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Ghost(1990)
Released
1990 · FILM

Ghost

A newly deceased banker must learn to exist as a ghost in order to protect his terrified girlfriend from a vengeful murderer, while racing against time to solve his own death before he’s forced to move on.

“Before Sam was murdered, he told Molly he'd love and protect her forever.”

Directed by
Jerry Zucker, John Hockridge
Written by
Bruce Joel Rubin, David J Negron
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
126 min
DramaFantasyRomance

Synopsis

When a young man is killed, his spirit remains to alert his lover about an approaching threat, aided by a hesitant psychic.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 216+ 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 Walter MurchShot by Adam GreenbergScored by Maurice JarreDesigned by Jane MuskyStunts by Gary Davis

Box Office

1990 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 23× 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

$505.0M

Budget$22.0M
Worldwide gross$505.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $217.6M — 43% of worldwide · International: $287.4M (57%)

Opening weekend: $12.2M — 6% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $19.8M — 9% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,101 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Ghost - Nachricht von Samde
  • Ghost - Fantasmait
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesJul 13, 1990
  • JapanSep 28, 1990
  • DenmarkOct 5, 1990
  • FinlandOct 5, 1990
  • United KingdomOct 5, 1990

Companies

ProductionParamount Pictures, Howard W. Koch Productions

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