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1997 • PG • 2h 30m • Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

Take a journey to the heart of the universe.

🍅 69% 79%

62

3.83

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$100.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$165.90M

$65.00M international

Domestic legs4.9x

Budget$90M

1997 rank#12

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Cast & crew

Full Zemeckis filmography

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis Director

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster Starring

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

James Woods

James Woods Starring

John Hurt

John Hurt Starring

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt Starring

ScreenplayJames V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg Story byCarl Sagan, Ann Druyan Produced byRobert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey CinematographyDon Burgess Music byAlan Silvestri StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 11-13 2 $20.6M — 1,923 $10,705 $20.6M

2 Jul 18-20 3 $16.1M −21.7% 2,194 $7,345 $47.4M

3 Jul 25-27 4 $9.7M −39.8% 2,314 $4,194 $65.0M

4 Aug 1-3 6 $6.2M −35.6% 2,210 $2,828 $75.6M

5 Aug 8-10 7 $4.5M −28.3% 2,016 $2,222 $83.4M

6 Aug 15-17 9 $2.9M −35.9% 1,451 $1,980 $88.6M

7 Aug 22-24 11 $2.1M −26.6% 1,272 $1,659 $92.2M

8 Aug 29-31 15 $2.0M −7.3% 974 $2,007 $95.0M

9 Sep 5-7 16 $857.5K −56.1% 705 $1,216 $96.2M

10 Sep 12-14 17 $640.8K −25.3% 676 $948 $97.1M

11 Sep 19-21 20 $427.2K −33.3% 466 $917 $97.8M

12 Sep 26-28 23 $226.4K −47.0% 291 $778 $98.2M

13 Oct 3-5 12 $795.6K +251.5% 896 $888 $99.0M

14 Oct 10-12 17 $623.5K −21.6% 896 $696 $100.0M

15 Oct 17-19 21 $357.4K −42.7% 414 $863 $100.5M

16 Oct 24-26 30 $178.4K −50.1% 316 $565 $100.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 11 #2 $6.5M — $6.5M 1,923 $3,403 1

Sat Jul 12 #2 $7.7M +18% $14.2M 1,923 $4,006 2

Sun Jul 13 #2 $6.3M −18% $20.6M 1,923 $3,296 3

Mon Jul 14 #2 $2.8M −56% $23.3M 1,923 $1,435 4

Tue Jul 15 #2 $2.9M +6% $26.3M 1,923 $1,523 5

Wed Jul 16 #3 $2.6M −13% $28.8M 1,923 $1,332 6

Thu Jul 17 #3 $2.5M −4% $31.3M 1,923 $1,278 7

Fri Jul 18 #3 $4.8M +96% −26% $36.1M 2,194 $2,194 8

Sat Jul 19 #3 $6.6M +36% −15% $42.7M 2,194 $2,995 9

Sun Jul 20 #3 $4.7M −28% −25% $47.4M 2,194 $2,156 10

Mon Jul 21 #3 $2.0M −57% −27% $49.4M 2,194 $917 11

Tue Jul 22 #3 $2.1M +5% −28% $51.5M 2,194 $966 12

Wed Jul 23 #3 $1.9M −12% −27% $53.4M 2,194 $853 13

Thu Jul 24 #3 $1.9M −1% −24% $55.3M 2,194 $847 14

Fri Jul 25 #4 $2.8M +51% −42% $58.1M 2,314 $1,215 15

Sat Jul 26 #4 $3.9M +40% −40% $62.0M 2,314 $1,701 16

Sun Jul 27 #4 $3.0M −25% −37% $65.0M 2,314 $1,279 17

Mon Jul 28 #4 $1.1M −62% −44% $66.1M 2,314 $491 18

Tue Jul 29 #4 $1.2M +9% −41% $67.4M 2,314 $537 19

Wed Jul 30 #4 $1.0M −17% −45% $68.4M 2,314 $448 20

Thu Jul 31 #4 $1.0M −3% −46% $69.4M 2,314 $434 21

Fri Aug 1 #6 $1.7M +74% −38% $71.1M 2,210 $790 22

Sat Aug 2 #6 $2.6M +46% −35% $73.7M 2,210 $1,157 23

Sun Aug 3 #6 $1.9M −24% −34% $75.6M 2,210 $880 24

Mon Aug 4 #6 $824.8K −58% −27% $76.5M 2,210 $373 25

Tue Aug 5 #6 $887.9K +8% −29% $77.4M 2,210 $402 26

Wed Aug 6 #8 $769.9K −13% −26% $78.1M 2,210 $348 27

Thu Aug 7 #6 $753.4K −2% −25% $78.9M 2,210 $341 28

Fri Aug 8 #8 $1.2M +65% −29% $80.1M 2,016 $616 29

Sat Aug 9 #7 $1.9M +52% −26% $82.0M 2,016 $936 30

Sun Aug 10 #7 $1.4M −28% −31% $83.4M 2,016 $670 31

Mon Aug 11 #8 $567.2K −58% −31% $83.9M 2,016 $281 32

Tue Aug 12 #7 $667.1K +18% −25% $84.6M 2,016 $331 33

Wed Aug 13 #8 $615.2K −8% −20% $85.2M 2,016 $305 34

Thu Aug 14 #8 $502.4K −18% −33% $85.7M 2,016 $249 35

Fri Aug 15 #9 $806.2K +60% −35% $86.5M 1,451 $556 36

Sat Aug 16 #9 $1.2M +50% −36% $87.7M 1,451 $835 37

Sun Aug 17 #9 $855.0K −29% −37% $88.6M 1,451 $589 38

Mon Aug 18 #11 $337.9K −60% −40% $88.9M 1,451 $233 39

Tue Aug 19 #9 $385.3K +14% −42% $89.3M 1,451 $266 40

Wed Aug 20 #10 $377.4K −2% −39% $89.7M 1,451 $260 41

Thu Aug 21 #10 $359.9K −5% −28% $90.0M 1,451 $248 42

Fri Aug 22 #11 $597.7K +66% −26% $90.6M 1,272 $470 43

Sat Aug 23 #11 $908.8K +52% −25% $91.5M 1,272 $714 44

Sun Aug 24 #11 $603.5K −34% −29% $92.2M 1,272 $474 45

Mon Aug 25 #11 $207.0K −66% −39% $92.4M 1,272 $163 46

Tue Aug 26 #11 $243.5K +18% −37% $92.6M 1,272 $191 47

Wed Aug 27 #12 $207.9K −15% −45% $92.8M 1,272 $163 48

Thu Aug 28 #12 $212.0K +2% −41% $93.0M 1,272 $167 49

Fri Aug 29 #15 $408.2K +93% −32% $93.4M 974 $419 50

Sat Aug 30 #15 $602.6K +48% −34% $94.0M 974 $619 51

Sun Aug 31 #15 $533.1K −12% −12% $94.6M 974 $547 52

Mon Sep 1 #15 $411.1K −23% +99% $95.0M 974 $422 53

Tue Sep 2 #15 $122.6K −70% −50% $95.1M 974 $126 54

Wed Sep 3 #14 $107.5K −12% −48% $95.2M 974 $110 55

Thu Sep 4 #13 $102.8K −4% −52% $95.3M 974 $106 56

Fri Sep 5 #15 $242.9K +136% −40% $95.6M 705 $345 57

Sat Sep 6 #16 $402.3K +66% −33% $96.0M 705 $571 58

Sun Sep 7 #17 $212.3K −47% −60% $96.2M 705 $301 59

Mon Sep 8 #15 $68.9K −68% −83% $96.2M 705 $98 60

Tue Sep 9 #15 $84.1K +22% −31% $96.3M 705 $119 61

Wed Sep 10 #14 $79.4K −6% −26% $96.4M 705 $113 62

Thu Sep 11 #15 $81.3K +2% −21% $96.5M 705 $115 63

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

Cumulative total$96.5M

Jul 11Jul 27Aug 11Aug 27Sep 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $640.8K

$20.6M

$16.1M

$9.7M

$6.2M

$4.5M

$2.9M

$2.1M

$2.0M

$857.5K

$640.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,314 → 705 −69.5%

1,923 open705 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.3%

−21.7%

W1→2

−39.8%

W2→3

−35.6%

W3→4

−28.3%

W4→5

−35.9%

W5→6

−26.6%

W6→7

−7.3%

W7→8

−56.1%

W8→9

−25.3%

W9→10

Steepest −56.1%Best hold −7.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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