Witness
“A big city cop. A small country boy. They have nothing in common... but a murder.”
While protecting an Amish boy—the sole witness to a brutal murder—and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Witness performed
Budget
$12.0M
Worldwide Gross
$116.1M
Gross Profit
$104.1M
Return
9.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$20M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
John Book
Harrison Ford
John Book
Rachel
Kelly McGillis
Rachel
Schaeffer
Josef Sommer
Schaeffer
Samuel
Lukas Haas
Samuel
Eli Lapp
Jan Rubeš
Eli Lapp
Daniel Hochleitner
Alexander Godunov
Daniel Hochleitner
McFee
Danny Glover
McFee
Carter
Brent Jennings
Carter
Elaine
Patti LuPone
Elaine
Fergie
Angus MacInnes
Fergie
Stoltzfus
Frederick Rolf
Stoltzfus
Moses Hochleitner
Viggo Mortensen
Moses Hochleitner
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