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

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

🍅 80% 87%

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4.18

8.5

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$34.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$188.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$461.00M

$273.00M international

Domestic legs5.39x

Budget$103M

2000 rank#4

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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott Director

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Starring

Connie Nielsen

Connie Nielsen Starring

Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed Starring

Richard Harris

Richard Harris Starring

ScreenplayDavid Franzoni, William Nicholson, John Logan Produced byDouglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig CinematographyJohn Mathieson MusicHans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard Prod. DesignArthur Max StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 5-7 1 $34.8M — 2,938 $11,851 $34.8M

2 May 12-14 1 $24.6M −29.2% 2,943 $8,374 $73.7M

3 May 19-21 2 $19.7M −19.9% 3,041 $6,494 $103.1M

4 May 26-28 3 $13.4M −32.0% 3,188 $4,212 $123.4M

5 Jun 2-4 5 $8.4M −37.6% 3,056 $2,741 $139.0M

6 Jun 9-11 5 $7.1M −15.6% 2,706 $2,614 $150.2M

7 Jun 16-18 8 $5.4M −24.2% 2,266 $2,366 $159.0M

8 Jun 23-25 7 $3.9M −28.2% 1,812 $2,125 $165.4M

9 Jun 30-Jul 2 10 $2.4M −37.0% 1,411 $1,719 $169.8M

10 Jul 7-9 12 $2.0M −16.4% 1,210 $1,676 $174.0M

11 Jul 14-16 13 $1.6M −22.5% 1,034 $1,520 $176.6M

12 Jul 21-23 16 $1.1M −33.1% 747 $1,408 $178.5M

13 Jul 28-30 14 $874.6K −16.9% 651 $1,343 $180.0M

14 Aug 4-6 16 $493.9K −43.5% 453 $1,090 $181.0M

15 Aug 11-13 20 $342.8K −30.6% 338 $1,014 $181.6M

16 Aug 18-20 23 $296.8K −13.4% 284 $1,045 $182.1M

17 Aug 25-27 22 $450.9K +51.9% 507 $889 $182.7M

18 Sep 1-3 14 $513.6K +13.9% 507 $1,012 $183.5M

19 Sep 8-10 24 $483.0K −5.9% 583 $828 $184.2M

20 Sep 15-17 22 $518.1K +7.3% 737 $703 $185.0M

21 Sep 22-24 26 $408.3K −21.2% 522 $782 $185.6M

22 Sep 29-Oct 1 29 $273.4K −33.0% 407 $671 $186.1M

23 Oct 6-8 34 $184.7K −32.4% 249 $741 $186.4M

24 Oct 13-15 41 $114.8K −37.9% 173 $663 $186.6M

25 Mar 30-Apr 1 23 $456.7K +298.0% 577 $791 $187.3M

26 Apr 6-8 37 $88.3K −80.7% 157 $562 $187.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 5 #1 $11.7M — $11.7M 2,781 $4,201 1

Sat May 6 #1 $14.2M +21% $25.9M 2,781 $5,097 2

Sun May 7 #1 $10.1M −29% $34.8M 2,938 $3,426 3

Mon May 8 #1 $3.8M −63% $38.6M 2,938 $1,276 4

Tue May 9 #1 $3.9M +3% $42.4M 2,938 $1,316 5

Wed May 10 #1 $3.4M −12% $45.8M 2,938 $1,159 6

Thu May 11 #1 $3.2M −7% $49.0M 2,938 $1,079 7

Fri May 12 #1 $7.6M +139% −35% $56.6M 2,943 $2,581 8

Sat May 13 #1 $11.0M +45% −22% $67.6M 2,943 $3,744 9

Sun May 14 #1 $7.0M −37% −31% $73.6M 2,943 $2,368 10

Mon May 15 #1 $2.5M −64% −33% $76.2M 2,938 $850 11

Tue May 16 #1 $1.7M −32% −56% $77.9M 2,962 $572 12

Wed May 17 #1 $2.3M +34% −33% $80.1M 2,943 $773 13

Thu May 18 #1 $2.3M −1% −29% $82.4M 2,943 $766 14

Fri May 19 #3 $5.5M +146% −27% $88.9M 3,041 $1,821 15

Sat May 20 #2 $7.6M +38% −31% $96.6M 3,041 $2,511 16

Sun May 21 #2 $5.9M −23% −16% $103.1M 3,041 $1,932 17

Mon May 22 #2 $2.2M −62% −11% $105.4M 3,041 $731 18

Tue May 23 #2 $1.9M −15% +12% $107.3M 3,041 $625 19

Wed May 24 #3 $1.3M −30% −42% $108.6M 3,041 $436 20

Thu May 25 #3 $1.3M +1% −41% $109.9M 3,041 $439 21

Fri May 26 #4 $3.2M +136% −43% $113.1M 3,188 $990 22

Sat May 27 #3 $5.5M +73% −28% $118.6M 3,188 $1,715 23

Sun May 28 #4 $5.1M −6% −13% $123.7M 3,188 $1,610 24

Mon May 29 #4 $3.6M −29% +63% $127.0M 3,188 $1,139 25

Tue May 30 #4 $1.3M −65% −33% $128.3M 3,188 $401 26

Wed May 31 #3 $1.2M −9% −12% $129.4M 3,188 $364 27

Thu Jun 1 #4 $1.1M −1% −14% $130.6M 3,188 $358 28

Fri Jun 2 #5 $2.1M +80% −35% $132.6M 3,050 $676 29

Sat Jun 3 #5 $3.4M +65% −38% $136.0M 3,050 $1,114 30

Sun Jun 4 #5 $2.5M −27% −52% $139.0M 3,056 $813 31

Mon Jun 5 #4 $1.0M −59% −72% $140.0M 3,056 $335 32

Tue Jun 6 #4 $1.2M +18% −6% $141.2M 3,056 $394 33

Wed Jun 7 #4 $901.3K −25% −22% $142.1M 3,056 $294 34

Thu Jun 8 #4 $1.0M +12% −12% $143.1M 3,056 $330 35

Fri Jun 9 #5 $1.8M +78% −13% $144.9M 2,706 $663 36

Sat Jun 10 #5 $3.0M +65% −13% $147.9M 2,706 $1,093 37

Sun Jun 11 #5 $2.2M −25% −11% $150.2M 2,706 $818 38

Mon Jun 12 #5 $868.4K −61% −15% $151.0M 2,706 $320 39

Tue Jun 13 #5 $940.8K +8% −22% $152.0M 2,706 $347 40

Wed Jun 14 #5 $800.3K −15% −11% $152.8M 2,706 $295 41

Thu Jun 15 #5 $847.7K +6% −16% $153.6M 2,706 $313 42

Fri Jun 16 #8 $1.2M +45% −32% $154.9M 2,266 $540 43

Sat Jun 17 #8 $2.0M +67% −31% $156.9M 2,266 $903 44

Sun Jun 18 #7 $1.9M −6% −13% $159.0M 2,266 $847 45

Mon Jun 19 #8 $586.6K −69% −32% $159.6M 2,266 $258 46

Tue Jun 20 #8 $699.0K +19% −26% $160.3M 2,266 $308 47

Wed Jun 21 #8 $648.2K −7% −19% $160.9M 2,266 $286 48

Thu Jun 22 #8 $656.7K +1% −23% $161.6M 2,266 $289 49

Fri Jun 23 #9 $973.3K +48% −21% $162.6M 1,812 $537 50

Sat Jun 24 #7 $1.6M +63% −22% $164.1M 1,812 $876 51

Sun Jun 25 #7 $1.3M −21% −35% $165.4M 1,812 $692 52

Mon Jun 26 #9 $485.9K −61% −17% $165.9M 1,812 $268 53

Tue Jun 27 #9 $540.2K +11% −23% $166.5M 1,812 $298 54

Wed Jun 28 #10 $404.5K −25% −38% $166.9M 1,812 $223 55

Thu Jun 29 #9 $459.6K +14% −30% $167.3M 1,812 $253 56

Fri Jun 30 #10 $550.0K +20% −43% $167.9M 1,411 $389 57

Sat Jul 1 #10 $830.0K +51% −48% $168.7M 1,411 $588 58

Sun Jul 2 #10 $1.1M +27% −16% $169.8M 1,411 $744 59

Mon Jul 3 #10 $850.0K −19% +75% $170.6M 1,411 $602 60

Tue Jul 4 #10 $640.3K −25% +19% $171.2M 1,411 $453 61

Wed Jul 5 #10 $341.4K −47% −16% $171.6M 1,411 $241 62

Thu Jul 6 #10 $353.5K +4% −23% $171.9M 1,411 $250 63

Sun Jul 9 #12 $654.0K — −38% $174.0M 1,210 $540 66

Mon Jul 10 #12 $254.8K −61% −70% $174.2M 1,210 $210 67

Tue Jul 11 #12 $277.0K +9% −57% $174.5M 1,210 $228 68

Wed Jul 12 #12 $244.0K −12% −29% $174.7M 1,210 $201 69

Thu Jul 13 #12 $263.3K +8% −26% $175.0M 1,210 $217 70

Sun Jul 16 #13 $476.0K — −27% $176.6M 1,034 $460 73

Mon Jul 17 #13 $199.6K −58% −22% $176.8M 1,034 $193 74

Tue Jul 18 #13 $235.5K +18% −15% $177.0M 1,034 $227 75

Wed Jul 19 #13 $217.9K −7% −11% $177.2M 1,034 $210 76

Thu Jul 20 #12 $209.4K −4% −20% $177.4M 1,034 $202 77

Sun Jul 23 #13 $337.0K — −29% $178.5M 747 $451 80

Mon Jul 24 #15 $138.7K −59% −31% $178.6M 747 $185 81

Tue Jul 25 #14 $156.9K +13% −33% $178.8M 747 $209 82

Wed Jul 26 #15 $147.2K −6% −32% $178.9M 747 $197 83

Thu Jul 27 #15 $151.0K +3% −28% $179.1M 747 $202 84

Sun Jul 30 #13 $273.0K — −19% $180.0M 651 $419 87

Mon Jul 31 #14 $116.9K −57% −16% $180.1M 651 $179 88

Tue Aug 1 #14 $145.3K +24% −7% $180.2M 651 $223 89

Wed Aug 2 #14 $121.7K −16% −17% $180.3M 651 $186 90

Thu Aug 3 #13 $129.5K +6% −14% $180.5M 651 $198 91

Sun Aug 6 #15 $166.0K — −39% $181.0M 453 $366 94

Mon Aug 7 #16 $82.6K −50% −29% $181.1M 453 $182 95

Tue Aug 8 #16 $82.4K n/c −43% $181.1M 453 $181 96

Wed Aug 9 #16 $75.2K −9% −38% $181.2M 453 $166 97

Thu Aug 10 #16 $76.8K +2% −41% $181.3M 453 $169 98

Sun Aug 13 #20 $101.0K — −39% $181.6M 338 $298 101

Mon Aug 14 #19 $46.8K −54% −43% $181.7M 338 $138 102

Tue Aug 15 #18 $54.0K +15% −34% $181.7M 338 $159 103

Wed Aug 16 #18 $47.5K −12% −37% $181.8M 338 $140 104

Thu Aug 17 #17 $53.5K +13% −30% $181.8M 338 $158 105

Mon Sep 11 #20 $44.8K — $184.3M 583 $76 130

Tue Sep 12 #16 $84.4K +88% $184.4M 583 $144 131

Wed Sep 13 #19 $54.2K −36% $184.4M 583 $92 132

Thu Sep 14 #20 $55.7K +3% $184.5M 583 $95 133

Mon Sep 18 #15 $79.8K — +78% $185.0M 737 $108 137

Tue Sep 19 #19 $74.0K −7% −12% $185.1M 737 $100 138

Wed Sep 20 #19 $57.0K −23% +5% $185.2M 737 $77 139

Thu Sep 21 #20 $60.2K +6% +8% $185.2M 737 $81 140

Tue Sep 26 #19 $55.5K — −25% $185.7M 522 $106 145

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

Cumulative total$175.0M

May 5May 22Jun 8Jun 24Jul 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.0M

$34.8M

$24.6M

$19.7M

$13.4M

$8.4M

$7.1M

$5.4M

$3.9M

$2.4M

$2.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,188 → 1,210 −62.0%

2,781 open1,210 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.4%

−29.2%

W1→2

−19.9%

W2→3

−32.0%

W3→4

−37.6%

W4→5

−15.6%

W5→6

−24.2%

W6→7

−28.2%

W7→8

−37.0%

W8→9

−16.4%

W9→10

Steepest −37.6%Best hold −15.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

May 21

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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