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Full Metal Jacket(1987)
Released
1987 · FILM

Full Metal Jacket

A group of U.S. Marine recruits endure brutal training under a ruthless drill instructor during the Vietnam War, where one man's struggle to survive pushes his comrades to the edge of loyalty and rebellion.

“In Vietnam, the wind doesn't blow. It sucks.”

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick, Terry Needham
Written by
Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
116 min
DramaWar

Synopsis

A pragmatic U.S. Marine witnesses the dehumanizing effects of the U.S.-Vietnam War on his fellow recruits, from their brutal boot camp training to the intense street fighting in Hue.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 220+ 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 Martin HunterShot by Douglas MilsomeScored by Vivian KubrickDesigned by Anton FurstCostumes by Keith Denny

Box Office

1987 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.5× 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

$46.4M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$46.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $2.2M — 5% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.7M — 8% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 215 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • La chaqueta metálicaes
  • (Bulgarian)Пълно бойно снаряжение
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 17, 1987
  • CanadaJun 26, 1987
  • United KingdomSep 11, 1987

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Natant, Stanley Kubrick Productions

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