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Final DestinationFollow

2000 • R • 1h 38m • Horror, Thriller • New Line Cinema

No accidents. No coincidences. No escapes. You can't cheat death.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$53.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$112.00M
$58.70M international
Domestic legs5.32x
Budget$23.0M
2000 rank#48

Cast & crew

Directed byJames Wong ScreenplayJames Wong, Jeffrey Reddick, Glen Morgan Produced byWarren Zide, Craig Perry, Glen Morgan CinematographyRobert McLachlan MusicShirley Walker Prod. DesignJohn Willett StarringDevon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke, Daniel Roebuck, Roger Guenveur Smith StudioNew Line Cinema SeriesFinal Destination

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 17-19 3 $10.0M — 2,587 $3,871 $10.0M
2 Mar 24-26 3 $7.2M −27.9% 2,587 $2,790 $20.4M
3 Mar 31-Apr 2 7 $5.4M −25.8% 2,314 $2,314 $28.3M
4 Apr 7-9 9 $3.8M −28.4% 2,014 $1,904 $33.9M
5 Apr 14-16 9 $3.0M −20.5% 1,509 $2,020 $38.2M
6 Apr 21-23 9 $2.8M −9.4% 1,305 $2,116 $42.6M
7 Apr 28-30 10 $2.4M −14.9% 1,153 $2,039 $45.9M
8 May 5-7 12 $1.6M −30.7% 1,103 $1,478 $48.2M
9 May 12-14 17 $1.1M −31.7% 944 $1,179 $49.8M
10 May 19-21 18 $683.7K −38.6% 651 $1,050 $50.8M
11 May 26-29 25 $330.3K −51.7% 307 $1,075 $51.3M
12 Jun 2-4 30 $144.6K −56.2% 218 $663 $51.6M
13 Jun 9-11 33 $128.4K −11.2% 184 $698 $51.8M
14 Jun 16-18 49 $61.0K −52.5% 103 $592 $52.0M
15 Jul 7-9 24 $214.1K +251.0% 310 $690 $52.3M
16 Jul 14-16 25 $179.2K −16.3% 285 $628 $52.6M
17 Jul 21-23 28 $150.4K −16.1% 260 $578 $52.9M
18 Jul 28-30 38 $91.7K −39.0% 204 $449 $53.1M
19 Aug 4-6 43 $72.2K −21.3% 149 $484 $53.2M
20 Aug 11-13 56 $52.7K −27.0% 105 $501 $53.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$51.1M
Mar 17Apr 1Apr 17May 3May 25
Weekend grossWk 10 · $683.7K
$10.0M
$7.2M
$5.4M
$3.8M
$3.0M
$2.8M
$2.4M
$1.6M
$1.1M
$683.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 2,587 → 651 −74.8%
2,587 open651 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.6%
−27.9%
W1→2
−25.8%
W2→3
−28.4%
W3→4
−20.5%
W4→5
−9.4%
W5→6
−14.9%
W6→7
−30.7%
W7→8
−31.7%
W8→9
−38.6%
W9→10
Steepest −38.6%Best hold −9.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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