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Flight of the PhoenixFollow

2004 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Action, Adventure, Drama • 20th Century Fox

Out of the ashes, hope will rise.

🍅 30% 40% MC 47 LB 2.93 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$21.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$34.00M
$13.00M international
Domestic legs4.2x
Budget$75M
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Cast & crew

Dennis Quaid Dennis Quaid Starring Tyrese Gibson Tyrese Gibson Starring Giovanni Ribisi Giovanni Ribisi Starring Miranda Otto Miranda Otto Starring Tony Curran Tony Curran Starring Jacob Vargas Jacob Vargas Starring
ScreenplayEdward Burns, Scott Frank Produced byWyck Godfrey, John Davis, William Aldrich, Alex Blum CinematographyBrendan Galvin MusicMarco Beltrami Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 17-19 8 $5.0M — 2,604 $1,928 $5.0M
2 Dec 24-26 13 $2.7M −46.9% 2,604 $1,024 $10.5M
3 Dec 31-Jan 2 13 $3.1M +14.4% 2,373 $1,286 $16.7M
4 Jan 7-9 18 $1.6M −48.2% 1,643 $961 $19.4M
5 Jan 14-17 29 $347.7K −78.0% 519 $670 $20.2M
6 Jan 21-23 37 $133.1K −61.7% 257 $518 $20.5M
7 Jan 28-30 41 $115.3K −13.4% 217 $531 $20.6M
8 Feb 4-6 41 $105.1K −8.9% 215 $489 $20.8M
9 Feb 11-13 50 $68.6K −34.7% 154 $445 $20.9M
10 Feb 18-21 62 $31.6K −54.0% 76 $416 $21.0M
11 Feb 25-27 67 $18.9K −40.0% 48 $395 $21.0M
12 Mar 4-6 81 $8.0K −57.8% 22 $363 $21.0M
13 Mar 11-13 117 $1.1K −86.8% 6 $176 $21.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $31.6K
$5.0M
$2.7M
$3.1M
$1.6M
$347.7K
$133.1K
$115.3K
$105.1K
$68.6K
$31.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.0%
−46.9%
W1→2
+14.4%
W2→3
−48.2%
W3→4
−78.0%
W4→5
−61.7%
W5→6
−13.4%
W6→7
−8.9%
W7→8
−34.7%
W8→9
−54.0%
W9→10
Steepest −78.0%Biggest gain +14.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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