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2000 • PG-13 • 2h 23m • Adventure, Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

At the edge of the world, his journey begins.

🍅 88% 84%

74

3.89

7.8

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$234.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$430.00M

$196.00M international

Domestic legs8.09x

Budget$90.0M

2000 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Zemeckis filmography

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis Director

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Starring

Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt Starring

Chris Noth

Chris Noth Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Broyles Jr. Produced bySteve Starkey, Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke CinematographyDon Burgess MusicAlan Silvestri Prod. DesignRick Carter Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-24 1 $28.9M — 2,774 $10,412 $28.9M

2 Dec 29-31 1 $31.0M +7.3% 2,929 $10,576 $100.6M

3 Jan 5-7 1 $22.2M −28.3% 2,948 $7,537 $141.7M

4 Jan 12-15 2 $19.8M −11.0% 3,048 $6,488 $167.8M

5 Jan 19-21 2 $11.2M −43.6% 3,061 $3,643 $182.0M

6 Jan 26-28 3 $8.1M −27.4% 2,891 $2,798 $193.2M

7 Feb 2-4 3 $7.5M −7.7% 2,648 $2,820 $203.0M

8 Feb 9-11 5 $5.2M −31.0% 2,347 $2,197 $209.8M

9 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 9 $5.4M +4.7% 2,243 $2,408 $216.9M

10 Feb 23-25 10 $3.1M −42.5% 1,997 $1,554 $220.9M

11 Mar 2-4 12 $2.1M −33.2% 1,499 $1,383 $223.8M

12 Mar 9-11 12 $1.6M −25.0% 1,289 $1,205 $225.9M

13 Mar 16-18 14 $1.2M −20.9% 1,079 $1,139 $227.7M

14 Mar 23-25 16 $1.1M −14.5% 786 $1,336 $229.2M

15 Mar 30-Apr 1 21 $614.3K −41.5% 591 $1,039 $230.1M

16 Apr 6-8 23 $345.9K −43.7% 413 $837 $230.7M

17 Apr 13-15 24 $332.2K −3.9% 370 $897 $231.1M

18 Apr 20-22 23 $404.4K +21.7% 403 $1,003 $231.7M

19 Apr 27-29 27 $308.2K −23.8% 371 $830 $232.1M

20 May 4-6 27 $227.0K −26.3% 326 $696 $232.4M

21 May 11-13 27 $186.3K −17.9% 282 $660 $232.6M

22 May 18-20 27 $147.4K −20.9% 245 $601 $232.8M

23 Jun 1-3 24 $122.7K −16.7% 168 $730 $233.2M

24 Jun 8-10 28 $108.0K −11.9% 142 $760 $233.4M

25 Jun 15-17 34 $56.5K −47.8% 109 $517 $233.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 22 #1 $11.8M — $11.8M 2,769 $4,245 1

Sat Dec 23 #1 $12.1M +3% $23.9M 2,769 $4,386 2

Sun Dec 24 #1 $5.8M −52% $29.7M 2,769 $2,101 3

Mon Dec 25 #1 $11.0M +88% $39.9M 2,769 $3,961 4

Tue Dec 26 #1 $11.7M +6% $51.5M 2,769 $4,214 5

Wed Dec 27 #1 $9.3M −20% $60.8M 2,769 $3,356 6

Thu Dec 28 #1 $8.8M −5% $69.7M 2,774 $3,185 7

Fri Dec 29 #1 $11.4M +29% −3% $81.1M 2,927 $3,899 8

Sat Dec 30 #1 $11.6M +2% −4% $92.7M 2,927 $3,971 9

Sun Dec 31 #1 $7.9M −32% +36% $100.6M 2,927 $2,712 10

Mon Jan 1 #1 $9.1M +14% −17% $109.7M 2,929 $3,093 11

Tue Jan 2 #1 $4.1M −55% −65% $113.7M 2,929 $1,383 12

Wed Jan 3 #1 $2.7M −32% −71% $116.5M 2,929 $934 13

Thu Jan 4 #1 $3.0M +10% −66% $119.5M 2,929 $1,024 14

Fri Jan 5 #1 $6.5M +118% −43% $126.0M 2,929 $2,233 15

Sat Jan 6 #1 $11.1M +70% −4% $137.1M 2,948 $3,768 16

Sun Jan 7 #1 $5.5M −50% −30% $141.7M 2,948 $1,876 17

Mon Jan 8 #1 $1.6M −71% −82% $143.3M 2,948 $553 18

Tue Jan 9 #1 $1.7M +6% −57% $145.1M 2,948 $584 19

Wed Jan 10 #1 $1.4M −18% −48% $146.5M 2,948 $481 20

Thu Jan 11 #1 $1.6M +12% −47% $148.0M 2,948 $537 21

Fri Jan 12 #2 $4.4M +179% −32% $152.4M 2,948 $1,501 22

Sat Jan 13 #2 $7.4M +66% −34% $159.8M 3,048 $2,414 23

Sun Jan 14 #2 $5.5M −26% −1% $165.2M 3,048 $1,792 24

Mon Jan 15 #3 $2.5M −54% +55% $167.8M 3,048 $830 25

Tue Jan 16 #2 $1.1M −56% −35% $168.9M 3,048 $369 26

Wed Jan 17 #2 $933.3K −17% −34% $169.8M 3,048 $306 27

Thu Jan 18 #2 $1.0M +7% −37% $170.8M 3,048 $328 28

Fri Jan 19 #2 $2.9M +184% −36% $173.7M 3,048 $935 29

Sat Jan 20 #2 $5.4M +88% −27% $179.0M 3,053 $1,754 30

Sun Jan 21 #2 $2.9M −46% −47% $182.0M 3,061 $952 31

Mon Jan 22 #3 $759.4K −74% −70% $182.7M 3,061 $248 32

Tue Jan 23 #1 $888.3K +17% −21% $183.6M 3,061 $290 33

Wed Jan 24 #1 $745.4K −16% −20% $184.4M 3,061 $243 34

Thu Jan 25 #2 $788.6K +6% −21% $185.2M 3,061 $257 35

Fri Jan 26 #3 $2.0M +157% −29% $187.2M 2,890 $700 36

Sat Jan 27 #3 $4.3M +115% −19% $191.5M 2,890 $1,503 37

Sun Jan 28 #3 $1.4M −68% −53% $193.2M 2,891 $475 38

Mon Jan 29 #3 $552.5K −60% −27% $193.8M 2,891 $191 39

Tue Jan 30 #2 $642.7K +16% −28% $194.4M 2,891 $222 40

Wed Jan 31 #2 $548.5K −15% −26% $195.0M 2,891 $189 41

Thu Feb 1 #2 $554.0K +1% −30% $195.5M 2,891 $191 42

Fri Feb 2 #4 $1.8M +227% −11% $197.4M 2,648 $683 43

Sat Feb 3 #3 $3.6M +99% −17% $201.0M 2,648 $1,363 44

Sun Feb 4 #4 $1.9M −47% +38% $203.0M 2,646 $718 45

Mon Feb 5 #5 $375.9K −80% −32% $203.4M 2,646 $142 46

Tue Feb 6 #5 $473.7K +26% −26% $203.9M 2,646 $179 47

Wed Feb 7 #4 $396.4K −16% −28% $204.3M 2,646 $149 48

Thu Feb 8 #5 $384.1K −3% −31% $204.6M 2,646 $145 49

Fri Feb 9 #6 $1.2M +207% −35% $205.8M 2,646 $446 50

Sat Feb 10 #4 $2.5M +107% −32% $208.3M 2,648 $925 51

Sun Feb 11 #5 $1.4M −45% −29% $209.8M 2,354 $573 52

Mon Feb 12 #5 $326.5K −76% −13% $210.1M 2,354 $138 53

Tue Feb 13 #7 $357.7K +10% −24% $210.5M 2,354 $151 54

Wed Feb 14 #6 $687.2K +92% +73% $211.2M 2,354 $291 55

Thu Feb 15 #7 $347.5K −49% −10% $211.5M 2,354 $147 56

Mon Feb 19 #9 $730.4K — +124% $216.9M 2,243 $325 60

Tue Feb 20 #10 $334.3K −54% −7% $217.3M 2,243 $149 61

Wed Feb 21 #9 $283.8K −15% −59% $217.5M 2,243 $126 62

Thu Feb 22 #10 $279.9K −1% −19% $217.8M 2,243 $124 63

Fri Feb 23 #10 $778.0K +178% $218.6M 1,996 $389 64

Sat Feb 24 #10 $1.5M +99% $220.1M 1,996 $774 65

Sun Feb 25 #11 $769.0K −50% $220.9M 1,997 $385 66

Mon Feb 26 #10 $193.6K −75% −73% $221.1M 1,997 $96 67

Tue Feb 27 #10 $210.4K +9% −37% $221.3M 1,997 $105 68

Wed Feb 28 #10 $183.6K −13% −35% $221.5M 1,997 $91 69

Thu Mar 1 #10 $194.0K +6% −31% $221.7M 1,997 $97 70

Sun Mar 4 #12 $495.0K — −36% $223.8M 1,499 $330 73

Mon Mar 5 #12 $134.9K −73% −30% $223.9M 1,499 $90 74

Tue Mar 6 #11 $160.4K +19% −24% $224.1M 1,499 $107 75

Wed Mar 7 #13 $137.3K −14% −25% $224.2M 1,499 $91 76

Thu Mar 8 #13 $137.0K n/c −29% $224.3M 1,499 $91 77

Sun Mar 11 #12 $381.0K — −23% $225.9M 1,289 $295 80

Mon Mar 12 #12 $123.4K −68% −9% $226.0M 1,289 $95 81

Tue Mar 13 #13 $144.5K +17% −10% $226.2M 1,289 $112 82

Wed Mar 14 #12 $133.9K −7% −2% $226.3M 1,289 $103 83

Thu Mar 15 #13 $150.8K +13% +10% $226.5M 1,289 $116 84

Sun Mar 18 #14 $298.0K — −22% $227.7M 1,079 $276 87

Mon Mar 19 #14 $105.0K −65% −15% $227.8M 1,079 $97 88

Tue Mar 20 #14 $113.3K +8% −22% $227.9M 1,079 $105 89

Wed Mar 21 #14 $106.2K −6% −21% $228.0M 1,079 $98 90

Thu Mar 22 #14 $111.1K +5% −26% $228.1M 1,079 $103 91

Sun Mar 25 #17 $234.0K — −21% $229.2M 786 $297 94

Mon Mar 26 #18 $82.4K −65% −22% $229.3M 786 $104 95

Tue Mar 27 #17 $96.5K +17% −15% $229.3M 786 $122 96

Wed Mar 28 #17 $89.1K −8% −16% $229.4M 786 $113 97

Thu Mar 29 #16 $93.5K +5% −16% $229.5M 786 $118 98

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

Cumulative total$221.7M

Dec 22Jan 8Jan 24Feb 10Mar 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.1M

$28.9M

$31.0M

$22.2M

$19.8M

$11.2M

$8.1M

$7.5M

$5.2M

$5.4M

$3.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,061 → 1,997 −34.8%

2,769 open1,997 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.5%

+7.3%

W1→2

−28.3%

W2→3

−11.0%

W3→4

−43.6%

W4→5

−27.4%

W5→6

−7.7%

W6→7

−31.0%

W7→8

+4.7%

W8→9

−42.5%

W9→10

Steepest −43.6%Biggest gain +7.3%

Run milestones

$200M in 44 days

$100M

Day 10

Dec 31

$200M

Day 44

Feb 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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