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Blade(1998)

Released

1998 · FILM

Blade

A half‑human, half‑vampire hunter known as Blade must stop a ruthless vampire syndicate from unleashing a deadly plague, while battling his own bloodlust and protecting a scientist who’s become their next target.

“Against an army of Immortals, one warrior must draw first blood.”

Directed by

Stephen Norrington, Barry K Thomas

Written by

David S Goyer, Jason Brubaker

Rated

MPA · R

Runtime

120 min

ActionHorrorSci-Fi

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Synopsis

Blade, a half-vampire and half-mortal known as the Daywalker, serves as humanity's protector against an underground army of vampires.

Credits

Actors

Editor

Production Designer

Kirk M Petruccelli

Director of Photography

Writers

Directors

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 788+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Paul RubellShot by Theo Van De SandeScored by Mark IshamDesigned by Kirk M PetruccelliSound by Thomas C BrewerCostumes by Sanja Milkovic HaysStunts by Jeff ImadaVFX by Jennifer Bergman

Box Office

1998 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$131.2M

Budget$45.0M

Worldwide gross$131.2M

break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $70.1M — 53% of worldwide · International: $61.1M (47%)

Opening weekend: $17.1M — 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $23.8M — 34% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,322 theaters

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

cut· 110 min

Also known as

Bladede

Release dates around the world4 countries · show

United StatesAug 19, 1998
CanadaAug 21, 1998
SingaporeSep 10, 1998
AustraliaOct 8, 1998

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