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Gladiator

2000 R 2h 35m Action, Adventure, Drama DreamWorks Distribution

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

Gladiator Box Office

Opening Weekend
$34.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$188M
Final
Worldwide Total
$461M
$273M international
Domestic Legs5.39x
Budget$103M
2000 Rank#4
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 5-7 1 $34.82M $34.82M 2,938 $11.9K 1
May 12-14 1 $24.65M -29.2% $73.66M 2,943 $8.4K 2
May 19-21 2 $19.75M -19.9% $103.14M 3,041 $6.5K 3
May 26-28 3 $13.43M -32.0% $123.36M 3,188 $4.2K 4
Jun 2-4 5 $8.38M -37.6% $138.96M 3,056 $2.7K 5
Jun 9-11 5 $7.07M -15.6% $150.17M 2,706 $2.6K 6
Jun 16-18 8 $5.36M -24.2% $158.99M 2,266 $2.4K 7
Jun 23-25 7 $3.85M -28.2% $165.44M 1,812 $2.1K 8
Jun 30-Jul 2 10 $2.43M -37.0% $169.75M 1,411 $1.7K 9
Jul 7-9 12 $2.03M -16.4% $173.97M 1,210 $1.7K 10
Jul 14-16 13 $1.57M -22.5% $176.58M 1,034 $1.5K 11
Jul 21-23 16 $1.05M -33.1% $178.50M 747 $1.4K 12
Jul 28-30 14 $875K -16.9% $179.97M 651 $1.3K 13
Aug 4-6 16 $494K -43.5% $180.97M 453 $1.1K 14
Aug 11-13 20 $343K -30.6% $181.63M 338 $1.0K 15
Aug 18-20 23 $297K -13.4% $182.13M 284 $1.0K 16
Aug 25-27 22 $451K +51.9% $182.75M 507 $889 17
Sep 1-3 14 $514K +13.9% $183.48M 507 $1.0K 18
Sep 8-10 24 $483K -5.9% $184.23M 583 $828 19
Sep 15-17 22 $518K +7.3% $184.99M 737 $703 20
Sep 22-24 26 $408K -21.2% $185.64M 522 $782 21
Sep 29-Oct 1 29 $273K -33.0% $186.09M 407 $671 22
Oct 6-8 34 $185K -32.4% $186.40M 249 $741 23
Oct 13-15 41 $115K -37.9% $186.61M 173 $663 24
Mar 30-Apr 1 23 $457K +298.0% $187.34M 577 $791 25
Apr 6-8 37 $88K -80.7% $187.60M 157 $562 26

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRidley Scott
ScreenplayDavid Franzoni, William Nicholson, John Logan
Produced byDouglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig
CinematographyJohn Mathieson
MusicHans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard
Prod. DesignArthur Max
StarringRussell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi
StudioDreamWorks Distribution

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