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Platoon(1986)
Released
1986 · FILM

Platoon

A young U.S. soldier in Vietnam must navigate the brutal realities of war and the clashing ideologies of his hardened platoon leaders as he struggles to survive and retain his humanity in a rapidly unraveling jungle conflict.

“The first casualty of war is innocence.”

Directed by
Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone Nm0000231
Written by
Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone Nm0000231
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
120 min
DramaWar
Streaming on
  • MGM+

Synopsis

Chris Taylor, a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 191+ 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 Claire SimpsonShot by Robert RichardsonScored by Georges DelerueDesigned by Bruno RubeoSound by Gordon DanielStunts by Gil Arceo

Box Office

1986 · 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

$138.5M

Budget$6.0M
Worldwide gross$138.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $449K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $449K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 6 theaters

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Also known as

  • (Bulgarian)Взвод
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 19, 1986
  • TürkiyeDec 24, 1986
  • GermanyFeb 1, 1987
  • IndonesiaFeb 4, 1987

Companies

ProductionHemdale, Cinema '84, Cinema 86

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