Mercury RisingFollow

Name: Mercury Rising
Director: Harold Becker
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1998
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens

1998 • R • 1h 51m • Action, Crime, Drama • Universal Pictures

Someone knows too much.

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2.87

6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$33.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$93.20M

$60.20M international

Domestic legs3.3x

Budget$60M

1998 rank#61

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Cast & crew

Bruce Willis Starring

Alec Baldwin Starring

Miko Hughes Starring

Chi McBride Starring

Kim Dickens Starring

ScreenplayMark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner Produced byBrian Grazer, Karen Kehela Sherwood CinematographyMichael Seresin MusicJohn Barry Prod. DesignPatrizia von Brandenstein StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 3-5 3 $10.1M — 2,386 $4,235 $10.1M

2 Apr 10-12 6 $5.5M −46.0% 2,399 $2,275 $18.8M

3 Apr 17-19 8 $3.7M −31.7% 2,213 $1,685 $24.7M

4 Apr 24-26 8 $2.2M −42.1% 1,769 $1,220 $27.9M

5 May 1-3 13 $1.3M −39.5% 1,273 $1,025 $29.8M

6 May 8-10 19 $551.2K −57.8% 848 $650 $30.8M

7 May 15-17 19 $394.5K −28.4% 526 $750 $31.4M

8 May 22-25 28 $241.8K −38.7% 308 $785 $31.7M

9 May 29-31 25 $230.3K −4.8% 387 $595 $32.0M

10 Jun 5-7 21 $228.1K −1.0% 362 $630 $32.4M

11 Jun 12-14 27 $147.5K −35.3% 261 $565 $32.6M

12 Jun 19-21 30 $117.2K −20.5% 186 $630 $32.8M

13 Jun 26-28 47 $34.6K −70.5% 68 $509 $32.9M

14 Jul 3-5 54 $24.5K −29.1% 56 $438 $32.9M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $228.1K

$10.1M

$5.5M

$3.7M

$2.2M

$1.3M

$551.2K

$394.5K

$241.8K

$230.3K

$228.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −1.0%

−46.0%

W1→2

−31.7%

W2→3

−42.1%

W3→4

−39.5%

W4→5

−57.8%

W5→6

−28.4%

W6→7

−38.7%

W7→8

−4.8%

W8→9

−1.0%

W9→10

Steepest −57.8%Best hold −1.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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