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1998 • PG-13 • 2h 31m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

For love. For honor. For mankind.

🍅 42% 73%

42

3.17

6.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$36.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$199.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$554.00M

$355.00M international

Domestic legs5.51x

Budget$140M

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Cast & crew

Full Bay filmography

Michael Bay

Michael Bay Director

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis Starring

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton Starring

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Starring

Liv Tyler

Liv Tyler Starring

Will Patton

Will Patton Starring

ScreenplayJonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams Produced byJerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd, Michael Bay CinematographyJohn Schwartzman MusicTrevor Rabin Prod. DesignMichael White StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 3-5 1 $36.1M — 3,127 $11,541 $54.2M

2 Jul 10-12 2 $23.6M −34.7% 3,136 $7,511 $99.9M

3 Jul 17-19 3 $16.6M −29.6% 3,184 $5,210 $129.1M

4 Jul 24-26 5 $11.2M −32.7% 3,127 $3,568 $149.6M

5 Jul 31-Aug 2 8 $7.6M −32.2% 2,491 $3,035 $163.1M

6 Aug 7-9 9 $5.3M −29.7% 2,123 $2,505 $172.8M

7 Aug 14-16 10 $4.1M −22.2% 1,786 $2,317 $180.0M

8 Aug 21-23 13 $2.7M −33.9% 1,423 $1,922 $185.0M

9 Aug 28-30 12 $2.3M −15.7% 1,324 $1,741 $188.5M

10 Sep 4-7 11 $2.8M +22.7% 1,386 $2,040 $192.1M

11 Sep 11-13 9 $1.6M −44.1% 1,334 $1,185 $194.1M

12 Sep 18-20 9 $1.3M −20.6% 1,259 $996 $195.8M

13 Sep 25-27 11 $951.6K −24.2% 1,128 $843 $197.1M

14 Oct 9-11 12 $723.2K −24.0% 806 $897 $198.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 1 #1 $9.7M — $9.7M 3,090 $3,129 1

Thu Jul 2 #1 $8.4M −13% $18.1M 3,090 $2,728 2

Fri Jul 3 #1 $13.6M +62% $31.7M 3,090 $4,408 3

Sat Jul 4 #1 $10.5M −23% $42.3M 3,090 $3,412 4

Sun Jul 5 #1 $11.9M +13% $54.2M 3,127 $3,819 5

Mon Jul 6 #1 $5.9M −51% $60.1M 3,127 $1,890 6

Tue Jul 7 #1 $5.9M — $66.0M 3,127 $1,891 7

Wed Jul 8 #1 $5.5M −7% −43% $71.5M 3,127 $1,757 8

Thu Jul 9 #1 $4.8M −13% −43% $76.3M 3,127 $1,530 9

Fri Jul 10 #2 $7.2M +50% −47% $83.5M 3,136 $2,286 10

Sat Jul 11 #2 $8.8M +23% −16% $92.3M 3,136 $2,819 11

Sun Jul 12 #2 $5.7M −36% −53% $99.9M 3,136 $1,805 12

Mon Jul 13 #2 $3.1M −44% −47% $103.0M 3,136 $1,003 13

Tue Jul 14 #2 $3.5M +10% −41% $106.5M 3,136 $1,104 14

Wed Jul 15 #2 $3.0M −12% −45% $109.5M 3,136 $969 15

Thu Jul 16 #2 $3.0M — −37% $112.5M 3,136 $968 16

Fri Jul 17 #3 $5.1M +68% −29% $117.6M 3,184 $1,603 17

Sat Jul 18 #3 $6.7M +31% −24% $124.4M 3,184 $2,107 18

Sun Jul 19 #3 $4.9M −27% −14% $129.1M 3,184 $1,538 19

Mon Jul 20 #4 $2.3M −53% −26% $131.5M 3,184 $729 20

Tue Jul 21 #4 $2.5M +9% −27% $134.0M 3,184 $797 21

Wed Jul 22 #4 $2.2M −12% −27% $136.2M 3,184 $697 22

Thu Jul 23 #4 $2.2M +1% −26% $138.4M 3,184 $702 23

Fri Jul 24 #5 $3.3M +47% −36% $141.7M 3,127 $1,051 24

Sat Jul 25 #5 $4.3M +32% −35% $146.1M 3,127 $1,386 25

Sun Jul 26 #5 $3.2M −26% −35% $149.6M 3,127 $1,020 26

Mon Jul 27 #4 $1.5M −52% −35% $151.1M 3,127 $486 27

Tue Jul 28 #4 $1.7M +12% −33% $152.8M 3,127 $544 28

Wed Jul 29 #6 $1.4M −20% −38% $154.2M 2,709 $505 29

Thu Jul 30 #6 $1.4M +1% −38% $155.6M 2,709 $510 30

Fri Jul 31 #7 $2.3M +68% −30% $157.9M 2,491 $929 31

Sat Aug 1 #8 $3.1M +32% −29% $161.0M 2,491 $1,228 32

Sun Aug 2 #8 $2.2M −27% −30% $163.1M 2,491 $892 33

Mon Aug 3 #6 $1.1M −51% −28% $164.2M 1,767 $617 34

Tue Aug 4 #6 $1.2M +9% −30% $165.4M 2,491 $479 35

Wed Aug 5 #7 $1.0M −13% −24% $166.5M 2,491 $416 36

Thu Aug 6 #7 $995.4K −4% −28% $167.5M 2,491 $400 37

Fri Aug 7 #9 $1.6M +57% −33% $169.0M 2,123 $735 38

Sat Aug 8 #9 $2.1M +33% −32% $171.1M 2,123 $975 39

Sun Aug 9 #9 $1.6M −25% −30% $172.8M 2,123 $733 40

Mon Aug 10 #8 $778.0K −50% −29% $173.5M 2,123 $366 41

Tue Aug 11 #8 $887.5K +14% −26% $174.4M 2,123 $418 42

Wed Aug 12 #8 $738.9K −17% −29% $175.2M 2,123 $348 43

Thu Aug 13 #8 $717.7K −3% −28% $175.9M 2,123 $338 44

Fri Aug 14 #10 $1.2M +63% −25% $177.1M 1,786 $655 45

Sat Aug 15 #9 $1.8M +51% −15% $178.8M 1,786 $988 46

Sun Aug 16 #10 $1.2M −32% −23% $180.0M 1,786 $674 47

Mon Aug 17 #9 $566.4K −53% −27% $180.6M 1,786 $317 48

Tue Aug 18 #9 $641.8K +13% −28% $181.2M 1,786 $359 49

Wed Aug 19 #9 $517.8K −19% −30% $181.8M 1,786 $290 50

Thu Aug 20 #9 $499.6K −4% −30% $182.3M 1,786 $280 51

Tue Sep 8 #10 $150.8K — $192.3M 1,386 $109 70

Wed Sep 9 #10 $129.6K −14% $192.4M 1,386 $93 71

Thu Sep 10 #10 $122.9K −5% $192.5M 1,386 $89 72

Fri Sep 11 #10 $410.0K +234% $193.0M 1,334 $307 73

Sat Sep 12 #9 $780.0K +90% $193.7M 1,334 $585 74

Sun Sep 13 #9 $375.0K −52% $194.1M 1,334 $281 75

Tue Sep 15 #9 $138.7K — −8% $194.4M 1,334 $104 77

Wed Sep 16 #10 $110.0K −21% −15% $194.5M 1,334 $82 78

Sun Sep 20 #9 $306.0K — −18% $196.8M 1,259 $243 82

Mon Sep 21 #9 $81.7K −73% $196.9M 1,259 $65 83

Tue Sep 22 #9 $108.3K +33% −22% $197.0M 1,259 $86 84

Wed Sep 23 #9 $75.4K −30% −31% $197.1M 1,259 $60 85

Thu Sep 24 #9 $81.7K +8% $197.2M 1,259 $65 86

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

Cumulative total$192.3M

Jul 1Jul 14Jul 27Aug 8Sep 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8M

$36.1M

$23.6M

$16.6M

$11.2M

$7.6M

$5.3M

$4.1M

$2.7M

$2.3M

$2.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,184 → 1,386 −56.5%

3,090 open1,386 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +22.7%

−34.7%

W1→2

−29.6%

W2→3

−32.7%

W3→4

−32.2%

W4→5

−29.7%

W5→6

−22.2%

W6→7

−33.9%

W7→8

−15.7%

W8→9

+22.7%

W9→10

Steepest −34.7%Biggest gain +22.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 13 days

$100M

Day 13

Jul 13

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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