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1997 • R • 1h 36m • Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Infinite space. Infinite terror.

🍅 36% 62%

35

3.34

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$26.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$26.70M

$712 international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$60M

1997 rank#79

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul W. S. Anderson Director

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne Starring

Sam Neill

Sam Neill Starring

Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Quinlan Starring

Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson Starring

Richard T. Jones

Richard T. Jones Starring

Written byPhilip Eisner Produced byLawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Jeremy Bolt CinematographyAdrian Biddle Music byMichael Kamen, Orbital StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 15-17 4 $9.5M — 2,311 $4,116 $9.5M

2 Aug 22-24 7 $4.4M −54.2% 2,328 $1,872 $17.8M

3 Aug 29-31 11 $3.1M −28.5% 2,328 $1,338 $22.6M

4 Sep 5-7 13 $1.3M −59.8% 1,630 $769 $24.4M

5 Sep 12-14 15 $916.8K −26.8% 1,121 $818 $25.7M

6 Sep 19-21 28 $215.2K −76.5% 623 $345 $26.1M

7 Sep 26-28 39 $64.9K −69.9% 219 $296 $26.3M

8 Oct 3-5 53 $23.7K −63.4% 105 $226 $26.3M

10 Oct 17-19 34 $149.7K — 416 $360 $26.5M

11 Oct 24-26 46 $54.2K −63.8% 208 $261 $26.6M

12 Oct 31-Nov 2 65 $13.7K −74.7% 73 $188 $26.7M

13 Nov 7-9 70 $6.4K −53.4% 30 $213 $26.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 15 #4 $3.1M — $3.1M 2,311 $1,337 1

Sat Aug 16 #4 $3.5M +14% $6.6M 2,311 $1,520 2

Sun Aug 17 #4 $2.9M −17% $9.5M 2,311 $1,260 3

Mon Aug 18 #4 $1.1M −62% $10.6M 2,311 $485 4

Tue Aug 19 #4 $1.0M −8% $11.7M 2,311 $447 5

Wed Aug 20 #4 $903.0K −13% $12.6M 2,311 $391 6

Thu Aug 21 #4 $868.5K −4% $13.4M 2,311 $376 7

Fri Aug 22 #7 $1.4M +56% −56% $14.8M 2,328 $583 8

Sat Aug 23 #7 $1.7M +26% −51% $16.5M 2,328 $735 9

Sun Aug 24 #7 $1.3M −25% −56% $17.8M 2,328 $553 10

Mon Aug 25 #7 $465.1K −64% −58% $18.3M 2,328 $200 11

Tue Aug 26 #7 $492.7K +6% −52% $18.7M 2,328 $212 12

Wed Aug 27 #8 $362.2K −26% −60% $19.1M 2,328 $156 13

Thu Aug 28 #9 $360.2K −1% −59% $19.5M 2,328 $155 14

Fri Aug 29 #10 $728.8K +102% −46% $20.2M 2,328 $313 15

Sat Aug 30 #11 $912.9K +25% −47% $21.1M 2,328 $392 16

Sun Aug 31 #10 $891.3K −2% −31% $22.0M 2,328 $383 17

Mon Sep 1 #14 $582.1K −35% +25% $22.6M 2,328 $250 18

Tue Sep 2 #10 $226.1K −61% −54% $22.8M 2,328 $97 19

Wed Sep 3 #10 $171.6K −24% −53% $23.0M 2,328 $74 20

Thu Sep 4 #9 $158.2K −8% −56% $23.1M 2,328 $68 21

Fri Sep 5 #12 $379.4K +140% −48% $23.5M 1,630 $233 22

Sat Sep 6 #13 $585.4K +54% −36% $24.1M 1,630 $359 23

Sun Sep 7 #15 $287.9K −51% −68% $24.4M 1,630 $177 24

Mon Sep 8 #13 $82.5K −71% −86% $24.5M 1,630 $51 25

Tue Sep 9 #12 $108.3K +31% −52% $24.6M 1,630 $66 26

Wed Sep 10 #13 $82.7K −24% −52% $24.7M 1,630 $51 27

Thu Sep 11 #14 $84.8K +3% −46% $24.8M 1,630 $52 28

Fri Sep 12 #- $209.0K +146% −45% $25.0M 1,121 $186 29

Sat Sep 13 #- $576.5K +176% −2% $25.5M 1,121 $514 30

Sun Sep 14 #- $131.3K −77% −54% $25.7M 1,121 $117 31

Mon Sep 15 #- $54.1K −59% −34% $25.7M 1,121 $48 32

Tue Sep 16 #- $81.8K +51% −24% $25.8M 1,121 $73 33

Wed Sep 17 #- $58.2K −29% −30% $25.9M 1,121 $52 34

Thu Sep 18 #- $57.8K −1% −32% $25.9M 1,121 $52 35

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

Cumulative total$25.9M

Aug 15Aug 24Sep 1Sep 10Sep 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $149.7K

$9.5M

$4.4M

$3.1M

$1.3M

$916.8K

$215.2K

$64.9K

$23.7K

$149.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W10

Theater countPeak 2,328 → 1,121 −51.8%

2,311 open1,121 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −63.4%

−54.2%

W1→2

−28.5%

W2→3

−59.8%

W3→4

−26.8%

W4→5

−76.5%

W5→6

−69.9%

W6→7

−63.4%

W7→8

Steepest −76.5%Best hold −26.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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