Director
Stephen Hopkins
Starring
Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson
Full Cast & Crew Details ↓
The Ghost and the Darkness
📊 Performance IndexMilestones
🌎 Global Tracker
(Target:
$500M)
8%
🇺🇸 Domestic (US)
(Target:
$500M)
8%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(Target:
$25M)
15%
⚡ Volatility
🎬 In the Vault
🕒 Normal tracking metrics
Site Popularity Rank:
👑 Unranked
🕒 Screening PaceLength
Standard Feature
Currently tracking active feature block runtime sequence profile parameters.
🎯
Box Office Verdict
📉 Underperformed
Flop
Steady (Target: $50.3M)
Blockbuster
* Editorial Note: Performance targets, verdicts, and volatility metrics reflect automated site projections and community opinion, and do not represent official studio accounting or real-world financial guarantees.
💰 Box Office
HUD
Live
Data
Opening Weekends
🇺🇸
US Weekend
$4,390,078
🇬🇧
UK Weekend
£1,700,583
Lifetime Grosses
🇺🇸
Total North American
$38,619,405
🇬🇧
Total United Kingdom
£3,695,558
🌐
Worldwide Total
$38,619,405
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Cast & Crew
Directors
Stephen Hopkins
Director
Written
William Goldman
Screenwriter
Producers
Cast
Michael Douglas
Producer
Grant Hill
Producer
A. Kitman Ho
Producer
Gale Anne Hurd
Producer
Paul B. Radin
Producer
Steven Reuther
Producer
Charles Remington
Col. John Henry Patterson
Robert Beaumont
Samuel
Dr. David Hawthorne
Angus Starling
Helena Patterson
Abdullah
Mahina
Indian Victim
Worker #1
Worker #2
Worker #3
Nervous Sikh Orderly
Orderly #1
Orderly #2
Photographer
Nigel Bransford
Beaumont's Valet
Beaumont's Clerk
Patterson's Son
Patterson's Son
Station Master
Lion
Lion
Soldier
International Release Schedule
| Territory / Region | Release Date | Platform / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 🌍 United States | 11 Oct 1996 | Theatre |
| 🌍 South Korea | 16 Nov 1996 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Hong Kong | 28 Nov 1996 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Italy | 20 Dec 1996 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Australia | 9 Jan 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Argentina | 16 Jan 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Germany | 16 Jan 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Hungary | 16 Jan 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 United Kingdom | 17 Jan 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Ireland | 17 Jan 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 New Zealand | 30 Jan 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Brazil | 31 Jan 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Switzerland | 31 Jan 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Spain | 3 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Singapore | 6 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 France | 12 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Denmark | 14 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Finland | 14 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Norway | 14 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Portugal | 14 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Sweden | 14 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Turkey | 14 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 South Africa | 28 Feb 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Japan | 29 Mar 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Netherlands | 12 Jun 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Poland | 27 Jun 1997 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Greece | 10 Mar 2001 | DVD Premiere |
| 🌍 Mexico | 12 Sep 2017 | DVD Premiere |
| 🌍 Canada | 1 Jan 2019 | Internet |
| 🌍 Philippines | 14 Jun 2021 | Internet |