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2005 • PG-13 • 3h 7m • Action, Adventure, Romance • Universal Pictures

The eighth wonder of the world.

🍅 84% 50%

81

3.41

7.2

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$50.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$218.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$557.00M

$339.00M international

Domestic legs4.35x

Budget$207M

2005 rank#5

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Cast & crew

Full Jackson filmography

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson Director

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts Starring

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody Starring

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis Starring

Colin Hanks

Colin Hanks Starring

ScreenplayPeter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens Produced byJan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson CinematographyAndrew Lesnie MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignGrant Major StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 16-18 1 $50.1M — 3,568 $14,049 $66.2M

2 Dec 23-25 1 $21.3M −57.6% 3,576 $5,945 $108.6M

3 Dec 30-Jan 1 2 $24.8M +16.5% 3,627 $6,830 $167.5M

4 Jan 6-8 3 $12.6M −49.0% 3,482 $3,625 $192.7M

5 Jan 13-15 7 $7.5M −40.4% 2,814 $2,675 $203.0M

6 Jan 20-22 11 $4.2M −43.9% 2,205 $1,914 $209.9M

7 Jan 27-29 16 $2.3M −44.4% 1,322 $1,775 $213.2M

8 Feb 3-5 21 $1.2M −49.4% 868 $1,368 $214.9M

9 Feb 10-12 24 $535.6K −54.9% 441 $1,214 $215.7M

10 Feb 17-19 28 $377.3K −29.5% 331 $1,140 $216.3M

11 Feb 24-26 31 $273.2K −27.6% 264 $1,035 $216.7M

12 Mar 3-5 33 $207.1K −24.2% 250 $828 $217.0M

13 Mar 10-12 30 $267.7K +29.3% 269 $995 $217.3M

14 Mar 17-19 32 $214.8K −19.7% 229 $938 $217.6M

15 Mar 24-26 33 $185.2K −13.8% 196 $944 $217.9M

16 Mar 31-Apr 2 34 $93.0K −49.8% 131 $710 $218.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 14 #1 $9.8M — $9.8M 3,567 $2,735 1

Thu Dec 15 #1 $6.3M −35% $16.1M 3,567 $1,765 2

Fri Dec 16 #1 $14.5M +130% $30.5M 3,568 $4,055 3

Sat Dec 17 #1 $20.1M +39% $50.6M 3,568 $5,635 4

Sun Dec 18 #1 $15.6M −23% $66.2M 3,568 $4,359 5

Mon Dec 19 #1 $5.6M −64% $71.8M 3,568 $1,580 6

Tue Dec 20 #1 $5.2M −7% $77.1M 3,568 $1,470 7

Wed Dec 21 #2 $4.9M −7% −50% $81.9M 3,568 $1,365 8

Thu Dec 22 #2 $5.4M +11% −14% $87.3M 3,568 $1,510 9

Fri Dec 23 #2 $7.8M +46% −46% $95.2M 3,576 $2,195 10

Sat Dec 24 #2 $4.6M −42% −77% $99.7M 3,576 $1,275 11

Sun Dec 25 #1 $8.9M +94% −43% $108.6M 3,576 $2,475 12

Mon Dec 26 #1 $12.0M +36% +113% $120.6M 3,576 $3,360 13

Tue Dec 27 #2 $7.9M −34% +51% $128.5M 3,576 $2,214 14

Wed Dec 28 #2 $7.1M −10% +46% $135.6M 3,576 $1,990 15

Thu Dec 29 #2 $7.1M n/c +32% $142.7M 3,576 $1,985 16

Fri Dec 30 #2 $8.8M +24% +12% $151.5M 3,627 $2,430 17

Sat Dec 31 #2 $7.2M −19% +57% $158.7M 3,627 $1,975 18

Sun Jan 1 #1 $8.8M +23% −1% $167.5M 3,627 $2,425 19

Mon Jan 2 #2 $7.1M −20% −41% $174.6M 3,627 $1,945 20

Tue Jan 3 #2 $2.3M −68% −71% $176.8M 3,627 $625 21

Wed Jan 4 #2 $1.6M −29% −77% $178.4M 3,627 $445 22

Thu Jan 5 #2 $1.6M n/c −77% $180.1M 3,627 $445 23

Fri Jan 6 #4 $3.4M +111% −61% $183.5M 3,480 $980 24

Sat Jan 7 #3 $5.7M +68% −20% $189.2M 3,480 $1,650 25

Sun Jan 8 #3 $3.5M −40% −61% $192.7M 3,480 $995 26

Mon Jan 9 #3 $748.6K −78% −89% $193.4M 3,480 $215 27

Tue Jan 10 #3 $732.6K −2% −68% $194.2M 3,480 $210 28

Wed Jan 11 #5 $660.4K −10% −59% $194.8M 3,482 $189 29

Thu Jan 12 #4 $645.6K −2% −60% $195.5M 3,482 $185 30

Fri Jan 13 #8 $1.8M +177% −48% $197.3M 2,805 $637 31

Sat Jan 14 #7 $3.3M +82% −43% $200.5M 2,805 $1,158 32

Sun Jan 15 #7 $2.5M −23% −28% $203.0M 2,805 $887 33

Mon Jan 16 #7 $1.5M −38% +105% $204.5M 2,805 $546 34

Tue Jan 17 #8 $393.2K −74% −46% $204.9M 2,805 $140 35

Wed Jan 18 #10 $366.5K −7% −45% $205.3M 2,805 $130 36

Thu Jan 19 #10 $365.9K n/c −43% $205.7M 2,805 $130 37

Fri Jan 20 #11 $1.0M +177% −43% $206.7M 2,205 $460 38

Sat Jan 21 #8 $2.1M +108% −35% $208.8M 2,205 $955 39

Sun Jan 22 #8 $1.1M −48% −56% $209.9M 2,205 $499 40

Mon Feb 20 #29 $72.8K — $216.3M 331 $219 69

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

Cumulative total$216.3M

Dec 14Dec 24Jan 3Jan 13Feb 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $377.3K

$50.1M

$21.3M

$24.8M

$12.6M

$7.5M

$4.2M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$535.6K

$377.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,627 → 331 −90.9%

3,567 open331 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.5%

−57.6%

W1→2

+16.5%

W2→3

−49.0%

W3→4

−40.4%

W4→5

−43.9%

W5→6

−44.4%

W6→7

−49.4%

W7→8

−54.9%

W8→9

−29.5%

W9→10

Steepest −57.6%Biggest gain +16.5%

Run milestones

$200M in 32 days

$100M

Day 12

Dec 25

$200M

Day 32

Jan 14

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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