Name: Event Horizon
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Released: 1997
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Aug 15	#4	$3.09M		—	$3.09M	2,311	$1.3K	1
Sat Aug 16	#4	$3.51M	+14%	—	$6.60M	2,311	$1.5K	2
Sun Aug 17	#4	$2.91M	-17%	—	$9.51M	2,311	$1.3K	3
Mon Aug 18	#4	$1.12M	-62%	—	$10.63M	2,311	$485	4
Tue Aug 19	#4	$1.03M	-8%	—	$11.66M	2,311	$447	5
Wed Aug 20	#4	$903K	-13%	—	$12.57M	2,311	$391	6
Thu Aug 21	#4	$868K	-4%	—	$13.44M	2,311	$376	7
Fri Aug 22	#7	$1.36M	+56%	-56%	$14.79M	2,328	$583	8
Sat Aug 23	#7	$1.71M	+26%	-51%	$16.51M	2,328	$735	9
Sun Aug 24	#7	$1.29M	-25%	-56%	$17.79M	2,328	$553	10
Mon Aug 25	#7	$465K	-64%	-58%	$18.26M	2,328	$200	11
Tue Aug 26	#7	$493K	+6%	-52%	$18.74M	2,328	$212	12
Wed Aug 27	#8	$362K	-26%	-60%	$19.10M	2,328	$156	13
Thu Aug 28	#9	$360K	-1%	-59%	$19.46M	2,328	$155	14
Fri Aug 29	#10	$729K	+102%	-46%	$20.19M	2,328	$313	15
Sat Aug 30	#11	$913K	+25%	-47%	$21.11M	2,328	$392	16
Sun Aug 31	#10	$891K	-2%	-31%	$22.00M	2,328	$383	17
Mon Sep 1	#14	$582K	-35%	+25%	$22.58M	2,328	$250	18
Tue Sep 2	#10	$226K	-61%	-54%	$22.82M	2,328	$97	19
Wed Sep 3	#10	$172K	-24%	-53%	$22.99M	2,328	$74	20
Thu Sep 4	#9	$158K	-8%	-56%	$23.14M	2,328	$68	21
Fri Sep 5	#12	$379K	+140%	-48%	$23.52M	1,630	$233	22
Sat Sep 6	#13	$585K	+54%	-36%	$24.11M	1,630	$359	23
Sun Sep 7	#15	$288K	-51%	-68%	$24.40M	1,630	$177	24
Mon Sep 8	#13	$83K	-71%	-86%	$24.48M	1,630	$51	25
Tue Sep 9	#12	$108K	+31%	-52%	$24.59M	1,630	$66	26
Wed Sep 10	#13	$83K	-24%	-52%	$24.67M	1,630	$51	27
Thu Sep 11	#14	$85K	+3%	-46%	$24.76M	1,630	$52	28
Fri Sep 12	#-	$209K	+146%	-45%	$24.96M	1,121	$186	29
Sat Sep 13	#-	$577K	+176%	-2%	$25.54M	1,121	$514	30
Sun Sep 14	#-	$131K	-77%	-54%	$25.67M	1,121	$117	31
Mon Sep 15	#-	$54K	-59%	-34%	$25.73M	1,121	$48	32
Tue Sep 16	#-	$82K	+51%	-24%	$25.81M	1,121	$73	33
Wed Sep 17	#-	$58K	-29%	-30%	$25.87M	1,121	$52	34
Thu Sep 18	#-	$58K	-1%	-32%	$25.92M	1,121	$52	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 15-17	4	$9.51M	—	$9.51M	2,311	$4.1K	1
Aug 22-24	7	$4.36M	-54.2%	$17.79M	2,328	$1.9K	2
Aug 29-31	11	$3.12M	-28.5%	$22.59M	2,328	$1.3K	3
Sep 5-7	13	$1.25M	-59.8%	$24.40M	1,630	$769	4
Sep 12-14	15	$917K	-26.8%	$25.67M	1,121	$818	5
Sep 19-21	28	$215K	-76.5%	$26.14M	623	$345	6
Sep 26-28	39	$65K	-69.9%	$26.28M	219	$296	7
Oct 3-5	53	$24K	-63.4%	$26.32M	105	$226	8
Oct 17-19	34	$150K	—	$26.49M	416	$360	10
Oct 24-26	46	$54K	-63.8%	$26.62M	208	$261	11
Oct 31-Nov 2	65	$14K	-74.7%	$26.65M	73	$188	12
Nov 7-9	70	$6K	-53.4%	$26.67M	30	$213	13

Performance Charts

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

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPaul W.S. Anderson

Written byPhilip Eisner

Produced byLawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Jeremy Bolt

CinematographyAdrian Biddle

Music byMichael Kamen, Orbital

StarringLaurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jason Isaacs

StudioParamount Pictures

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