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1998 • PG • 1h 54m • Adventure, Family, Action • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Survival is an instinct.

🍅 55% 41%

51

2.87

5.7

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$50.60M

Final

Domestic legs4.8x

Budget$80M

1998 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Full Underwood filmography

Ron Underwood

Ron Underwood Director

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Starring

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton Starring

Rade Šerbedžija

Rade Šerbedžija Starring

Peter Firth

Peter Firth Starring

Regina King

Regina King Starring

ScreenplayMark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner Produced byTed Hartley, Tom Jacobson CinematographyDonald Peterman, Oliver Wood Music byJames Horner StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 6 $10.6M — 2,502 $4,237 $10.6M

2 Jan 1-3 6 $8.1M −23.4% 2,544 $3,192 $28.1M

3 Jan 8-10 6 $5.0M −37.9% 2,559 $1,970 $34.8M

4 Jan 15-18 12 $4.6M −9.4% 2,087 $2,187 $40.4M

5 Jan 22-24 14 $2.6M −43.6% 1,773 $1,453 $43.4M

6 Jan 29-31 13 $1.7M −34.4% 1,621 $1,042 $45.5M

7 Feb 5-7 18 $1.1M −35.9% 1,247 $869 $46.9M

8 Feb 12-15 24 $717.9K −33.7% 802 $895 $47.8M

9 Feb 19-21 25 $562.2K −21.7% 719 $782 $48.5M

10 Feb 26-28 26 $433.3K −22.9% 627 $691 $49.1M

11 Mar 5-7 25 $366.6K −15.4% 563 $651 $49.6M

12 Mar 12-14 26 $301.9K −17.7% 516 $585 $50.0M

13 Mar 19-21 35 $217.4K −28.0% 391 $556 $50.3M

14 Mar 26-28 43 $93.4K −57.1% 225 $415 $50.5M

15 Apr 2-4 58 $44.5K −52.3% 108 $412 $50.6M

16 Apr 9-11 66 $19.8K −55.4% 53 $374 $50.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 25 #6 $3.1M — $3.1M 2,502 $1,255 1

Sat Dec 26 #6 $4.1M +30.1% $7.2M 2,502 $1,633 2

Sun Dec 27 #6 $3.2M −21.2% $10.4M 2,502 $1,287 3

Mon Dec 28 #6 $2.4M −25.0% $12.9M 2,502 $965 4

Tue Dec 29 #6 $2.5M +3.1% $15.4M 2,502 $996 5

Wed Dec 30 #6 $2.3M −6.3% $17.7M 2,502 $933 6

Thu Dec 31 #6 $2.4M +4.3% $20.1M 2,502 $973 7

Fri Jan 1 #6 $3.4M +38.6% +7.5% $23.5M 2,544 $1,327 8

Sat Jan 2 #6 $2.9M −14.1% −29.0% $26.4M 2,544 $1,140 9

Sun Jan 3 #6 $1.9M −34.2% −40.8% $28.1M 2,544 $750 10

Mon Jan 4 #7 $502.0K −73.7% −79.2% $28.7M 2,544 $197 11

Tue Jan 5 #7 $440.9K −12.2% −82.3% $29.1M 2,544 $173 12

Wed Jan 6 #9 $337.2K −23.5% −85.6% $29.4M 2,544 $133 13

Thu Jan 7 #7 $363.8K +7.9% −85.1% $29.8M 2,544 $143 14

Fri Jan 8 #8 $945.0K +159.8% −72.0% $30.7M 2,559 $369 15

Sat Jan 9 #6 $2.3M +145.0% −20.2% $33.1M 2,559 $905 16

Sun Jan 10 #6 $1.8M −23.0% −6.6% $34.8M 2,559 $696 17

Mon Jan 11 #9 $234.1K −86.9% −53.4% $35.1M 2,559 $91 18

Tue Jan 12 #10 $250.8K +7.1% −43.1% $35.3M 2,559 $98 19

Wed Jan 13 #10 $224.3K −10.6% −33.5% $35.5M 2,559 $88 20

Thu Jan 14 #9 $250.2K +11.6% −31.2% $35.8M 2,559 $98 21

Mon Jan 18 #9 $1.0M — +338.0% $40.4M 2,087 $491 25

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

Cumulative total$40.4M

Dec 25Dec 30Jan 5Jan 10Jan 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $433.3K

$10.6M

$8.1M

$5.0M

$4.6M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$1.1M

$717.9K

$562.2K

$433.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,559 → 2,087 −18.4%

2,502 open2,087 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.9%

−23.4%

W1→2

−37.9%

W2→3

−9.4%

W3→4

−43.6%

W4→5

−34.4%

W5→6

−35.9%

W6→7

−33.7%

W7→8

−21.7%

W8→9

−22.9%

W9→10

Steepest −43.6%Best hold −9.4%

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