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Galaxy QuestFollow

1999 • PG • 1h 42m • Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi • DreamWorks Pictures

A comedy of galactic proportions.

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70

3.73

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$71.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$90.50M

$19.10M international

Domestic legs10.2x

Budget$45M

1999 rank#93

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Cast & crew

Tim Allen

Tim Allen Starring

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver Starring

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman Starring

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub Starring

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell Starring

ScreenplayDavid Howard, Robert Gordon Story byDavid Howard Produced byMark Johnson, Charles Newirth CinematographyJerzy Zieliński Music byDavid Newman StudioDreamWorks Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 24-26 7 $7.0M — 2,412 $2,907 $7.0M

2 Dec 31-Jan 2 6 $9.7M +38.4% 2,442 $3,975 $27.3M

3 Jan 7-9 5 $8.0M −17.3% 2,450 $3,275 $38.5M

4 Jan 14-16 6 $8.5M +6.5% 2,450 $3,487 $48.8M

5 Jan 21-23 6 $4.5M −46.9% 2,259 $2,009 $54.3M

6 Jan 28-30 7 $3.4M −25.0% 2,209 $1,540 $58.8M

7 Feb 4-6 7 $3.3M −2.6% 1,939 $1,708 $62.9M

8 Feb 11-13 9 $2.2M −34.2% 1,589 $1,372 $65.8M

9 Feb 18-20 17 $1.6M −25.7% 1,186 $1,365 $68.0M

10 Feb 25-27 19 $738.5K −54.4% 817 $904 $69.0M

11 Mar 3-5 25 $404.5K −45.2% 525 $771 $69.6M

12 Mar 10-12 30 $217.1K −46.3% 381 $570 $69.9M

13 Mar 17-19 37 $120.4K −44.6% 171 $704 $70.1M

14 Mar 24-26 44 $86.9K −27.8% 145 $599 $70.3M

16 Apr 7-9 22 $335.0K — 503 $666 $70.7M

17 Apr 14-16 25 $227.7K −32.0% 427 $533 $71.0M

18 Apr 21-23 36 $136.9K −39.9% 306 $447 $71.2M

19 Apr 28-30 36 $121.0K −11.6% 263 $460 $71.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sat Dec 25 #4 $3.3M — $3.3M 2,410 $1,373 1

Sun Dec 26 #6 $3.6M +9% $6.9M 2,410 $1,494 2

Mon Dec 27 #6 $2.7M −25% $9.7M 2,412 $1,118 3

Tue Dec 28 #7 $2.5M −6% $12.2M 2,412 $1,051 4

Wed Dec 29 #7 $2.5M — $14.8M 2,412 $1,047 5

Thu Dec 30 #6 $2.8M +11% $17.6M 2,412 $1,159 6

Fri Dec 31 #4 $2.3M −16% $19.9M 2,445 $961 7

Sat Jan 1 #6 $4.6M +94% +38% $24.5M 2,445 $1,867 8

Sun Jan 2 #6 $2.9M −36% −18% $27.3M 2,442 $1,202 9

Mon Jan 3 #6 $1.1M −63% −59% $28.4M 2,442 $448 10

Tue Jan 4 #6 $743.3K −32% −71% $29.1M 2,442 $304 11

Wed Jan 5 #8 $542.2K −27% −79% $29.8M 2,442 $222 12

Thu Jan 6 #6 $640.6K +18% −77% $30.4M 2,442 $262 13

Fri Jan 7 #5 $2.1M +234% −9% $32.6M 2,450 $872 14

Sat Jan 8 #5 $3.8M +77% −17% $36.4M 2,450 $1,546 15

Sun Jan 9 #5 $2.2M −43% −26% $38.5M 2,450 $886 16

Mon Jan 10 #5 $440.1K −80% −60% $38.9M 2,450 $180 17

Tue Jan 11 #6 $467.5K +6% −37% $39.4M 2,450 $191 18

Wed Jan 12 #6 $421.3K −10% −22% $39.8M 2,450 $172 19

Thu Jan 13 #5 $431.5K +2% −33% $40.2M 2,450 $176 20

Fri Jan 14 #7 $1.6M +275% −24% $41.8M 2,450 $660 21

Sat Jan 15 #6 $3.0M +86% −20% $44.8M 2,450 $1,230 22

Sun Jan 16 #6 $2.2M −28% $47.0M 2,450 $882 23

Mon Jan 17 #3 $1.8M −19% +298% $48.8M 2,450 $715 24

Tue Jan 18 #7 $370.5K −79% −21% $49.1M 2,450 $151 25

Wed Jan 19 #6 $304.6K −18% −28% $49.0M 2,450 $124 26

Thu Jan 20 #6 $319.4K +5% −26% $49.8M 2,450 $130 27

Fri Jan 21 #7 $1.2M +268% −27% $50.9M 2,256 $521 28

Sat Jan 22 #6 $2.3M +93% −25% $53.2M 2,256 $1,005 29

Sun Jan 23 #6 $1.1M −49% −47% $54.3M 2,259 $508 30

Mon Jan 24 #8 $288.4K −75% −84% $54.6M 2,259 $128 31

Tue Jan 25 #9 $273.0K −5% −26% $54.9M 2,259 $121 32

Wed Jan 26 #8 $259.0K −5% −15% $55.1M 2,259 $115 33

Thu Jan 27 #8 $254.9K −2% −20% $55.4M 2,259 $113 34

Fri Jan 28 #8 $964.0K +278% −18% $56.3M 2,210 $436 35

Sat Jan 29 #7 $1.7M +81% −23% $58.1M 2,210 $791 36

Sun Jan 30 #5 $683.0K −61% −41% $58.8M 2,209 $309 37

Mon Jan 31 #7 $235.9K −65% −18% $59.0M 2,209 $107 38

Tue Feb 1 #9 $219.6K −7% −20% $59.2M 2,209 $99 39

Wed Feb 2 #8 $201.8K −8% −22% $59.1M 2,209 $91 40

Thu Feb 3 #8 $201.0K — −21% $59.5M 2,209 $91 41

Fri Feb 4 #8 $816.0K +306% −15% $60.3M 1,940 $421 42

Sat Feb 5 #7 $1.7M +111% −1% $62.1M 1,940 $889 43

Sun Feb 6 #7 $873.0K −49% +28% $62.9M 1,939 $450 44

Mon Feb 7 #8 $150.1K −83% −36% $63.1M 1,939 $77 45

Tue Feb 8 #9 $160.5K +7% −27% $63.3M 1,939 $83 46

Wed Feb 9 #9 $154.0K −4% −24% $63.4M 1,939 $79 47

Thu Feb 10 #7 $175.4K +14% −13% $63.6M 1,939 $90 48

Fri Feb 11 #10 $470.4K +168% −42% $64.1M 1,009 $466 49

Sat Feb 12 #9 $1.0M +121% −40% $65.1M 1,009 $1,032 50

Sun Feb 13 #9 $581.0K −44% −33% $65.8M 1,583 $367 51

Mon Feb 14 #9 $240.9K −59% +61% $66.0M 1,583 $152 52

Tue Feb 15 #11 $123.6K −49% −23% $66.1M 1,589 $78 53

Wed Feb 16 #11 $120.4K −3% −22% $66.2M 1,589 $76 54

Thu Feb 17 #9 $129.4K +7% −26% $66.4M 1,589 $81 55

Mon Feb 21 #14 $381.1K — +58% $68.0M 1,186 $321 59

Tue Feb 22 #15 $95.5K −75% −23% $68.1M 1,186 $80 60

Wed Feb 23 #15 $90.2K −6% −25% $68.2M 1,186 $76 61

Thu Feb 24 #16 $98.2K +9% −24% $68.3M 1,186 $83 62

Sun Feb 27 #17 $210.0K — $69.0M 817 $257 65

Mon Feb 28 #17 $39.4K −81% −90% $69.1M 817 $48 66

Tue Feb 29 #18 $39.4K — −59% $69.1M 817 $48 67

Wed Mar 1 #19 $41.0K +4% −55% $69.1M 817 $50 68

Thu Mar 2 #18 $45.3K +10% −54% $69.2M 817 $55 69

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

Cumulative total$69.2M

Dec 25Jan 10Jan 26Feb 10Mar 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $738.5K

$7.0M

$9.7M

$8.0M

$8.5M

$4.5M

$3.4M

$3.3M

$2.2M

$1.6M

$738.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,450 → 817 −66.7%

2,410 open817 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.4%

+38.4%

W1→2

−17.3%

W2→3

+6.5%

W3→4

−46.9%

W4→5

−25.0%

W5→6

−2.6%

W6→7

−34.2%

W7→8

−25.7%

W8→9

−54.4%

W9→10

Steepest −54.4%Biggest gain +38.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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