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Released
1992 · FILM

Patriot Games

A former CIA analyst turned professor, Jack Ryan must confront a radical IRA splinter cell when they target a British minister, forcing him to use his skills to stop a deadly conspiracy and protect his family.

“Not for honor. Not for country. For his wife and child.”

Directed by
Phillip Noyce, David R Ellis
Written by
Tom Clancy, W Peter Iliff
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
117 min
ActionThriller

Synopsis

CIA analyst Jack Ryan becomes involved when he disrupts an IRA assassination plot, prompting a vengeful renegade faction to target Ryan and his family.

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A crew of 249+ 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 William HoyShot by Donald McalpineScored by James HornerDesigned by Joseph C Nemec IiiSound by Cecelia HallCostumes by Norma MoriceauStunts by Steve BoyumVFX by Robert Grasmere

Box Office

1992 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 4.0× 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

$178.1M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$178.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $83.4M — 47% of worldwide · International: $94.7M (53%)

Opening weekend: $18.5M — 22% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $25.3M — 30% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,365 theaters

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Also known as

  • Die Stunde der Patriotende
  • Juego de patriotases
  • Jeux de guerrefr
  • Giochi di potereit
  • (Bulgarian)Патриотични игри
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • CanadaJun 5, 1992
  • United StatesJun 5, 1992
  • IndonesiaJun 24, 1992
  • JapanAug 1, 1992
  • AustraliaAug 13, 1992

Companies

ProductionParamount Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions

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