Nov 13, 1998 10

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 6, 1998 2 $13,931,285   2,541 $5,483   $13,931,285 1
Nov 13, 1998 4 $8,101,705 -42% 2,582 $3,138   $26,370,984 2
Nov 20, 1998 6 $3,577,517 -56% 2,438 $1,467   $32,059,634 3
Nov 27, 1998 12 $2,498,458 -30% 1,676 $1,491   $36,203,435 4
Dec 4, 1998 13 $1,037,257 -58% 1,206 $860   $37,829,456 5
Dec 11, 1998 16 $571,352 -45% 787 $726   $38,749,792 6
Dec 18, 1998 22 $321,707 -44% 486 $662   $39,299,835 7
Dec 25, 1998 29 $223,548 -31% 371 $603   $39,716,979 8
Jan 1, 1999 32 $255,296 +14% 425 $601   $40,163,804 9
Jan 8, 1999 28 $231,911 -9% 397 $584   $40,510,759 10
Jan 15, 1999 41 $127,931 -45% 212 $603   $40,724,804 11
Jan 22, 1999 47 $67,957 -47% 157 $433   $40,819,253 12
Jan 29, 1999 51 $37,022 -46% 117 $316   $40,880,941 13
Feb 5, 1999 57 $17,017 -54% 69 $247   $40,914,967 14
Feb 12, 1999 63 $9,636 -43% 23 $419   $40,932,372 15

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 6, 1998 2 $4,700,000     2,541 $1,850   $4,700,000 1
Nov 7, 1998 2 $6,100,000 +30%   2,541 $2,401   $10,800,000 2
Nov 8, 1998 2 $3,258,000 -47%   2,541 $1,282   $13,931,285 3
Nov 9, 1998 2 $890,960 -73%   2,541 $351   $14,822,245 4
Nov 10, 1998 2 $1,217,549 +37%   2,541 $479   $16,039,794 5
Nov 11, 1998 2 $1,410,548 +16%   2,541 $555   $17,450,342 6
Nov 12, 1998 2 $818,937 -42%   2,541 $322   $18,269,279 7
Nov 13, 1998 4 $2,530,000 +209% -46% 2,579 $981   $20,799,000 8
Nov 14, 1998 4 $3,720,000 +47% -39% 2,579 $1,442   $24,519,000 9
Nov 15, 1998 4 $1,914,000 -49% -41% 2,579 $742   $26,371,000 10
Nov 16, 1998 4 $479,729 -75% -46% 2,582 $186   $26,850,713 11
Nov 17, 1998 4 $617,923 +29% -49% 2,582 $239   $27,468,636 12
Nov 18, 1998 4 $534,618 -13% -62% 2,582 $207   $28,003,254 13
Nov 19, 1998 4 $478,863 -10% -42% 2,582 $185   $28,482,117 14
Nov 20, 1998 6 $1,045,000 +118% -59% 1,715 $609   $29,527,000 15
Nov 21, 1998 6 $1,660,000 +59% -55% 1,715 $968   $31,187,000 16
Nov 22, 1998 6 $868,000 -48% -55% 2,438 $356   $32,060,000 17
Nov 23, 1998 6 $271,194 -69% -43% 2,438 $111   $32,330,828 18
Nov 24, 1998 6 $385,000 +42% -38% 1,691 $228   $32,716,000 19

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 6, 1998 2 $18,269,279   2,541 $7,190   $18,269,279 1
Nov 13, 1998 4 $10,212,838 -44% 2,582 $3,955   $28,482,117 2
Nov 20, 1998 7 $5,222,860 -49% 2,438 $2,142   $33,704,977 3
Nov 27, 1998 12 $3,087,222 -41% 1,676 $1,842   $36,792,199 4
Dec 4, 1998 13 $1,386,241 -55% 1,206 $1,149   $38,178,440 5
Dec 11, 1998 16 $799,688 -42% 787 $1,016   $38,978,128 6
Dec 18, 1998 23 $515,303 -36% 486 $1,060   $39,493,431 7
Dec 25, 1998 30 $415,077 -19% 371 $1,119   $39,908,508 8
Jan 1, 1999 29 $370,340 -11% 425 $871   $40,278,848 9
Jan 8, 1999 27 $318,025 -14% 397 $801   $40,596,873 10
Jan 15, 1999 40 $154,423 -51% 212 $728   $40,751,296 11
Jan 22, 1999 45 $92,623 -40% 157 $590   $40,843,919 12
Jan 29, 1999 48 $54,031 -42% 117 $462   $40,897,950 13
Feb 5, 1999 52 $24,786 -54% 69 $359   $40,922,736 14

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Leading Cast

Denzel Washington    Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
Annette Bening    Elise Kraft/Sharon Bridger
Bruce Willis    General William Devereaux

Supporting Cast

Tony Shalhoub    Frank Haddad
Sami Bouajila    Samir Nazhde
David Proval    Danny Sussman
Ahmed Ben Larby    Sheik Ahmed Bin Talal
Mosleh Mohamed    Muezzin
Lianna Pai    Tina Osu
Mark Valley    Mike Johanssen
Jack Gwaltney    Fred Darius
Lance Reddick    Floyd Rose
Jeremy Knaster    INS Official
William Hill    INS Uniform
Aasif Mandvi    Khalil Saleh
Frank DiElsi    Officer Williams
Wood Harris    Officer Henderson
Ellen Bethea    Anita
David Costabile    Fingerprint Expert
Glenn Kessler    Fiber Expert
Jeffrey Allan Waid*    Video Agent
Tom McDermott    Phone Bank Agent
Sherry Ham-Bernard    Hub's Secretary
Joseph Hodges    Landlord
Joey Naber    Rashad
Said Faraj    Yousuf
Alex Dodd    Ali
Jacqueline Antaramian    Najiba Haddad
Helmi Kassim    Frank Haddad, Jr.
Ghoulam R. Rasoully    Frank Jr.'s Teacher
Joseph Badalucco, Jr.    EMT
Diana Naftal    Injured Woman
Ben Shenkman    Kaplan, INS
Barton Tinapp    Mayoral A.A.
Neal Jones    NYPD Representative
Donna Hanover    District Attorney
Peter Schindler    Johnson, FAA
Hany Kamal    Arab Spokesman
Chip Zien    Chief of Staff
Dakin Matthews    Senator Wright
John Rothman    Congressman Marshall
John Henry Cox    Speaker of the House
E. Katherine Kerr    Attorney General
Jimmie Ray Weeks    Army General
Will Lyman    FBI Director
Ray Godshall    CIA Director
Victor Slezak    Colonel Hardwick
Chris Messina    Corporal
Gilbert Rosales    Mechanic
Amro Salama    Tariq Husseini
Jim Shankman    ACLU Lawyer
Matt Servitto    Journalist 1
Jourdan Fremin    Journalist 2
Susie Essman    Protest Speaker
Jeff Beatty    FBI Agent Undercover
Graham J. Larson    FBI Agent

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Edward Zwick    Director
Lynda Obst    Producer
Edward Zwick    Producer
Lawrence Wright    Screenwriter
Menno Meyjes    Screenwriter
Edward Zwick    Screenwriter
Lawrence Wright    Story Creator
Peter Schindler    Executive Producer
Roger Deakins    Director of Photography
Lilly Kilvert    Production Designer
Ann Roth    Costume Designer
Graeme Revell    Composer
Jonathan Filley    Co-Producer
Robin Budd    Associate Producer
Nilo Otero    Assistant Director
Peter Horton    Second Unit Director
Jonathan Filley    Unit Production Manager
Carl S. Griffin    Production Supervisor
John O. Warnke*    Supervising Art Director
Chris Shriver    Art Director
Gretchen Rau    Set Decorator
Craig Haagensen    Second Unit Camera
Steven Rosenblum    Editor
Allan Byer    Sound Mixer
Paul Massey    Re-recording Mixer
D.M. Hemphill    Re-recording Mixer
Neal Anderson    Sound Editor
Christopher Assells    Sound Editor
Dino DiMuro    Sound Editor
Hector C. Gika*    Sound Editor
Gregory J. Hainer    Sound Editor
Danny Hegeman    Sound Editor
Craig Jaeger    Sound Editor
Patrick Sellers    Sound Editor
Josh Winget    Music Editor
William A. Farley    Hairstylist
Mary Goldberg    Casting Director
Mary Colquhoun    Casting Director
Joel J. Kramer*    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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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$13,931,285 (34.0% of total gross)
Legs:2.94 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:35.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$70,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,541 opening theaters/2,582 max. theaters, 5.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $93,951,872

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,260 $40,934,175
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,440 $75,691,623
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,594 $116,625,798
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 601-700) 691 $40,934,175
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 301-400) 318 $75,691,623
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 301-400) 397 $116,625,798

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 6th, 1998 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and brief nudity
Running Time: 120 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Negotiator
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Terrorism
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lynda Obst Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 350 $6,019,736 Nov 27, 1998 24
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 117 $8,101,705 Nov 13, 1998 10
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 87 $19,520,095 Nov 13, 1998 10

Leading Cast

Denzel Washington    Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
Annette Bening    Elise Kraft/Sharon Bridger
Bruce Willis    General William Devereaux

Supporting Cast

Tony Shalhoub    Frank Haddad
Sami Bouajila    Samir Nazhde
David Proval    Danny Sussman
Ahmed Ben Larby    Sheik Ahmed Bin Talal
Mosleh Mohamed    Muezzin
Lianna Pai    Tina Osu
Mark Valley    Mike Johanssen
Jack Gwaltney    Fred Darius
Lance Reddick    Floyd Rose
Jeremy Knaster    INS Official
William Hill    INS Uniform
Aasif Mandvi    Khalil Saleh
Frank DiElsi    Officer Williams
Wood Harris    Officer Henderson
Ellen Bethea    Anita
David Costabile    Fingerprint Expert
Glenn Kessler    Fiber Expert
Jeffrey Allan Waid*    Video Agent
Tom McDermott    Phone Bank Agent
Sherry Ham-Bernard    Hub's Secretary
Joseph Hodges    Landlord
Joey Naber    Rashad
Said Faraj    Yousuf
Alex Dodd    Ali
Jacqueline Antaramian    Najiba Haddad
Helmi Kassim    Frank Haddad, Jr.
Ghoulam R. Rasoully    Frank Jr.'s Teacher
Joseph Badalucco, Jr.    EMT
Diana Naftal    Injured Woman
Ben Shenkman    Kaplan, INS
Barton Tinapp    Mayoral A.A.
Neal Jones    NYPD Representative
Donna Hanover    District Attorney
Peter Schindler    Johnson, FAA
Hany Kamal    Arab Spokesman
Chip Zien    Chief of Staff
Dakin Matthews    Senator Wright
John Rothman    Congressman Marshall
John Henry Cox    Speaker of the House
E. Katherine Kerr    Attorney General
Jimmie Ray Weeks    Army General
Will Lyman    FBI Director
Ray Godshall    CIA Director
Victor Slezak    Colonel Hardwick
Chris Messina    Corporal
Gilbert Rosales    Mechanic
Amro Salama    Tariq Husseini
Jim Shankman    ACLU Lawyer
Matt Servitto    Journalist 1
Jourdan Fremin    Journalist 2
Susie Essman    Protest Speaker
Jeff Beatty    FBI Agent Undercover
Graham J. Larson    FBI Agent

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Edward Zwick    Director
Lynda Obst    Producer
Edward Zwick    Producer
Lawrence Wright    Screenwriter
Menno Meyjes    Screenwriter
Edward Zwick    Screenwriter
Lawrence Wright    Story Creator
Peter Schindler    Executive Producer
Roger Deakins    Director of Photography
Lilly Kilvert    Production Designer
Ann Roth    Costume Designer
Graeme Revell    Composer
Jonathan Filley    Co-Producer
Robin Budd    Associate Producer
Nilo Otero    Assistant Director
Peter Horton    Second Unit Director
Jonathan Filley    Unit Production Manager
Carl S. Griffin    Production Supervisor
John O. Warnke*    Supervising Art Director
Chris Shriver    Art Director
Gretchen Rau    Set Decorator
Craig Haagensen    Second Unit Camera
Steven Rosenblum    Editor
Allan Byer    Sound Mixer
Paul Massey    Re-recording Mixer
D.M. Hemphill    Re-recording Mixer
Neal Anderson    Sound Editor
Christopher Assells    Sound Editor
Dino DiMuro    Sound Editor
Hector C. Gika*    Sound Editor
Gregory J. Hainer    Sound Editor
Danny Hegeman    Sound Editor
Craig Jaeger    Sound Editor
Patrick Sellers    Sound Editor
Josh Winget    Music Editor
William A. Farley    Hairstylist
Mary Goldberg    Casting Director
Mary Colquhoun    Casting Director
Joel J. Kramer*    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
Nov 6, 1998 2 $13,931,285   2,541 $5,483   $13,931,285 1
Nov 13, 1998 4 $8,101,705 -42% 2,582 $3,138   $26,370,984 2
Nov 20, 1998 6 $3,577,517 -56% 2,438 $1,467   $32,059,634 3
Nov 27, 1998 12 $2,498,458 -30% 1,676 $1,491   $36,203,435 4
Dec 4, 1998 13 $1,037,257 -58% 1,206 $860   $37,829,456 5
Dec 11, 1998 16 $571,352 -45% 787 $726   $38,749,792 6
Dec 18, 1998 22 $321,707 -44% 486 $662   $39,299,835 7
Dec 25, 1998 29 $223,548 -31% 371 $603   $39,716,979 8
Jan 1, 1999 32 $255,296 +14% 425 $601   $40,163,804 9
Jan 8, 1999 28 $231,911 -9% 397 $584   $40,510,759 10
Jan 15, 1999 41 $127,931 -45% 212 $603   $40,724,804 11
Jan 22, 1999 47 $67,957 -47% 157 $433   $40,819,253 12
Jan 29, 1999 51 $37,022 -46% 117 $316   $40,880,941 13
Feb 5, 1999 57 $17,017 -54% 69 $247   $40,914,967 14
Feb 12, 1999 63 $9,636 -43% 23 $419   $40,932,372 15

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 6, 1998 2 $4,700,000     2,541 $1,850   $4,700,000 1
Nov 7, 1998 2 $6,100,000 +30%   2,541 $2,401   $10,800,000 2
Nov 8, 1998 2 $3,258,000 -47%   2,541 $1,282   $13,931,285 3
Nov 9, 1998 2 $890,960 -73%   2,541 $351   $14,822,245 4
Nov 10, 1998 2 $1,217,549 +37%   2,541 $479   $16,039,794 5
Nov 11, 1998 2 $1,410,548 +16%   2,541 $555   $17,450,342 6
Nov 12, 1998 2 $818,937 -42%   2,541 $322   $18,269,279 7
Nov 13, 1998 4 $2,530,000 +209% -46% 2,579 $981   $20,799,000 8
Nov 14, 1998 4 $3,720,000 +47% -39% 2,579 $1,442   $24,519,000 9
Nov 15, 1998 4 $1,914,000 -49% -41% 2,579 $742   $26,371,000 10
Nov 16, 1998 4 $479,729 -75% -46% 2,582 $186   $26,850,713 11
Nov 17, 1998 4 $617,923 +29% -49% 2,582 $239   $27,468,636 12
Nov 18, 1998 4 $534,618 -13% -62% 2,582 $207   $28,003,254 13
Nov 19, 1998 4 $478,863 -10% -42% 2,582 $185   $28,482,117 14
Nov 20, 1998 6 $1,045,000 +118% -59% 1,715 $609   $29,527,000 15
Nov 21, 1998 6 $1,660,000 +59% -55% 1,715 $968   $31,187,000 16
Nov 22, 1998 6 $868,000 -48% -55% 2,438 $356   $32,060,000 17
Nov 23, 1998 6 $271,194 -69% -43% 2,438 $111   $32,330,828 18
Nov 24, 1998 6 $385,000 +42% -38% 1,691 $228   $32,716,000 19

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 6, 1998 2 $18,269,279   2,541 $7,190   $18,269,279 1
Nov 13, 1998 4 $10,212,838 -44% 2,582 $3,955   $28,482,117 2
Nov 20, 1998 7 $5,222,860 -49% 2,438 $2,142   $33,704,977 3
Nov 27, 1998 12 $3,087,222 -41% 1,676 $1,842   $36,792,199 4
Dec 4, 1998 13 $1,386,241 -55% 1,206 $1,149   $38,178,440 5
Dec 11, 1998 16 $799,688 -42% 787 $1,016   $38,978,128 6
Dec 18, 1998 23 $515,303 -36% 486 $1,060   $39,493,431 7
Dec 25, 1998 30 $415,077 -19% 371 $1,119   $39,908,508 8
Jan 1, 1999 29 $370,340 -11% 425 $871   $40,278,848 9
Jan 8, 1999 27 $318,025 -14% 397 $801   $40,596,873 10
Jan 15, 1999 40 $154,423 -51% 212 $728   $40,751,296 11
Jan 22, 1999 45 $92,623 -40% 157 $590   $40,843,919 12
Jan 29, 1999 48 $54,031 -42% 117 $462   $40,897,950 13
Feb 5, 1999 52 $24,786 -54% 69 $359   $40,922,736 14

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records