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Dante's PeakFollow

1997 • PG-13 • 1h 49m • Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller • Universal Pictures

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🍅 34% 39% MC 43 LB 2.96 IMDb 6.1
CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$18.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$67.20M
Final
Worldwide total
$178.20M
$111.00M international
Domestic legs3.6x
Budget$115M
1997 rank#20
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Cast & crew

Full Donaldson filmography
Roger Donaldson Roger Donaldson Director Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan Starring Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Starring Grant Heslov Grant Heslov Starring
ScreenplayLeslie Bohem Produced byGale Anne Hurd, Joseph Singer CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak Music byJames Newton Howard, John Frizzell StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 7-9 2 $18.5M — 2,657 $6,955 $18.5M
2 Feb 14-16 3 $13.7M −26.1% 2,727 $5,010 $36.3M
3 Feb 21-23 4 $7.1M −47.8% 2,761 $2,585 $45.5M
4 Feb 28-Mar 2 6 $5.3M −26.2% 2,751 $1,915 $52.3M
5 Mar 7-9 8 $3.2M −38.8% 2,279 $1,415 $56.8M
6 Mar 14-16 12 $2.0M −37.3% 1,618 $1,250 $59.8M
7 Mar 21-23 15 $956.0K −52.7% 1,028 $930 $61.3M
8 Mar 28-30 22 $401.0K −58.1% 492 $815 $62.0M
9 Apr 4-6 17 $856.7K +113.7% 816 $1,050 $63.1M
10 Apr 11-13 18 $700.5K −18.2% 704 $995 $64.1M
11 Apr 18-20 20 $613.3K −12.4% 629 $975 $64.9M
12 Apr 25-27 19 $508.3K −17.1% 535 $950 $65.6M
13 May 2-4 21 $350.1K −31.1% 427 $820 $66.1M
14 May 9-11 18 $253.1K −27.7% 372 $680 $66.4M
15 May 16-18 18 $249.4K −1.4% 290 $860 $66.7M
16 May 23-25 29 $169.4K −32.1% 146 $1,160 $66.9M
17 May 30-Jun 1 27 $126.0K −25.6% 120 $1,050 $67.1M
18 Jun 6-8 54 $28.0K −77.8% 37 $756 $67.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $700.5K
$18.5M
$13.7M
$7.1M
$5.3M
$3.2M
$2.0M
$956.0K
$401.0K
$856.7K
$700.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.2%
−26.1%
W1→2
−47.8%
W2→3
−26.2%
W3→4
−38.8%
W4→5
−37.3%
W5→6
−52.7%
W6→7
−58.1%
W7→8
+113.7%
W8→9
−18.2%
W9→10
Steepest −58.1%Biggest gain +113.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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