True Lies (1994)

True Lies
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $146,282,411Details
International Box Office $219,017,589Details
Worldwide Box Office $365,300,000
OpusData ID: 1930100
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$25,869,770 (17.7% of total gross)
Legs:5.65 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:40.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$100,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,369 opening theaters/2,561 max. theaters, 9.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $405,503,447

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 461 $146,282,411
All Time International Box Office (Rank 401-500) 477 $219,017,589
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) 445 $365,300,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 64 $146,282,411
All Time International Box Office for R Movies 67 $219,017,589
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 61 $365,300,000

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 15th, 1994 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
International Releases: October 24th, 2024 (Wide) (New Zealand)
Video Release: August 22nd, 1997 by 20th Century Studios
MPAA Rating: R for a lot of action/violence and some language
Running Time: 141 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Tropic Thunder
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Keywords: Secret Agent, Terrorism, Visual Effects, Action Comedy, Dysfunctional Family, Remake, Foreign-Language Remake, False Identity
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lightstorm Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 178 $11,854,478 Sep 2, 1994 52

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 461 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 101-200) 193 $405,503,447
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300) 263 $146,282,411
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1994 3 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 101-200) 196 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 280 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 119 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 141 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 64 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies 54 $146,282,411

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 15, 1994 1 $25,869,770   2,369 $10,920   $25,869,770 1
Jul 22, 1994 2 $20,696,264 -20% 2,561 $8,081   $61,531,149 2
Jul 29, 1994 3 $13,741,443 -34% 2,510 $5,475   $85,168,601 3
Aug 5, 1994 5 $9,189,733 -33% 2,340 $3,927   $100,824,836 4
Aug 12, 1994 5 $7,009,382 -24% 2,156 $3,251   $112,253,140 5
Aug 19, 1994 5 $5,218,303 -26% 1,860 $2,806   $120,952,040 6
Aug 26, 1994 7 $3,425,095 -34% 1,530 $2,239   $126,696,780 7
Sep 2, 1994 6 $4,130,340 +21% 1,691 $2,443   $132,204,043 8
Sep 9, 1994 8 $2,153,995 -48% 1,547 $1,392   $135,124,659 9
Sep 16, 1994 10 $1,555,809 -28% 1,309 $1,189   $137,398,094 10
Sep 23, 1994 9 $1,465,254 -6% 1,251 $1,171   $139,358,691 11
Sep 30, 1994 11 $975,803 -33% 1,000 $976   $140,779,782 12
Oct 14, 1994 13 $544,392   588 $926   $142,459,676 14
Oct 21, 1994 13 $561,866 +3% 566 $993   $143,219,650 15
Oct 28, 1994 18 $542,610 -3% 595 $912   $143,974,511 16
Nov 4, 1994 22 $507,923 -6% 491 $1,034   $144,710,724 17
Nov 11, 1994 23 $387,456 -24% 389 $996   $145,297,068 18
Nov 18, 1994 25 $245,395 -37% 311 $789   $145,658,895 19
Dec 9, 1994 38 $53,079   121 $439   $146,136,848 22
Dec 16, 1994 45 $36,140 -32% 84 $430   $146,194,648 23
Dec 30, 1994 59 $25,914   24 $1,080   $146,273,950 25

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 15, 1994 1 $40,834,885   2,369 $17,237   $40,834,885 1
Jul 22, 1994 2 $30,592,273 -25% 2,561 $11,945   $71,427,158 2
Jul 29, 1994 3 $20,207,945 -34% 2,510 $8,051   $91,635,103 3
Aug 5, 1994 5 $13,608,655 -33% 2,340 $5,816   $105,243,758 4
Aug 12, 1994 5 $10,489,979 -23% 2,156 $4,865   $115,733,737 5
Aug 19, 1994 5 $7,537,948 -28% 1,860 $4,053   $123,271,685 6
Aug 26, 1994 7 $4,802,018 -36% 1,530 $3,139   $128,073,703 7
Sep 2, 1994 6 $4,896,961 +2% 1,691 $2,896   $132,970,664 8
Sep 9, 1994 8 $2,871,621 -41% 1,547 $1,856   $135,842,285 9
Sep 16, 1994 8 $2,051,152 -29% 1,309 $1,567   $137,893,437 10
Sep 23, 1994 8 $1,910,542 -7% 1,251 $1,527   $139,803,979 11
Oct 14, 1994 11 $742,500   588 $1,263   $142,657,784 14
Oct 21, 1994 12 $774,117 +4% 566 $1,368   $143,431,901 15
Oct 28, 1994 18 $770,900 n/c 595 $1,296   $144,202,801 16
Nov 4, 1994 19 $706,811 -8% 491 $1,440   $144,909,612 17
Nov 11, 1994 18 $503,888 -29% 389 $1,295   $145,413,500 18
Dec 9, 1994 37 $74,739   121 $618   $146,158,508 22

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
New Zealand 10/24/2024 $0 0 1 1 $630 12/9/2024
 
Rest of World $219,016,959
 
International Total$219,017,589 12/9/2024

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 401-500) 477 $219,017,589
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300) 256 $219,017,589
Top 1994 Movies at the International Box Office 5 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300) 209 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 280 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 116 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 177 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for R Movies 67 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies 58 $219,017,589

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) 445 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300) 235 $365,300,000
Top 1994 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 3 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 101-200) 187 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 256 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies 91 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 167 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 61 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies 59 $365,300,000

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Mar 17, 2024513,221 13,221$361,198$361,1981,387
Mar 24, 2024314,164 27,385$386,960$748,1581,388
Mar 31, 202469,791 37,176$267,490$1,015,6481,389
Apr 7, 2024152,635 39,811$71,988$1,087,6361,390
Apr 14, 2024202,020 41,831$55,186$1,142,8221,391
Apr 21, 2024172,473 44,304$67,562$1,210,3841,392

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Leading Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger    Harry Tasker

Supporting Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis    Helen Tasker
Tom Arnold    Gib
Bill Paxton    Simon
Tia Carrere    Juno Skinner
Art Malik    Aziz
Eliza Dushku    Dana
Grant Heslov    Faisil
Charlton Heston    Spencer Trilby

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

Production and Technical Credits

James Cameron    Director
James Cameron    Screenwriter
Claude Zidi    Screenwriter
Simon Michael    Screenwriter
Didier Kamika    Screenwriter
James Cameron    Producer
Stephanie Austin    Producer
Rae Sanchini    Executive Producer
Robert Shriver    Executive Producer
Lawrence Kasanoff    Executive Producer
Russell Carpenter    Cinematographer
Mark Goldblatt    Editor
Conrad Buff    Editor
Richard A. Harris    Editor
Brad Fiedel    Composer
Peter Lamont    Production Designer
Robert Laing    Art Director
Michael Novotny    Art Director
Joseph Hodges    Set Designer
Cindy Carr    Set Decorator
Marlene Stewart    Costume Designer
Lee Orloff    Sound Mixer
Scott Thaler    Unit Production Manager
Patricia Whitcher    Unit Production Manager
John Bruno    Visual Effects Supervisor
Thomas L. Fisher    Special Effects Coordinator
Joel Kramer    Special Effects Coordinator
Pamela Easley Harris    Associate Producer
J. Michael Haynie    1st Assistant Director
Aldric La'auli Porter    1st Assistant Director
Mali Finn    Casting Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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  6. Cast & Crew
  7. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$25,869,770 (17.7% of total gross)
Legs:5.65 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:40.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$100,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,369 opening theaters/2,561 max. theaters, 9.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $405,503,447

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 461 $146,282,411
All Time International Box Office (Rank 401-500) 477 $219,017,589
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) 445 $365,300,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 64 $146,282,411
All Time International Box Office for R Movies 67 $219,017,589
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 61 $365,300,000

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 15th, 1994 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
International Releases: October 24th, 2024 (Wide) (New Zealand)
Video Release: August 22nd, 1997 by 20th Century Studios
MPAA Rating: R for a lot of action/violence and some language
Running Time: 141 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Tropic Thunder
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Secret Agent, Terrorism, Visual Effects, Action Comedy, Dysfunctional Family, Remake, Foreign-Language Remake, False Identity
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lightstorm Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 178 $11,854,478 Sep 2, 1994 52

Leading Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger    Harry Tasker

Supporting Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis    Helen Tasker
Tom Arnold    Gib
Bill Paxton    Simon
Tia Carrere    Juno Skinner
Art Malik    Aziz
Eliza Dushku    Dana
Grant Heslov    Faisil
Charlton Heston    Spencer Trilby

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

Production and Technical Credits

James Cameron    Director
James Cameron    Screenwriter
Claude Zidi    Screenwriter
Simon Michael    Screenwriter
Didier Kamika    Screenwriter
James Cameron    Producer
Stephanie Austin    Producer
Rae Sanchini    Executive Producer
Robert Shriver    Executive Producer
Lawrence Kasanoff    Executive Producer
Russell Carpenter    Cinematographer
Mark Goldblatt    Editor
Conrad Buff    Editor
Richard A. Harris    Editor
Brad Fiedel    Composer
Peter Lamont    Production Designer
Robert Laing    Art Director
Michael Novotny    Art Director
Joseph Hodges    Set Designer
Cindy Carr    Set Decorator
Marlene Stewart    Costume Designer
Lee Orloff    Sound Mixer
Scott Thaler    Unit Production Manager
Patricia Whitcher    Unit Production Manager
John Bruno    Visual Effects Supervisor
Thomas L. Fisher    Special Effects Coordinator
Joel Kramer    Special Effects Coordinator
Pamela Easley Harris    Associate Producer
J. Michael Haynie    1st Assistant Director
Aldric La'auli Porter    1st Assistant Director
Mali Finn    Casting Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 461 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 101-200) 193 $405,503,447
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300) 263 $146,282,411
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1994 3 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 101-200) 196 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 280 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 119 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 141 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 64 $146,282,411
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies 54 $146,282,411

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 15, 1994 1 $25,869,770   2,369 $10,920   $25,869,770 1
Jul 22, 1994 2 $20,696,264 -20% 2,561 $8,081   $61,531,149 2
Jul 29, 1994 3 $13,741,443 -34% 2,510 $5,475   $85,168,601 3
Aug 5, 1994 5 $9,189,733 -33% 2,340 $3,927   $100,824,836 4
Aug 12, 1994 5 $7,009,382 -24% 2,156 $3,251   $112,253,140 5
Aug 19, 1994 5 $5,218,303 -26% 1,860 $2,806   $120,952,040 6
Aug 26, 1994 7 $3,425,095 -34% 1,530 $2,239   $126,696,780 7
Sep 2, 1994 6 $4,130,340 +21% 1,691 $2,443   $132,204,043 8
Sep 9, 1994 8 $2,153,995 -48% 1,547 $1,392   $135,124,659 9
Sep 16, 1994 10 $1,555,809 -28% 1,309 $1,189   $137,398,094 10
Sep 23, 1994 9 $1,465,254 -6% 1,251 $1,171   $139,358,691 11
Sep 30, 1994 11 $975,803 -33% 1,000 $976   $140,779,782 12
Oct 14, 1994 13 $544,392   588 $926   $142,459,676 14
Oct 21, 1994 13 $561,866 +3% 566 $993   $143,219,650 15
Oct 28, 1994 18 $542,610 -3% 595 $912   $143,974,511 16
Nov 4, 1994 22 $507,923 -6% 491 $1,034   $144,710,724 17
Nov 11, 1994 23 $387,456 -24% 389 $996   $145,297,068 18
Nov 18, 1994 25 $245,395 -37% 311 $789   $145,658,895 19
Dec 9, 1994 38 $53,079   121 $439   $146,136,848 22
Dec 16, 1994 45 $36,140 -32% 84 $430   $146,194,648 23
Dec 30, 1994 59 $25,914   24 $1,080   $146,273,950 25

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 15, 1994 1 $40,834,885   2,369 $17,237   $40,834,885 1
Jul 22, 1994 2 $30,592,273 -25% 2,561 $11,945   $71,427,158 2
Jul 29, 1994 3 $20,207,945 -34% 2,510 $8,051   $91,635,103 3
Aug 5, 1994 5 $13,608,655 -33% 2,340 $5,816   $105,243,758 4
Aug 12, 1994 5 $10,489,979 -23% 2,156 $4,865   $115,733,737 5
Aug 19, 1994 5 $7,537,948 -28% 1,860 $4,053   $123,271,685 6
Aug 26, 1994 7 $4,802,018 -36% 1,530 $3,139   $128,073,703 7
Sep 2, 1994 6 $4,896,961 +2% 1,691 $2,896   $132,970,664 8
Sep 9, 1994 8 $2,871,621 -41% 1,547 $1,856   $135,842,285 9
Sep 16, 1994 8 $2,051,152 -29% 1,309 $1,567   $137,893,437 10
Sep 23, 1994 8 $1,910,542 -7% 1,251 $1,527   $139,803,979 11
Oct 14, 1994 11 $742,500   588 $1,263   $142,657,784 14
Oct 21, 1994 12 $774,117 +4% 566 $1,368   $143,431,901 15
Oct 28, 1994 18 $770,900 n/c 595 $1,296   $144,202,801 16
Nov 4, 1994 19 $706,811 -8% 491 $1,440   $144,909,612 17
Nov 11, 1994 18 $503,888 -29% 389 $1,295   $145,413,500 18
Dec 9, 1994 37 $74,739   121 $618   $146,158,508 22

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
New Zealand 10/24/2024 $0 0 1 1 $630 12/9/2024
 
Rest of World $219,016,959
 
International Total$219,017,589 12/9/2024

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 401-500) 477 $219,017,589
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300) 256 $219,017,589
Top 1994 Movies at the International Box Office 5 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300) 209 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 280 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 116 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 177 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for R Movies 67 $219,017,589
All Time International Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies 58 $219,017,589

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) 445 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300) 235 $365,300,000
Top 1994 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 3 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 101-200) 187 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 256 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies 91 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 167 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 61 $365,300,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies 59 $365,300,000

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Mar 17, 2024513,221 13,221$361,198$361,1981,387
Mar 24, 2024314,164 27,385$386,960$748,1581,388
Mar 31, 202469,791 37,176$267,490$1,015,6481,389
Apr 7, 2024152,635 39,811$71,988$1,087,6361,390
Apr 14, 2024202,020 41,831$55,186$1,142,8221,391
Apr 21, 2024172,473 44,304$67,562$1,210,3841,392

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.