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Battlefield EarthFollow

2000 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

Take back the planet.

🍅 3% 13%

9

1.26

2.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$21.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$29.70M

$8.30M international

Domestic legs1.9x

Budget$80M

2000 rank#94

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Cast & crew

John Travolta

John Travolta Starring

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper Starring

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker Starring

Kim Coates

Kim Coates Starring

ScreenplayJ.D. Shapiro, Corey Mandell Produced byJohn Travolta, Elie Samaha, Jonathan D. Krane CinematographyGiles Nuttgens Prod. DesignPatrick Tatopoulos StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 12-14 2 $11.5M — 3,307 $3,492 $11.5M

2 May 19-22 6 $3.9M −66.0% 3,307 $1,187 $18.3M

3 May 26-29 12 $1.1M −72.7% 2,587 $415 $20.4M

4 Jun 2-4 22 $205.7K −80.8% 641 $321 $20.9M

5 Jun 9-11 45 $71.8K −65.1% 251 $286 $21.1M

6 Jun 16-18 76 $19.0K −73.5% 95 $200 $21.1M

7 Jun 23-25 85 $8.2K −57.1% 36 $227 $21.1M

8 Jun 30-Jul 2 31 $131.3K +1509.6% 268 $490 $21.3M

9 Jul 7-9 53 $46.4K −64.6% 161 $288 $21.4M

10 Jul 14-16 63 $31.1K −33.0% 103 $302 $21.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 12 #2 $4.2M — $4.2M 3,307 $1,284 1

Sat May 13 #2 $4.3M +1.7% $8.6M 3,307 $1,306 2

Sun May 14 #2 $2.8M −34.2% $11.5M 3,307 $860 3

Mon May 15 #2 $852.7K −70.0% $12.4M 3,307 $258 4

Tue May 16 #2 $763.6K −10.4% $13.2M 3,307 $231 5

Wed May 17 #2 $611.6K −19.9% $13.8M 3,307 $185 6

Thu May 18 #2 $553.6K −9.5% $14.3M 3,307 $167 7

Fri May 19 #8 $1.1M +96.9% −74.3% $15.4M 3,307 $330 8

Sat May 20 #6 $1.3M +16.3% −70.6% $16.7M 3,307 $383 9

Sun May 21 #5 $1.1M −10.7% −60.2% $18.3M 3,307 $342 10

Mon May 22 #5 $392.2K −65.4% −54.0% $18.6M 3,307 $119 11

Tue May 23 #6 $316.4K −19.3% −58.6% $19.0M 3,307 $96 12

Wed May 24 #10 $171.3K −45.8% −72.0% $19.1M 3,307 $52 13

Thu May 25 #10 $163.3K −4.7% −70.5% $19.3M 3,307 $49 14

Mon May 29 #12 $238.2K — −39.3% $20.4M 2,587 $92 18

Tue May 30 #11 $103.7K −56.5% −67.2% $20.5M 2,587 $40 19

Wed May 31 #11 $95.5K −8.0% −44.3% $20.6M 2,587 $37 20

Thu Jun 1 #12 $96.7K +1.3% −40.8% $20.7M 2,587 $37 21

Sun Jun 4 #18 $60.0K — $20.9M 641 $94 24

Mon Jun 5 #16 $28.9K −51.8% −87.9% $20.9M 641 $45 25

Tue Jun 6 #16 $32.1K +10.9% −69.1% $20.9M 641 $50 26

Wed Jun 7 #16 $26.6K −17.1% −72.2% $21.0M 641 $41 27

Thu Jun 8 #17 $29.5K +10.8% −69.5% $21.0M 641 $46 28

Cumulative total$21.0M

May 12May 18May 23Jun 1Jun 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $31.1K

$11.5M

$3.9M

$1.1M

$205.7K

$71.8K

$19.0K

$8.2K

$131.3K

$46.4K

$31.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,307 → 641 −80.6%

3,307 open641 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.0%

−66.0%

W1→2

−72.7%

W2→3

−80.8%

W3→4

−65.1%

W4→5

−73.5%

W5→6

−57.1%

W6→7

+1509.6%

W7→8

−64.6%

W8→9

−33.0%

W9→10

Steepest −80.8%Biggest gain +1509.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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