Name: Contact
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Released: 1997
Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 11	#2	$6.54M		—	$6.54M	1,923	$3.4K	1
Sat Jul 12	#2	$7.70M	+18%	—	$14.25M	1,923	$4.0K	2
Sun Jul 13	#2	$6.34M	-18%	—	$20.58M	1,923	$3.3K	3
Mon Jul 14	#2	$2.76M	-56%	—	$23.35M	1,923	$1.4K	4
Tue Jul 15	#2	$2.93M	+6%	—	$26.27M	1,923	$1.5K	5
Wed Jul 16	#3	$2.56M	-13%	—	$28.84M	1,923	$1.3K	6
Thu Jul 17	#3	$2.46M	-4%	—	$31.29M	1,923	$1.3K	7
Fri Jul 18	#3	$4.81M	+96%	-26%	$36.11M	2,194	$2.2K	8
Sat Jul 19	#3	$6.57M	+36%	-15%	$42.68M	2,194	$3.0K	9
Sun Jul 20	#3	$4.73M	-28%	-25%	$47.41M	2,194	$2.2K	10
Mon Jul 21	#3	$2.01M	-57%	-27%	$49.42M	2,194	$917	11
Tue Jul 22	#3	$2.12M	+5%	-28%	$51.54M	2,194	$966	12
Wed Jul 23	#3	$1.87M	-12%	-27%	$53.41M	2,194	$853	13
Thu Jul 24	#3	$1.86M	-1%	-24%	$55.27M	2,194	$847	14
Fri Jul 25	#4	$2.81M	+51%	-42%	$58.08M	2,314	$1.2K	15
Sat Jul 26	#4	$3.93M	+40%	-40%	$62.01M	2,314	$1.7K	16
Sun Jul 27	#4	$2.96M	-25%	-37%	$64.97M	2,314	$1.3K	17
Mon Jul 28	#4	$1.14M	-62%	-44%	$66.11M	2,314	$491	18
Tue Jul 29	#4	$1.24M	+9%	-41%	$67.35M	2,314	$537	19
Wed Jul 30	#4	$1.04M	-17%	-45%	$68.39M	2,314	$448	20
Thu Jul 31	#4	$1.00M	-3%	-46%	$69.39M	2,314	$434	21
Fri Aug 1	#6	$1.75M	+74%	-38%	$71.14M	2,210	$790	22
Sat Aug 2	#6	$2.56M	+46%	-35%	$73.70M	2,210	$1.2K	23
Sun Aug 3	#6	$1.95M	-24%	-34%	$75.64M	2,210	$880	24
Mon Aug 4	#6	$825K	-58%	-27%	$76.47M	2,210	$373	25
Tue Aug 5	#6	$888K	+8%	-29%	$77.35M	2,210	$402	26
Wed Aug 6	#8	$770K	-13%	-26%	$78.12M	2,210	$348	27
Thu Aug 7	#6	$753K	-2%	-25%	$78.88M	2,210	$341	28
Fri Aug 8	#8	$1.24M	+65%	-29%	$80.12M	2,016	$616	29
Sat Aug 9	#7	$1.89M	+52%	-26%	$82.01M	2,016	$936	30
Sun Aug 10	#7	$1.35M	-28%	-31%	$83.36M	2,016	$670	31
Mon Aug 11	#8	$567K	-58%	-31%	$83.92M	2,016	$281	32
Tue Aug 12	#7	$667K	+18%	-25%	$84.59M	2,016	$331	33
Wed Aug 13	#8	$615K	-8%	-20%	$85.21M	2,016	$305	34
Thu Aug 14	#8	$502K	-18%	-33%	$85.71M	2,016	$249	35
Fri Aug 15	#9	$806K	+60%	-35%	$86.51M	1,451	$556	36
Sat Aug 16	#9	$1.21M	+50%	-36%	$87.73M	1,451	$835	37
Sun Aug 17	#9	$855K	-29%	-37%	$88.58M	1,451	$589	38
Mon Aug 18	#11	$338K	-60%	-40%	$88.92M	1,451	$233	39
Tue Aug 19	#9	$385K	+14%	-42%	$89.30M	1,451	$266	40
Wed Aug 20	#10	$377K	-2%	-39%	$89.68M	1,451	$260	41
Thu Aug 21	#10	$360K	-5%	-28%	$90.04M	1,451	$248	42
Fri Aug 22	#11	$598K	+66%	-26%	$90.64M	1,272	$470	43
Sat Aug 23	#11	$909K	+52%	-25%	$91.55M	1,272	$714	44
Sun Aug 24	#11	$603K	-34%	-29%	$92.15M	1,272	$474	45
Mon Aug 25	#11	$207K	-66%	-39%	$92.36M	1,272	$163	46
Tue Aug 26	#11	$243K	+18%	-37%	$92.60M	1,272	$191	47
Wed Aug 27	#12	$208K	-15%	-45%	$92.81M	1,272	$163	48
Thu Aug 28	#12	$212K	+2%	-41%	$93.02M	1,272	$167	49
Fri Aug 29	#15	$408K	+93%	-32%	$93.43M	974	$419	50
Sat Aug 30	#15	$603K	+48%	-34%	$94.03M	974	$619	51
Sun Aug 31	#15	$533K	-12%	-12%	$94.57M	974	$547	52
Mon Sep 1	#15	$411K	-23%	+99%	$94.98M	974	$422	53
Tue Sep 2	#15	$123K	-70%	-50%	$95.10M	974	$126	54
Wed Sep 3	#14	$108K	-12%	-48%	$95.21M	974	$110	55
Thu Sep 4	#13	$103K	-4%	-52%	$95.31M	974	$106	56
Fri Sep 5	#15	$243K	+136%	-40%	$95.55M	705	$345	57
Sat Sep 6	#16	$402K	+66%	-33%	$95.96M	705	$571	58
Sun Sep 7	#17	$212K	-47%	-60%	$96.17M	705	$301	59
Mon Sep 8	#15	$69K	-68%	-83%	$96.24M	705	$98	60
Tue Sep 9	#15	$84K	+22%	-31%	$96.32M	705	$119	61
Wed Sep 10	#14	$79K	-6%	-26%	$96.40M	705	$113	62
Thu Sep 11	#15	$81K	+2%	-21%	$96.48M	705	$115	63

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 11-13	2	$20.58M	—	$20.58M	1,923	$10.7K	1
Jul 18-20	3	$16.11M	-21.7%	$47.41M	2,194	$7.3K	2
Jul 25-27	4	$9.70M	-39.8%	$64.97M	2,314	$4.2K	3
Aug 1-3	6	$6.25M	-35.6%	$75.64M	2,210	$2.8K	4
Aug 8-10	7	$4.48M	-28.3%	$83.36M	2,016	$2.2K	5
Aug 15-17	9	$2.87M	-35.9%	$88.58M	1,451	$2.0K	6
Aug 22-24	11	$2.11M	-26.6%	$92.15M	1,272	$1.7K	7
Aug 29-31	15	$1.95M	-7.3%	$94.98M	974	$2.0K	8
Sep 5-7	16	$858K	-56.1%	$96.17M	705	$1.2K	9
Sep 12-14	17	$641K	-25.3%	$97.12M	676	$948	10
Sep 19-21	20	$427K	-33.3%	$97.80M	466	$917	11
Sep 26-28	23	$226K	-47.0%	$98.16M	291	$778	12
Oct 3-5	12	$796K	+251.5%	$99.04M	896	$888	13
Oct 10-12	17	$623K	-21.6%	$99.95M	896	$696	14
Oct 17-19	21	$357K	-42.7%	$100.48M	414	$863	15
Oct 24-26	30	$178K	-50.1%	$100.77M	316	$565	16

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Zemeckis

ScreenplayJames V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg

Story byCarl Sagan, Ann Druyan

Produced byRobert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey

CinematographyDon Burgess

Music byAlan Silvestri

StarringJodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Angela Bassett

StudioWarner Bros.

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