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Independence Day

1996 PG-13 2h 25m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi 20th Century Fox

The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.

Independence Day Box Office

Opening Weekend
$50.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$306M
Final
Worldwide Total
$817M
$511M international
Domestic Legs6.10x
Budget$75.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 5-7 1 $50.23M $96.10M 2,882 $17.4K 1
Jul 12-14 1 $35.24M -29.8% $160.31M 2,908 $12.1K 2
Jul 19-21 1 $21.27M -39.6% $199.00M 2,972 $7.2K 3
Jul 26-28 2 $13.80M -35.1% $223.11M 2,977 $4.6K 4
Aug 2-4 2 $11.00M -20.3% $241.87M 2,788 $3.9K 5
Aug 9-11 4 $8.68M -21.1% $256.76M 2,589 $3.4K 6
Aug 16-18 5 $5.81M -33.1% $266.96M 2,257 $2.6K 7
Aug 23-25 6 $4.74M -18.4% $274.50M 2,384 $2.0K 8
Aug 30-Sep 1 1 $4.37M -7.9% $280.77M 2,195 $2.0K 9
Sep 6-8 7 $2.85M -34.8% $285.62M 1,852 $1.5K 10
Sep 13-15 9 $2.06M -27.5% $288.45M 1,511 $1.4K 11
Sep 20-22 9 $1.59M -22.9% $290.61M 1,396 $1.1K 12
Sep 27-29 6 $2.55M +60.2% $293.62M 1,822 $1.4K 13
Oct 4-6 9 $1.48M -41.9% $295.73M 1,588 $932 14
Oct 11-13 10 $1.30M -12.4% $297.43M 1,525 $850 15
Oct 18-20 11 $1.34M +3.7% $299.21M 1,310 $1.0K 16
Oct 25-27 13 $1.22M -9.5% $300.88M 1,125 $1.1K 17
Nov 1-3 14 $1.00M -17.7% $302.28M 709 $1.4K 18
Nov 8-10 14 $978K -2.3% $303.62M 661 $1.5K 19
Nov 15-17 11 $745K -23.8% $304.74M 599 $1.2K 20
Nov 22-24 12 $405K -45.7% $305.40M 471 $859 21
Nov 29-Dec 1 13 $295K -27.1% $305.89M 383 $770 22
Dec 6-8 15 $92K -69.0% $306.05M 314 $291 23
Dec 13-15 15 $37K -59.8% $306.12M 150 $245 24

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byRoland Emmerich
ScreenplayRoland Emmerich, Dean Devlin
Produced byDean Devlin
CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub
MusicDavid Arnold
Prod. DesignOliver Scholl, Patrick Tatopoulos
StarringWill Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia
Studio20th Century Fox

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