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Independence DayFollow

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.

🍅 69% 75% MC 59 LB 3.35 IMDb 7.0
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Box office summary

Opening weekend
$50.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$306.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$817.00M
$511.00M international
Domestic legs6.10x
Budget$75.0M
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Cast & crew

Full Emmerich filmography
Roland Emmerich Roland Emmerich Director Will Smith Will Smith Starring Bill Pullman Bill Pullman Starring Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum Starring Mary McDonnell Mary McDonnell Starring Judd Hirsch Judd Hirsch Starring
ScreenplayRoland Emmerich, Dean Devlin Produced byDean Devlin CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub MusicDavid Arnold Prod. DesignOliver Scholl, Patrick Tatopoulos Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 5-7 1 $50.2M — 2,882 $17,428 $96.1M
2 Jul 12-14 1 $35.2M −29.8% 2,908 $12,119 $160.3M
3 Jul 19-21 1 $21.3M −39.6% 2,972 $7,158 $199.0M
4 Jul 26-28 2 $13.8M −35.1% 2,977 $4,635 $223.1M
5 Aug 2-4 2 $11.0M −20.3% 2,788 $3,944 $241.9M
6 Aug 9-11 4 $8.7M −21.1% 2,589 $3,353 $256.8M
7 Aug 16-18 5 $5.8M −33.1% 2,257 $2,574 $267.0M
8 Aug 23-25 6 $4.7M −18.4% 2,384 $1,987 $274.5M
9 Aug 30-Sep 1 1 $4.4M −7.9% 2,195 $1,989 $280.8M
10 Sep 6-8 7 $2.8M −34.8% 1,852 $1,537 $285.6M
11 Sep 13-15 9 $2.1M −27.5% 1,511 $1,366 $288.4M
12 Sep 20-22 9 $1.6M −22.9% 1,396 $1,140 $290.6M
13 Sep 27-29 6 $2.6M +60.2% 1,822 $1,399 $293.6M
14 Oct 4-6 9 $1.5M −41.9% 1,588 $932 $295.7M
15 Oct 11-13 10 $1.3M −12.4% 1,525 $850 $297.4M
16 Oct 18-20 11 $1.3M +3.7% 1,310 $1,026 $299.2M
17 Oct 25-27 13 $1.2M −9.5% 1,125 $1,082 $300.9M
18 Nov 1-3 14 $1.0M −17.7% 709 $1,412 $302.3M
19 Nov 8-10 14 $978.2K −2.3% 661 $1,479 $303.6M
20 Nov 15-17 11 $745.5K −23.8% 599 $1,244 $304.7M
21 Nov 22-24 12 $404.9K −45.7% 471 $859 $305.4M
22 Nov 29-Dec 1 13 $295.3K −27.1% 383 $770 $305.9M
23 Dec 6-8 15 $91.5K −69.0% 314 $291 $306.1M
24 Dec 13-15 15 $36.8K −59.8% 150 $245 $306.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8M
$50.2M
$35.2M
$21.3M
$13.8M
$11.0M
$8.7M
$5.8M
$4.7M
$4.4M
$2.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.8%
−29.8%
W1→2
−39.6%
W2→3
−35.1%
W3→4
−20.3%
W4→5
−21.1%
W5→6
−33.1%
W6→7
−18.4%
W7→8
−7.9%
W8→9
−34.8%
W9→10
Steepest −39.6%Best hold −7.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#3 Best multipliersAll-time 6.09x #10 Biggest original filmsAll-time $306.1M #16 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −29.8% #19 Biggest July 4th openingsAll-time $50.2M

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