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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull(2008)
Released
2008 · FILM

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against ruthless Soviet operatives to secure a deadly extraterrestrial relic—and later a cursed crystal skull—before their supernatural power triggers global catastrophe.

“The adventure continues...”

Directed by
Steven Spielberg, Steven Speilberg
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
122 min
ActionAdventure

Synopsis

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull that possesses supernatural powers tied to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indiana Jones is pressured into traveling to Peru at the request of a young man whose friend—and Indiana Jones' former student—has gone missing.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 961+ 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 Michael KahnShot by Janusz KaminskiScored by John WilliamsSound by Ben BurttCostumes by Mary Zophres

Box Office

2008 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.3× 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

$786.6M

Budget$185.0M
Worldwide gross$786.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $317.1M — 40% of worldwide · International: $469.5M (60%)

Opening weekend: $25.0M — 8% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $25.0M — 8% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,260 theaters

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Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Indiana Jones und das Königreich des Kristallschädelsde
  • Indiana Jones 4en
  • Indiana Jones y el reino de la calavera de cristales
  • Indiana Jones et le Royaume du crâne de cristalfr
  • Indiana Jones e il regno del teschio di cristalloit
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • FranceMay 18, 2008
  • United StatesMay 20, 2008
  • AustraliaMay 21, 2008
  • BelgiumMay 21, 2008
  • BrazilMay 21, 2008

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Paramount PicturesLucasfilmThe Kennedy/Marshall Company
Distributors
Paramount DistributionParamount PicturesParamount Pictures UKFinnkinoForum Cinemas
Special effectsIndustrial Light & Magic (ILM), Kerner Optical, Stan Winston Studio, Asylum VFX, Fonco Creative Services
Other companiesAllan Padelford Camera Cars, 20th Century-Fox Studios, Hollywood, APU Productions, American Cinema Editors (ACE)

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