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1997 • R • 1h 49m • Action, Horror, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

It's already too late.

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2.63

6.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$47.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$162.30M

$114.50M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$60M

1997 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Full Jeunet filmography

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Jean-Pierre Jeunet Director

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver Starring

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder Starring

Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman Starring

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif Starring

ScreenplayJoss Whedon Produced byBill Badalato, Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill CinematographyDarius Khondji Music byJohn Frizzell Studio20th Century Fox SeriesAlien

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 28-30 2 $16.5M — 2,415 $6,822 $25.8M

2 Dec 5-7 2 $6.7M −59.6% 2,449 $2,720 $36.2M

3 Dec 12-14 7 $3.3M −51.1% 2,326 $1,401 $41.5M

4 Dec 19-21 10 $1.3M −60.3% 1,588 $814 $44.0M

5 Dec 26-28 18 $543.1K −58.0% 616 $882 $45.2M

6 Jan 2-4 21 $443.2K −18.4% 619 $716 $46.1M

7 Jan 9-11 21 $366.2K −17.4% 572 $640 $46.7M

8 Jan 16-18 29 $305.1K −16.7% 442 $690 $47.1M

9 Jan 23-25 33 $145.7K −52.2% 340 $429 $47.3M

10 Jan 30-Feb 1 38 $150.7K +3.4% 257 $586 $47.5M

11 Feb 6-8 42 $117.0K −22.4% 244 $479 $47.7M

12 Feb 13-15 58 $43.5K −62.8% 88 $495 $47.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 27 #2 $5.1M — $10.1M 2,411 $2,115

Fri Nov 28 #2 $7.0M +37% $17.1M 2,411 $2,905 1

Sat Nov 29 #2 $6.4M −8% $23.5M 2,411 $2,663 2

Sun Nov 30 #2 $3.5M −45% $25.8M 2,415 $1,467 3

Mon Dec 1 #1 $1.0M −72% $26.8M 2,415 $417 4

Tue Dec 2 #1 $1.1M +14% $27.9M 2,415 $473 5

Wed Dec 3 #1 $844.4K −26% $28.8M 2,415 $350 6

Thu Dec 4 #1 $805.4K −5% $29.6M 2,415 $334 7

Fri Dec 5 #2 $2.0M +147% −72% $31.6M 2,442 $815 8

Sat Dec 6 #2 $2.9M +44% −55% $34.4M 2,449 $1,169 9

Sun Dec 7 #2 $1.8M −37% −49% $36.2M 2,449 $737 10

Mon Dec 8 #2 $492.6K −73% −51% $36.7M 2,449 $201 11

Tue Dec 9 #1 $612.8K +24% −46% $37.4M 2,449 $250 12

Wed Dec 10 #1 $450.1K −27% −47% $37.8M 2,449 $184 13

Thu Dec 11 #2 $444.0K −1% −45% $38.2M 2,449 $181 14

Fri Dec 12 #7 $975.0K +120% −51% $39.2M 2,319 $420 15

Sat Dec 13 #8 $1.3M +32% −55% $40.5M 2,319 $556 16

Sun Dec 14 #7 $873.0K −32% −52% $41.5M 2,326 $375 17

Mon Dec 15 #5 $264.1K −70% −46% $41.8M 2,326 $114 18

Tue Dec 16 #4 $356.4K +35% −42% $42.1M 2,326 $153 19

Wed Dec 17 #5 $289.2K −19% −36% $42.4M 2,326 $124 20

Fri Dec 19 #10 $370.0K — −62% $43.1M — — 22

Mon Dec 22 #10 $203.1K — −23% $43.3M 1,588 $128 25

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$43.3M

Nov 27Dec 3Dec 8Dec 14Dec 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $150.7K

$16.5M

$6.7M

$3.3M

$1.3M

$543.1K

$443.2K

$366.2K

$305.1K

$145.7K

$150.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,449 → 1,588 −35.2%

2,411 open1,588 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +3.4%

−59.6%

W1→2

−51.1%

W2→3

−60.3%

W3→4

−58.0%

W4→5

−18.4%

W5→6

−17.4%

W6→7

−16.7%

W7→8

−52.2%

W8→9

+3.4%

W9→10

Steepest −60.3%Biggest gain +3.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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