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Journey to the Center of the EarthFollow

2008 • PG • 1h 33m • Action, Adventure, Family • Warner Bros.

Same Planet. Different World.

🍅 59% 49%

57

2.78

5.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$102.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$244.00M

$143.00M international

Domestic legs4.84x

Budget$60.0M

2008 rank#26

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Cast & crew

Directed byEric Brevig ScreenplayMichael D. Weiss, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin Produced byBeau Flynn, Charlotte Huggins CinematographyChuck Shuman MusicAndrew Lockington Prod. DesignDavid Sandefur StarringBrendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem, Seth Meyers, Jean Michel Paré, Jane Wheeler StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 11-13 3 $21.0M — 2,811 $7,477 $21.0M

2 Jul 18-20 4 $12.3M −41.3% 2,830 $4,360 $43.5M

3 Jul 25-27 5 $9.7M −21.3% 2,688 $3,615 $60.5M

4 Aug 1-3 5 $6.7M −31.4% 2,285 $2,915 $72.9M

5 Aug 8-10 7 $4.9M −26.9% 1,970 $2,472 $81.8M

6 Aug 15-17 11 $3.3M −31.3% 1,405 $2,383 $88.0M

7 Aug 22-24 15 $2.2M −34.6% 1,051 $2,082 $91.9M

8 Aug 29-31 16 $1.8M −18.9% 801 $2,214 $94.6M

9 Sep 5-7 17 $1.2M −30.9% 805 $1,522 $96.7M

10 Sep 12-14 16 $1.1M −8.0% 751 $1,501 $98.1M

11 Sep 19-21 18 $768.3K −31.8% 675 $1,138 $99.1M

12 Sep 26-28 20 $519.7K −32.4% 510 $1,019 $99.8M

13 Oct 3-5 31 $178.4K −65.7% 210 $849 $100.1M

14 Oct 10-12 28 $293.9K +64.8% 285 $1,031 $100.5M

15 Oct 17-19 24 $260.0K −11.5% 276 $941 $100.8M

16 Oct 24-26 28 $210.4K −19.1% 236 $891 $101.1M

17 Oct 31-Nov 2 32 $149.2K −29.1% 196 $761 $101.3M

18 Nov 7-9 35 $119.9K −19.7% 163 $735 $101.5M

19 Nov 14-16 38 $74.7K −37.7% 149 $501 $101.6M

20 Nov 21-23 42 $44.9K −39.9% 149 $301 $101.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 11 #3 $6.7M — $6.7M 2,811 $2,388 1

Sat Jul 12 #3 $7.9M +18% $14.7M 2,811 $2,826 2

Sun Jul 13 #3 $6.4M −20% $21.0M 2,811 $2,262 3

Mon Jul 14 #3 $2.7M −57% $23.7M 2,811 $969 4

Tue Jul 15 #3 $2.7M −3% $26.4M 2,811 $943 5

Wed Jul 16 #3 $2.5M −7% $28.9M 2,811 $879 6

Thu Jul 17 #2 $2.3M −7% $31.2M 2,811 $816 7

Fri Jul 18 #4 $3.7M +59% −46% $34.8M 2,830 $1,290 8

Sat Jul 19 #4 $4.8M +32% −39% $39.6M 2,830 $1,698 9

Sun Jul 20 #4 $3.9M −19% −39% $43.5M 2,830 $1,371 10

Mon Jul 21 #4 $1.6M −58% −40% $45.1M 2,830 $574 11

Tue Jul 22 #3 $1.8M +12% −31% $47.0M 2,830 $644 12

Wed Jul 23 #3 $1.9M +4% −23% $48.9M 2,830 $672 13

Thu Jul 24 #3 $1.9M +1% −17% $50.8M 2,830 $676 14

Fri Jul 25 #5 $2.8M +44% −25% $53.5M 2,688 $1,023 15

Sat Jul 26 #4 $3.8M +38% −21% $57.3M 2,688 $1,414 16

Sun Jul 27 #4 $3.2M −17% −19% $60.5M 2,688 $1,176 17

Mon Jul 28 #4 $1.3M −58% −18% $61.8M 2,688 $497 18

Tue Jul 29 #4 $1.5M +11% −18% $63.3M 2,688 $553 19

Wed Jul 30 #4 $1.5M −2% −23% $64.8M 2,688 $542 20

Thu Jul 31 #4 $1.5M +2% −22% $66.3M 2,688 $555 21

Fri Aug 1 #6 $1.9M +24% −33% $68.1M 2,285 $812 22

Sat Aug 2 #5 $2.8M +50% −27% $70.9M 2,285 $1,218 23

Sun Aug 3 #5 $2.0M −27% −36% $72.9M 2,285 $884 24

Mon Aug 4 #5 $1.0M −50% −25% $73.9M 2,285 $440 25

Tue Aug 5 #5 $1.0M +3% −30% $75.0M 2,285 $453 26

Wed Aug 6 #7 $1.0M n/c −29% $76.0M 2,285 $451 27

Thu Aug 7 #7 $901.5K −13% −40% $76.9M 2,285 $394 28

Fri Aug 8 #7 $1.4M +56% −24% $78.3M 1,970 $711 29

Sat Aug 9 #7 $1.9M +37% −31% $80.2M 1,970 $973 30

Sun Aug 10 #7 $1.6M −19% −23% $81.8M 1,970 $787 31

Mon Aug 11 #7 $746.3K −52% −26% $82.5M 1,970 $378 32

Tue Aug 12 #7 $788.5K +6% −24% $83.3M 1,970 $400 33

Wed Aug 13 #8 $691.5K −12% −33% $84.0M 1,970 $350 34

Thu Aug 14 #8 $653.1K −6% −28% $84.7M 1,970 $331 35

Fri Aug 15 #11 $1.0M +54% −28% $85.7M 1,405 $717 36

Sat Aug 16 #11 $1.4M +34% −29% $87.0M 1,405 $963 37

Sun Aug 17 #11 $987.2K −27% −36% $88.0M 1,405 $702 38

Mon Aug 18 #11 $429.1K −57% −43% $88.4M 1,405 $305 39

Tue Aug 19 #10 $537.3K +25% −32% $89.0M 1,405 $382 40

Wed Aug 20 #12 $373.5K −30% −46% $89.3M 1,405 $265 41

Thu Aug 21 #13 $340.1K −9% −48% $89.7M 1,405 $242 42

Fri Aug 22 #15 $627.4K +84% −38% $90.3M 1,051 $596 43

Sat Aug 23 #15 $918.6K +46% −32% $91.2M 1,051 $874 44

Sun Aug 24 #15 $642.2K −30% −35% $91.9M 1,051 $611 45

Mon Aug 25 #14 $253.3K −61% −41% $92.1M 1,051 $241 46

Tue Aug 26 #15 $241.1K −5% −55% $92.4M 1,051 $229 47

Wed Aug 27 #17 $201.2K −17% −46% $92.6M 1,051 $191 48

Thu Aug 28 #15 $212.4K +6% −38% $92.8M 1,051 $202 49

Fri Aug 29 #17 $416.4K +96% −34% $93.2M 801 $519 50

Sat Aug 30 #16 $696.0K +67% −24% $93.9M 801 $868 51

Sun Aug 31 #16 $661.4K −5% +3% $94.6M 801 $825 52

Mon Sep 1 #14 $641.5K −3% +153% $95.2M 801 $800 53

Tue Sep 2 #19 $104.2K −84% −57% $95.3M 801 $130 54

Wed Sep 3 #19 $78.5K −25% −61% $95.4M 801 $97 55

Thu Sep 4 $77.2K −2% −64% $95.5M 801 $96 56

Fri Sep 5 #18 $260.0K +237% −38% $95.7M 805 $322 57

Sat Sep 6 #17 $626.4K +141% −10% $96.3M 805 $778 58

Sun Sep 7 #16 $338.8K −46% −49% $96.7M 805 $420 59

Mon Sep 8 #19 $62.4K −82% −90% $96.7M 805 $77 60

Tue Sep 9 #18 $77.4K +24% −26% $96.8M 805 $96 61

Wed Sep 10 #19 $64.2K −17% −18% $96.9M 805 $79 62

Thu Sep 11 #19 $65.5K +2% −15% $96.9M 805 $81 63

Fri Sep 12 #17 $240.7K +267% −7% $97.2M 751 $320 64

Sat Sep 13 #16 $546.4K +127% −13% $97.7M 751 $727 65

Sun Sep 14 #15 $340.2K −38% n/c $98.1M 751 $453 66

Mon Sep 15 #16 $58.2K −83% −7% $98.1M 751 $77 67

Tue Sep 16 $62.1K +7% −20% $98.2M 751 $82 68

Wed Sep 17 $64.3K +4% n/c $98.3M 751 $85 69

Thu Sep 18 $67.4K +5% +3% $98.3M 751 $89 70

Fri Sep 19 $191.7K +184% −20% $98.5M 675 $283 71

Sat Sep 20 #17 $361.5K +89% −34% $98.9M 675 $535 72

Sun Sep 21 #17 $215.2K −40% −37% $99.1M 675 $318 73

Mon Sep 22 $45.7K −79% −22% $99.1M 675 $67 74

Tue Sep 23 $50.7K +11% −18% $99.2M 675 $75 75

Wed Sep 24 $37.4K −26% −42% $99.2M 675 $55 76

Thu Sep 25 $35.4K −6% −48% $99.3M 675 $52 77

Fri Sep 26 $139.8K +295% −27% $99.4M 510 $274 78

Sat Sep 27 $241.1K +73% −33% $99.6M 510 $472 79

Sun Sep 28 $138.9K −42% −35% $99.8M 510 $272 80

Mon Sep 29 $30.8K −78% −33% $99.8M 510 $60 81

Tue Sep 30 $38.8K +26% −24% $99.9M 510 $75 82

Wed Oct 1 $36.0K −7% −4% $99.9M 510 $70 83

Thu Oct 2 $31.7K −12% −10% $99.9M 510 $62 84

Fri Oct 3 $46.3K +46% −67% $100.0M 210 $220 85

Sat Oct 4 $80.2K +73% −67% $100.0M 210 $381 86

Sun Oct 5 $51.9K −35% −63% $100.1M 210 $247 87

Mon Oct 6 $11.4K −78% −63% $100.1M 210 $54 88

Tue Oct 7 $17.8K +56% −54% $100.1M 210 $84 89

Wed Oct 8 $14.8K −17% −59% $100.1M 210 $70 90

Thu Oct 9 $16.0K +8% −50% $100.2M 210 $76 91

Fri Oct 10 $83.6K +422% +81% $100.2M 285 $293 92

Sat Oct 11 $122.7K +47% +53% $100.4M 285 $430 93

Sun Oct 12 $87.5K −29% +69% $100.5M 285 $307 94

Mon Oct 13 $45.3K −48% +297% $100.5M 285 $158 95

Tue Oct 14 $23.1K −49% +30% $100.5M 285 $81 96

Wed Oct 15 $20.3K −12% +37% $100.5M 285 $71 97

Thu Oct 16 $26.0K +28% +63% $100.6M 285 $91 98

Fri Oct 17 $74.9K +188% −11% $100.6M 276 $271 99

Sat Oct 18 $115.1K +54% −6% $100.8M 276 $417 100

Sun Oct 19 $70.0K −39% −20% $100.8M 276 $253 101

Mon Oct 20 $16.8K −76% −63% $100.8M 276 $60 102

Tue Oct 21 $18.6K +11% −20% $100.9M 276 $67 103

Wed Oct 22 $16.5K −11% −19% $100.9M 276 $59 104

Thu Oct 23 $17.5K +6% −33% $100.9M 276 $63 105

Fri Oct 24 $55.8K +219% −25% $101.0M 236 $236 106

Sat Oct 25 $93.4K +67% −19% $101.0M 236 $395 107

Sun Oct 26 $61.2K −34% −13% $101.1M 236 $259 108

Mon Oct 27 $12.4K −80% −26% $101.1M 236 $52 109

Tue Oct 28 $13.2K +7% −29% $101.1M 236 $55 110

Wed Oct 29 $12.0K −9% −27% $101.1M 236 $50 111

Thu Oct 30 $12.6K +5% −28% $101.2M 236 $53 112

Fri Oct 31 $27.3K +117% −51% $101.2M 196 $139 113

Sat Nov 1 $73.1K +168% −22% $101.3M 196 $373 114

Sun Nov 2 $48.8K −33% −20% $101.3M 196 $248 115

Mon Nov 3 $10.8K −78% −12% $101.3M 196 $55 116

Tue Nov 4 $15.4K +42% +17% $101.3M 196 $78 117

Wed Nov 5 $8.5K −45% −29% $101.3M 196 $43 118

Thu Nov 6 $9.9K +16% −22% $101.4M 196 $50 119

Fri Nov 7 $30.2K +206% +11% $101.4M 163 $185 120

Sat Nov 8 $56.1K +86% −23% $101.4M 163 $344 121

Sun Nov 9 $33.6K −40% −31% $101.5M 163 $205 122

Mon Nov 10 $11.1K −67% +2% $101.5M 163 $67 123

Tue Nov 11 $18.5K +67% +20% $101.5M 163 $113 124

Wed Nov 12 $6.3K −66% −26% $101.5M 163 $38 125

Thu Nov 13 $6.6K +5% −33% $101.5M 163 $40 126

Fri Nov 14 $18.6K +183% −38% $101.5M 149 $124 127

Sat Nov 15 $34.5K +85% −39% $101.6M 149 $231 128

Sun Nov 16 $21.6K −37% −36% $101.6M 149 $145 129

Mon Nov 17 $3.7K −83% −67% $101.6M 149 $24 130

Tue Nov 18 $5.0K +37% −73% $101.6M 149 $33 131

Wed Nov 19 $4.8K −4% −23% $101.6M 149 $32 132

Thu Nov 20 $4.0K −18% −40% $101.6M 149 $26 133

Fri Nov 21 $9.8K +148% −47% $101.6M 149 $66 134

Sat Nov 22 $20.6K +109% −40% $101.6M 149 $138 135

Sun Nov 23 $14.5K −30% −33% $101.7M 149 $97 136

Mon Nov 24 $3.6K −75% −2% $101.7M 149 $24 137

Tue Nov 25 $5.0K +38% −1% $101.7M 149 $33 138

Wed Nov 26 $4.7K −7% −4% $101.7M 63 $73 139

Thu Nov 27 $2.8K −40% −30% $101.7M 63 $44 140

Fri Nov 28 $7.1K +156% −27% $101.7M 51 $140 141

Sat Nov 29 $8.4K +18% −59% $101.7M 51 $165 142

Sun Nov 30 $5.0K −41% −66% $101.7M 51 $97 143

Mon Dec 1 $979 −80% −73% $101.7M 51 $19 144

Tue Dec 2 $998 +2% −80% $101.7M 51 $19 145

Wed Dec 3 $859 −14% −82% $101.7M 51 $16 146

Thu Dec 4 $753 −12% −73% $101.7M 51 $14 147

Fri Dec 5 $1.8K +136% −75% $101.7M 41 $43 148

Sat Dec 6 $3.7K +110% −56% $101.7M 41 $91 149

Sun Dec 7 $3.0K −19% −39% $101.7M 41 $73 150

Mon Dec 8 $468 −85% −52% $101.7M 41 $11 151

Tue Dec 9 $527 +13% −47% $101.7M 41 $12 152

Wed Dec 10 $548 +4% −36% $101.7M 41 $13 153

Thu Dec 11 $767 +40% +2% $101.7M 41 $18 154

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

Cumulative total$98.3M

Jul 11Jul 28Aug 15Sep 1Sep 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$21.0M

$12.3M

$9.7M

$6.7M

$4.9M

$3.3M

$2.2M

$1.8M

$1.2M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,830 → 751 −73.5%

2,811 open751 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.0%

−41.3%

W1→2

−21.3%

W2→3

−31.4%

W3→4

−26.9%

W4→5

−31.3%

W5→6

−34.6%

W6→7

−18.9%

W7→8

−30.9%

W8→9

−8.0%

W9→10

Steepest −41.3%Best hold −8.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 86 days

$100M

Day 86

Oct 4

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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