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Atlantis: The Lost EmpireFollow

2001 • PG • 1h 35m • Action, Adventure, Animation • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Unlock the secret to the greatest mystery the world has ever known.

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3.76

6.9

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$84.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$186.00M

$102.00M international

Domestic legs4.13x

Budget$120M

2001 rank#26

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Cast & crew

Full Trousdale filmography

Gary Trousdale

Gary Trousdale Director

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox Starring

James Garner

James Garner Starring

ScreenplayTab Murphy Produced byDon Hahn MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignJim Martin, Matt Codd, Mike Mignola, Ricardo F. Delgado StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 15-17 2 $20.3M — 3,011 $6,755 $20.8M

2 Jun 22-24 4 $12.6M −38.1% 3,071 $4,098 $43.7M

3 Jun 29-Jul 1 6 $8.3M −34.2% 3,030 $2,734 $58.4M

4 Jul 6-8 9 $5.1M −38.8% 2,272 $2,230 $69.4M

5 Jul 13-15 12 $2.6M −49.0% 1,702 $1,517 $74.7M

6 Jul 20-22 14 $1.2M −52.5% 1,279 $958 $77.5M

7 Jul 27-29 15 $863.9K −29.5% 893 $967 $79.4M

8 Aug 3-5 17 $441.7K −48.9% 501 $881 $80.5M

9 Aug 10-12 29 $167.5K −62.1% 270 $620 $81.0M

10 Aug 17-19 34 $122.1K −27.1% 210 $581 $81.3M

11 Aug 24-26 42 $70.3K −42.5% 125 $562 $81.4M

12 Aug 31-Sep 3 23 $931.3K +1225.6% 780 $1,193 $82.4M

13 Sep 7-9 37 $155.4K −83.3% 238 $652 $82.7M

14 Sep 14-16 43 $101.8K −34.5% 163 $624 $82.8M

15 Sep 21-23 45 $104.0K +2.2% 164 $634 $82.9M

16 Sep 28-30 48 $74.2K −28.7% 147 $504 $83.1M

17 Oct 12-14 26 $201.3K +171.3% 263 $765 $83.3M

18 Oct 19-21 24 $153.0K −24.0% 259 $590 $83.6M

19 Oct 26-28 36 $104.7K −31.6% 216 $484 $83.7M

20 Nov 2-4 43 $72.1K −31.1% 172 $419 $83.8M

21 Nov 9-11 43 $54.8K −24.0% 133 $412 $83.9M

22 Nov 16-18 55 $24.7K −55.0% 101 $244 $83.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 8 #12 $103.8K — $103.8K 2 $51,875 1

Sun Jun 10 #13 $100.0K — $329.0K 2 $50,000 3

Mon Jun 11 #13 $42.5K −57% $371.5K 2 $21,262 4

Tue Jun 12 #13 $44.8K +5% $416.4K 2 $22,410 5

Wed Jun 13 #13 $41.0K −8% $457.4K 2 $20,525 6

Thu Jun 14 #13 $44.0K +7% $501.4K 2 $21,977 7

Fri Jun 15 #2 $6.5M +14,719% +6,178% $7.0M 3,011 $2,163 8

Sat Jun 16 #2 $7.6M +17% $14.6M 3,011 $2,524 9

Sun Jun 17 #2 $6.2M −18% +6,113% $20.3M 3,011 $2,063 10

Mon Jun 18 #2 $2.5M −60% +5,685% $23.3M 3,011 $817 11

Tue Jun 19 #2 $2.5M +1% +5,467% $25.8M 3,011 $828 12

Wed Jun 20 #2 $2.5M n/c +5,999% $28.3M 3,011 $831 13

Thu Jun 21 #2 $2.8M +12% +6,275% $31.1M 3,011 $930 14

Fri Jun 22 #4 $3.7M +32% −43% $34.8M 3,071 $1,203 15

Sat Jun 23 #4 $5.0M +37% −34% $39.8M 3,071 $1,642 16

Sun Jun 24 #4 $3.6M −28% −41% $43.7M 3,071 $1,185 17

Mon Jun 25 #4 $1.5M −58% −39% $45.2M 3,071 $492 18

Tue Jun 26 #4 $1.6M +8% −34% $46.8M 3,071 $532 19

Wed Jun 27 #5 $1.7M +2% −34% $48.5M 3,071 $541 20

Thu Jun 28 #4 $1.6M −1% −41% $50.2M 3,071 $536 21

Fri Jun 29 #6 $2.2M +35% −40% $52.4M 3,030 $736 22

Sat Jun 30 #6 $3.2M +42% −37% $55.6M 3,030 $1,045 23

Sun Jul 1 #5 $2.8M −12% −23% $58.4M 3,030 $923 24

Mon Jul 2 #5 $1.4M −49% −5% $59.9M 3,030 $473 25

Tue Jul 3 #6 $1.7M +16% +2% $61.5M 3,030 $549 26

Wed Jul 4 #8 $1.7M n/c n/c $63.2M 3,030 $549 27

Thu Jul 5 #8 $1.2M −30% −30% $64.4M 3,030 $382 28

Fri Jul 6 #10 $1.4M +25% −35% $65.8M 2,272 $636 29

Sat Jul 7 #9 $1.9M +33% −39% $67.7M 2,272 $846 30

Sun Jul 8 #9 $1.7M −12% −40% $69.4M 2,272 $744 31

Mon Jul 9 #9 $640.0K −62% −55% $70.1M 2,272 $281 32

Tue Jul 10 #9 $737.0K +15% −56% $70.8M 2,272 $324 33

Wed Jul 11 #10 $691.4K −6% −58% $71.5M 2,272 $304 34

Thu Jul 12 #10 $629.6K −9% −46% $72.1M 2,272 $277 35

Sun Jul 15 #12 $819.0K — −52% $74.7M 1,702 $481 38

Mon Jul 16 #12 $387.2K −53% −39% $75.1M 1,702 $227 39

Tue Jul 17 #12 $507.1K +31% −31% $75.6M 1,702 $297 40

Wed Jul 18 #13 $359.3K −29% −48% $76.0M 1,702 $211 41

Thu Jul 19 #13 $312.1K −13% −50% $76.3M 1,702 $183 42

Sun Jul 22 #14 $420.0K — −49% $77.5M 1,279 $328 45

Mon Jul 23 #14 $220.7K −47% −43% $77.7M 1,279 $172 46

Tue Jul 24 #14 $271.1K +23% −47% $78.0M 1,279 $211 47

Wed Jul 25 #14 $260.8K −4% −27% $78.3M 1,279 $203 48

Thu Jul 26 #14 $290.0K +11% −7% $78.5M 1,279 $226 49

Sun Jul 29 #14 $278.0K — −34% $79.4M 893 $311 52

Mon Jul 30 #13 $140.5K −49% −36% $79.5M 893 $157 53

Tue Jul 31 #13 $176.6K +26% −35% $79.7M 893 $197 54

Wed Aug 1 #13 $172.5K −2% −34% $79.9M 893 $193 55

Thu Aug 2 #13 $186.3K +8% −36% $80.1M 893 $208 56

Sun Aug 5 #17 $129.0K — −54% $80.5M 501 $257 59

Mon Aug 6 #14 $84.9K −34% −40% $80.6M 501 $169 60

Tue Aug 7 #16 $82.7K −3% −53% $80.7M 501 $164 61

Wed Aug 8 #16 $83.3K +1% −52% $80.8M 501 $166 62

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

Cumulative total$80.8M

Jun 8Jun 22Jul 5Jul 22Aug 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $122.1K

$20.3M

$12.6M

$8.3M

$5.1M

$2.6M

$1.2M

$863.9K

$441.7K

$167.5K

$122.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,071 → 501 −83.7%

2 open501 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.1%

−38.1%

W1→2

−34.2%

W2→3

−38.8%

W3→4

−49.0%

W4→5

−52.5%

W5→6

−29.5%

W6→7

−48.9%

W7→8

−62.1%

W8→9

−27.1%

W9→10

Steepest −62.1%Best hold −27.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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