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
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Dec 19-2514$448,686-6-$74,781$448,6861
Dec 26-Jan 1, 198715$1,527,183+240.4%19+13$80,378$1,975,8692
Jan 2-812$2,733,086+79%59+40$46,323$4,708,9553
Jan 9-159$2,670,565-2.3%73+14$36,583$7,379,5204
Jan 16-222$5,550,457+107.8%174+101$31,899$12,929,9775
Jan 23-291$5,278,138-4.9%214+40$24,664$18,208,1156
Jan 30-Feb 51$11,954,809+126.5%590+376$20,262$30,162,9247
Feb 6-121$11,735,758-1.8%856+266$13,709$41,898,6828
Feb 13-191$15,759,082+34.3%1,194+338$13,198$57,657,7649
Feb 20-261$11,107,214-29.5%1,291+97$8,603$68,764,97810
Feb 27-Mar 52$9,710,291-12.6%1,466+175$6,623$78,475,26911
Mar 6-122$8,502,112-12.4%1,554+88$5,471$86,977,38112
Mar 13-192$6,458,531-24%1,556+2$4,150$93,435,91213
Mar 20-263$5,509,433-14.7%1,554-2$3,545$98,945,34514
Mar 27-Apr 23$6,250,349+13.4%1,560+6$4,006$105,195,69415
Apr 3-93$6,265,680+0.2%1,564+4$4,006$111,461,37416
Apr 10-166$4,396,265-29.8%1,536-28$2,862$115,857,63917
Apr 17-237$3,691,716-16%1,509-27$2,446$119,549,35518
Apr 24-306$2,744,346-25.7%1,452-57$1,890$122,293,70119
May 1-77$2,243,788-18.2%1,306-146$1,718$124,537,48920
May 8-147$1,828,333-18.5%1,203-103$1,519$126,365,82221
May 15-217$1,721,572-5.8%1,099-104$1,566$128,087,39422
May 22-287$1,662,606-3.4%978-121$1,700$129,750,00023
May 29-Jun 48$1,221,159-26.6%883-95$1,382$130,971,15924
Jun 5-117$1,249,938+2.4%782-101$1,598$132,221,09725
Jun 12-1810$781,634-37.5%609-173$1,283$133,002,73126
Jun 19-2510$837,611+7.2%615+6$1,361$133,840,34227