Name: Godzilla
Director: Roland Emmerich
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Released: 1998
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Tue May 19	#1	$4.09M		—	$4.09M
Wed May 20	#1	$8.43M	+106%	—	$12.51M	3,310	$2.5K	1
Thu May 21	#1	$6.02M	-29%	—	$18.53M	3,310	$1.8K	2
Fri May 22	#1	$12.50M	+108%	—	$31.04M	3,310	$3.8K	3
Sat May 23	#1	$16.89M	+35%	—	$47.93M	3,310	$5.1K	4
Sun May 24	#1	$14.65M	-13%	—	$62.58M	3,310	$4.4K	5
Mon May 25	#1	$11.68M	-20%	—	$74.26M	3,310	$3.5K	6
Tue May 26	#1	$2.81M	-76%	—	$77.07M	3,310	$848	7
Wed May 27	#1	$2.11M	-25%	-75%	$79.18M	3,310	$638	8
Thu May 28	#1	$2.13M	+1%	-65%	$81.31M	3,310	$644	9
Fri May 29	#2	$4.51M	+112%	-64%	$85.82M	3,310	$1.4K	10
Sat May 30	#1	$7.91M	+75%	-53%	$93.73M	3,310	$2.4K	11
Sun May 31	#1	$5.54M	-30%	-62%	$99.33M	3,310	$1.7K	12
Mon Jun 1	#2	$1.32M	-76%	-89%	$100.65M	3,310	$400	13
Tue Jun 2	#2	$1.34M	+1%	-52%	$101.99M	3,310	$405	14
Wed Jun 3	#2	$1.11M	-18%	-48%	$103.10M	3,310	$334	15
Thu Jun 4	#2	$1.21M	+9%	-43%	$104.30M	3,310	$364	16
Fri Jun 5	#4	$2.54M	+110%	-44%	$106.84M	3,310	$766	17
Sat Jun 6	#3	$4.45M	+76%	-44%	$111.29M	3,310	$1.3K	18
Sun Jun 7	#3	$3.02M	-32%	-46%	$114.31M	3,310	$911	19
Mon Jun 8	#4	$829K	-73%	-37%	$114.84M	3,310	$250	20
Tue Jun 9	#4	$927K	+12%	-31%	$115.77M	3,310	$280	21
Wed Jun 10	#4	$774K	-17%	-30%	$116.54M	3,310	$234	22
Thu Jun 11	#4	$907K	+17%	-25%	$117.45M	3,310	$274	23
Fri Jun 12	#5	$1.65M	+82%	-35%	$119.11M	3,310	$500	24
Sat Jun 13	#4	$2.94M	+78%	-34%	$122.05M	3,310	$890	25
Sun Jun 14	#4	$1.93M	-34%	-36%	$123.65M	3,310	$584	26
Mon Jun 15	#6	$672K	-65%	-19%	$124.33M	3,310	$203	27
Tue Jun 16	#6	$684K	+2%	-26%	$125.01M	3,310	$207	28
Wed Jun 17	#6	$613K	-11%	-21%	$125.62M	3,310	$185	29
Thu Jun 18	#6	$603K	-2%	-34%	$126.23M	3,310	$182	30
Fri Jun 19	#8	$835K	+38%	-50%	$127.06M	2,337	$357	31
Sat Jun 20	#8	$1.19M	+42%	-60%	$128.25M	2,337	$507	32
Sun Jun 21	#6	$962K	-19%	-50%	$129.21M	2,337	$412	33
Mon Jun 22	#8	$408K	-58%	-39%	$129.61M	2,337	$175	34
Tue Jun 23	#8	$476K	+17%	-30%	$130.09M	2,337	$204	35
Wed Jun 24	#8	$424K	-11%	-31%	$130.51M	2,337	$181	36
Thu Jun 25	#9	$416K	-2%	-31%	$130.93M	2,337	$178	37

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 22-24	1	$44.05M	—	$58.49M	3,310	$13.3K	1
May 29-31	1	$18.02M	-59.1%	$99.33M	3,310	$5.4K	2
Jun 5-7	3	$9.71M	-46.1%	$114.01M	3,310	$2.9K	3
Jun 12-14	5	$6.20M	-36.1%	$123.65M	3,310	$1.9K	4
Jun 19-21	8	$2.98M	-51.9%	$129.21M	2,337	$1.3K	5
Jun 26-28	12	$1.46M	-51.1%	$132.39M	1,855	$786	6
Jul 3-5	13	$813K	-44.2%	$134.00M	1,162	$700	7
Jul 10-12	23	$202K	-75.1%	$134.68M	450	$449	8
Jul 17-19	31	$105K	-47.9%	$134.88M	260	$405	9
Jul 24-26	40	$55K	-47.3%	$134.98M	175	$317	10
Jul 31-Aug 2	53	$27K	-51.4%	$135.03M	94	$287	11
Aug 7-9	59	$20K	-25.0%	$135.07M	74	$273	12
Aug 14-16	57	$20K	-2.7%	$135.10M	50	$393	13
Aug 21-23	29	$268K	+1,263.0%	$135.37M	563	$476	14
Aug 28-30	36	$201K	-25.1%	$135.67M	501	$401	15
Sep 4-6	37	$170K	-15.1%	$135.89M	379	$450	16
Sep 11-13	43	$84K	-50.9%	$136.02M	337	$248	17

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byRoland Emmerich

ScreenplayDean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

Produced byDean Devlin

CinematographyUeli Steiger

Music byDavid Arnold

StarringMatthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner

StudioTriStar Pictures / Sony Pictures

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