Platoon

Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$138,530,565
Summary Details
DistributorOrion Pictures
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Opening$241,080
6 theaters
Budget$6,000,000
Release Date (Wide)Dec 19, 1986 (Feb 6, 1987)
Running Time2 hr
GenresDrama War
In Release378 days/54 weeks
Widest Release1,564 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 19-2114$241,080-6-$40,180$241,0801
Dec 26-2815$352,464+46.2%19+13$18,550$801,1502
Jan 2-415$1,645,169+366.8%59+40$27,884$3,621,0383
Jan 9-1111$1,668,713+1.4%73+14$22,859$6,377,6684
Jan 16-184$3,730,715+123.6%174+101$21,440$11,110,2355
Jan 23-252$3,290,933-11.8%214+40$15,378$16,220,9106
Jan 30-Feb 11$8,352,394+153.8%590+376$14,156$26,560,5097
Feb 6-81$8,179,149-2.1%856+266$9,555$38,342,0738
Feb 13-16
Presidents' Day wknd
1$12,875,690-1,194-$10,783$54,774,372-
Feb 20-221$8,216,207-1,291-$6,364$65,873,97110
Feb 27-Mar 12$7,153,244-12.9%1,466+175$4,879$75,918,22211
Mar 6-83$6,109,812-14.6%1,554+88$3,931$84,585,08112
Mar 13-153$4,664,176-23.7%1,556+2$2,997$91,641,55713
Mar 20-223$3,828,038-17.9%1,554-2$2,463$97,263,95014
Mar 27-293$3,944,114+3%1,560+6$2,528$102,889,45915
Apr 3-53$4,737,808+20.1%1,564+4$3,029$109,933,50216
Apr 10-126$2,937,411-38%1,536-28$1,912$114,398,78517
Apr 17-197$2,582,868-12.1%1,509-27$1,711$118,440,50718
Apr 24-267$1,977,665-23.4%1,452-57$1,362$121,527,02019
May 1-37$1,577,689-20.2%1,306-146$1,208$123,871,39020
May 8-108$1,289,247-18.3%1,203-103$1,071$125,826,73621
May 15-177$1,185,238-8.1%1,099-104$1,078$127,551,06022
May 22-25
Memorial Day wknd
7$1,310,511-978-$1,339$129,397,905-
May 29-318$850,043-883-$962$130,600,04324
Jun 5-79$784,403-7.7%782-101$1,003$131,755,56225
Jun 12-149$540,865-31%609-173$888$132,761,96226
Jun 19-2112$489,258-9.5%615+6$795$133,491,98927