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Released
1999 · FILM

The 13th Warrior

A disgraced Baghdad poet is thrust into a deadly alliance with a Norse warlord when he's exiled to a distant land, where an ancient evil awakens beneath the Volga River.

“Prey for the living.”

Directed by
John Mctiernan, Paul Barry
Written by
William Wisher, Michael Crichton
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
102 min
ActionAdventureHistory

Synopsis

A Muslim ambassador, having been exiled from his homeland, joins a band of Vikings. Initially disturbed by their conduct, he gradually comes to respect them. As they journey together, they learn of a legendary evil approaching, and they must unite to face this powerful threat.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 266+ 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 John WrightShot by Peter Menzies JrScored by Jerry GoldsmithDesigned by Wolf KroegerCostumes by Sandra J Blackie

Box Office

1999 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× 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

$61.7M

Budget$120.0M
Worldwide gross$61.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $32.7M — 53% of worldwide · International: $29.0M (47%)

Opening weekend: $10.3M — 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $13.9M — 43% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,306 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Besiege die Angstde
  • Der 13. Kriegerde
  • Der 13te Kriegerde
  • Der dreizehnte Kriegerde
  • Le 13e Guerrierfr
  • Il 13° Guerrieroit
  • Il 13esimo guerrieroit
  • Il tredicesimo guerrieroit
  • (Bulgarian)Тринадесетият войн
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • PortugalAug 13, 1999
  • FranceAug 18, 1999
  • TaiwanAug 21, 1999
  • BelgiumAug 25, 1999

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ProductionTouchstone Pictures

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