New Zealand Box Office for Escape from New York (1981)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $1,735Details
Worldwide Box Office $25,276,350Details
Further financial details...

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Synopsis

The world is ravaged by crime and the entire island of Manhattan has been converted to a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. But when the U.S. President crash-lands inside, only Plissken can bring him back.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$6,000,000
New Zealand Releases: April 29th, 2021 (Limited)
Video Release: June 6th, 2000 by MGM Video
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 98 minutes
Franchise: Escape from New York
Keywords: Hostage, Action Thriller, Rescue, Near Future, Yesterday's Tomorrow, Set in New York, Set in New York City, Politicians, 1990s, Crime Boss, Death of a Girlfriend / Boyfriend, Voiceover/Narration, Dystopia
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2021/12/24 - $68   1 $68   $674 35
2023/05/12 - $189   1 $189   $1,370 107
2023/08/18 - $434   1 $434   $1,735 121

Box Office Summary Per Territory

$00$00
Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 11/23/2018 $1,225 1 1 1 $1,225 11/29/2018
Germany 11/1/2022 00$0
New Zealand 4/29/2021 $0 0 1 3 $1,735 8/21/2023
North America 7/10/1981 $4,162,385 579 579 1,634 $25,244,700
Russia (CIS) 8/26/2021 $0 0 25 34 $28,690 10/20/2022
United Kingdom 11/22/2018 00$0
 
Worldwide Total$25,276,350 8/21/2023

Leading Cast

Kurt Russell    Snake Plissken

Supporting Cast

Donald Pleasance    President of the United States

Uncategorized

Jamie Lee Curtis    Narrator/Computer Voice
John Carpenter    Secret Service #2/Helicopter Pilot/Violin Player
Adrienne Barbeau    Maggie
John Diehl    Punk
Isaac Hayes    The Duke of New York
Ernest Borgnine    Chabbie
Lee Van Cleef    Bob Hauk
Harry Dean Stanton    Brain/Harold Helman

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

Production and Technical Credits

John Carpenter    Director
John Carpenter    Screenwriter
Nick Castle    Screenwriter