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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldFollow

2003 • PG-13 • 2h 18m • Action, Adventure, Drama • 20th Century Fox

The courage to do the impossible lies in the hearts of men.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$93.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$212.00M

$118.00M international

Domestic legs3.74x

Budget$150M

2003 rank#32

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Cast & crew

Full Weir filmography

Peter Weir

Peter Weir Director

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany Starring

ScreenplayPeter Weir, John Collee Produced byDuncan Henderson, Peter Weir, Samuel Goldwyn Jr. CinematographyRussell Boyd MusicRichard Tognetti Prod. DesignWilliam Sandell Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 14-16 2 $25.1M — 3,101 $8,096 $25.1M

2 Nov 21-23 4 $15.2M −39.4% 3,101 $4,906 $47.3M

3 Nov 28-30 6 $12.0M −20.8% 2,703 $4,457 $66.6M

4 Dec 5-7 9 $3.7M −69.1% 2,344 $1,587 $72.6M

5 Dec 12-14 11 $2.4M −36.0% 1,623 $1,467 $76.2M

6 Dec 19-21 12 $1.5M −37.0% 1,050 $1,429 $78.5M

7 Dec 26-28 19 $1.2M −22.6% 751 $1,545 $80.7M

8 Jan 2-4 19 $1.1M −3.7% 701 $1,594 $83.0M

9 Jan 9-11 21 $624.9K −44.1% 423 $1,477 $84.0M

10 Jan 16-18 22 $479.0K −23.3% 306 $1,565 $84.7M

11 Jan 23-25 26 $355.8K −25.7% 235 $1,513 $85.3M

12 Jan 30-Feb 1 16 $2.1M +492.2% 1,118 $1,884 $87.6M

13 Feb 6-8 17 $1.3M −36.4% 1,101 $1,216 $89.6M

14 Feb 13-15 16 $1.1M −21.2% 547 $1,929 $91.1M

15 Feb 20-22 22 $575.6K −45.5% 382 $1,506 $92.1M

16 Feb 27-29 25 $324.2K −43.7% 233 $1,391 $92.6M

17 Mar 5-7 32 $201.9K −37.7% 200 $1,009 $92.9M

18 Mar 12-14 34 $175.3K −13.2% 198 $885 $93.1M

19 Mar 19-21 35 $148.7K −15.2% 207 $718 $93.4M

20 Mar 26-28 34 $116.9K −21.3% 171 $683 $93.6M

21 Apr 2-4 34 $102.4K −12.4% 163 $628 $93.7M

22 Apr 9-11 48 $56.3K −45.0% 102 $552 $93.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 14 #1 $8.2M — $8.2M 3,101 $2,630 1

Sat Nov 15 #2 $10.7M +32% $18.8M 3,101 $3,463 2

Sun Nov 16 #2 $6.3M −41% $25.1M 3,101 $2,036 3

Mon Nov 17 #1 $1.9M −70% $27.0M 3,101 $600 4

Tue Nov 18 #1 $1.9M +2% $28.9M 3,101 $613 5

Wed Nov 19 #1 $1.7M −12% $30.5M 3,101 $536 6

Thu Nov 20 #1 $1.5M −8% $32.1M 3,101 $493 7

Fri Nov 21 #4 $4.3M +181% −47% $36.4M 3,101 $1,386 8

Sat Nov 22 #4 $6.7M +55% −38% $43.3M 3,101 $2,148 9

Sun Nov 23 #4 $4.0M −41% −37% $47.3M 3,101 $1,276 10

Mon Nov 24 #4 $1.2M −70% −35% $48.5M 3,101 $387 11

Tue Nov 25 #4 $1.5M +25% −21% $50.0M 3,101 $485 12

Wed Nov 26 #5 $2.1M +40% +26% $52.1M 2,703 $776 13

Thu Nov 27 #6 $2.7M +29% +76% $54.8M 2,703 $998 14

Fri Nov 28 #4 $5.1M +89% +19% $59.9M 2,703 $1,886 15

Sat Nov 29 #6 $4.6M −10% −31% $64.4M 2,703 $1,703 16

Sun Nov 30 #7 $2.2M −52% −45% $66.6M 2,703 $811 17

Mon Dec 1 #7 $559.0K −75% −54% $67.2M 2,703 $206 18

Tue Dec 2 #6 $598.0K +7% −60% $67.8M 2,703 $221 19

Wed Dec 3 #7 $520.0K −13% −75% $68.3M 2,703 $192 20

Thu Dec 4 #7 $525.0K +1% −81% $68.8M 2,703 $194 21

Fri Dec 5 #8 $1.1M +110% −78% $70.0M 2,344 $469 22

Sat Dec 6 #9 $1.7M +50% −64% $71.6M 2,344 $705 23

Sun Dec 7 #9 $925.1K −44% −58% $72.6M 2,344 $394 24

Mon Dec 8 #9 $281.0K −70% −50% $72.8M 2,344 $119 25

Tue Dec 9 #9 $327.0K +16% −45% $73.2M 2,344 $139 26

Wed Dec 10 #10 $323.0K −1% −38% $73.5M 2,344 $137 27

Thu Dec 11 #9 $324.0K n/c −38% $73.8M 2,344 $138 28

Mon Jan 19 #24 $97.2K — $84.8M 306 $317 67

Mon Feb 16 #17 $190.1K — $91.3M 547 $347 95

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

Cumulative total$84.8M

Nov 14Nov 21Nov 28Dec 5Jan 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $479.0K

$25.1M

$15.2M

$12.0M

$3.7M

$2.4M

$1.5M

$1.2M

$1.1M

$624.9K

$479.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,101 → 306 −90.1%

3,101 open306 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.3%

−39.4%

W1→2

−20.8%

W2→3

−69.1%

W3→4

−36.0%

W4→5

−37.0%

W5→6

−22.6%

W6→7

−3.7%

W7→8

−44.1%

W8→9

−23.3%

W9→10

Steepest −69.1%Best hold −3.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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