New Zealand Box Office for The Sting (1973)

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The Sting
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $1,344Details
Worldwide Box Office $159,617,671Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$5,500,000
New Zealand Releases: February 25th, 2021 (Limited)
September 18th, 2025 (Limited)
Video Release: March 1st, 1992 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 129 minutes
Franchise: The Sting
Keywords: Gambling, Confidence Men, Crime Caper, Oscars Best Picture Winner, 1974 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Inspired by a True Story, Crime Comedy, 1930s, Great Depression
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for June 5th, 2012

June 5th, 2012

While summer is usually the slowest time of the year on the home market, this week is fantastic with a lot of prime releases, including first-run, TV on DVD releases, classics and limited releases. Unfortunately, the largest single category is, "Screener is Late". You will see that phrase countless times on this list. (Perhaps it's because last week was a short week due to Memorial Day.) It is especially hard to select a Pick of the Week, because I don't like handing out that title when the screener is late. There are a few likely candidates, including Burn Notice: The Complete Fifth Season, Yellow Submarine on Blu-ray, but I went with Tomboy on DVD. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2025/09/19 41 $785   0     $785 239
2025/09/26 53 $204 -74% 0     $1,206 240
2025/10/17 58 $164   0     $1,344 243

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
New Zealand 2/25/2021 $0 0 0 0 $1,344 10/20/2025
North America 12/25/1973 $0 0 0 0 $159,616,327
 
Worldwide Total$159,617,671 10/20/2025

Leading Cast

Paul Newman    Henry Gondorff / Mr. Shaw
Robert Redford    Johnny Hooker / Kelly

Supporting Cast

Robert Shaw    Doyle Lonnegan
Charles Durning    Lieutenant William Snyder
Eileen Brennan    Billie
Harold Gould    Kid Twist
Sally Kirkland    Crystal
Jack Kehoe    Joe Erie
Ray Walston    J.J. Singleton

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

George Roy Hill    Director
David S. Ward    Screenwriter