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1997 • R • 1h 45m • Horror, Science Fiction • Dimension Films

For thousands of years, man has been evolution's greatest creation... until now.

🍅 68% 37%

56

3.00

6.0

CS C-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.50M

Final

Domestic legs3.3x

1997 rank#78

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Cast & crew

Full Toro filmography

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro Director

Mira Sorvino

Mira Sorvino Starring

Jeremy Northam

Jeremy Northam Starring

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini Starring

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham Starring

ScreenplayMatthew Robbins, Guillermo del Toro Produced byBob Weinstein, B. J. Rack, Ole Bornedal CinematographyDan Laustsen Music byMarco Beltrami StudioDimension Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 22-24 4 $7.8M — 2,255 $3,467 $7.8M

2 Aug 29-Sep 1 7 $6.2M −20.9% 2,255 $2,741 $16.9M

3 Sep 5-7 8 $2.8M −54.5% 1,959 $1,437 $20.8M

4 Sep 12-14 11 $1.7M −41.4% 1,772 $931 $23.4M

5 Sep 19-21 19 $637.4K −61.4% 1,127 $566 $24.5M

6 Sep 26-28 29 $168.0K −73.6% 403 $417 $24.9M

7 Oct 3-5 24 $241.7K +43.8% 516 $468 $25.2M

8 Oct 10-12 34 $88.4K −63.4% 290 $305 $25.4M

9 Oct 17-19 53 $26.0K −70.6% 139 $187 $25.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 22 #3 $2.6M — $2.6M 2,255 $1,144 1

Sat Aug 23 #6 $2.9M +13.9% $5.5M 2,255 $1,303 2

Sun Aug 24 #3 $2.3M −21.6% $7.8M 2,255 $1,021 3

Mon Aug 25 #3 $842.0K −63.4% $8.7M 2,255 $373 4

Tue Aug 26 #4 $811.8K −3.6% $9.5M 2,255 $360 5

Wed Aug 27 #5 $617.0K −24.0% $10.1M 2,255 $274 6

Thu Aug 28 #6 $631.4K +2.3% $10.7M 2,255 $280 7

Fri Aug 29 #7 $1.3M +112.2% −48.0% $12.1M 2,255 $594 8

Sat Aug 30 #7 $1.8M +34.7% −38.6% $13.9M 2,255 $800 9

Sun Aug 31 #6 $1.7M −5.1% −25.6% $15.6M 2,255 $760 10

Mon Sep 1 #6 $1.3M −22.8% +57.1% $16.9M 2,255 $587 11

Tue Sep 2 #4 $437.7K −66.9% −46.1% $17.3M 2,255 $194 12

Wed Sep 3 #6 $339.2K −22.5% −45.0% $17.7M 2,255 $150 13

Thu Sep 4 #7 $318.9K −6.0% −49.5% $18.0M 2,255 $141 14

Fri Sep 5 #8 $780.6K +144.8% −41.7% $18.8M 1,959 $398 15

Sat Sep 6 #8 $1.2M +60.1% −30.8% $20.0M 1,959 $638 16

Sun Sep 7 #6 $785.1K −37.2% −54.2% $20.8M 1,959 $401 17

Mon Sep 8 #6 $219.1K −72.1% −83.4% $21.0M 1,959 $112 18

Tue Sep 9 #8 $251.7K +14.9% −42.5% $21.3M 1,959 $128 19

Wed Sep 10 #8 $213.1K −15.3% −37.2% $21.5M 1,959 $109 20

Thu Sep 11 #8 $219.3K +2.9% −31.2% $21.7M 1,959 $112 21

Fri Sep 12 #10 $468.6K +113.7% −40.0% $22.2M 1,772 $264 22

Sat Sep 13 — $719.6K +53.6% −42.4% $22.9M 1,772 $406 23

Sun Sep 14 #10 $462.2K −35.8% −41.1% $23.4M 1,772 $261 24

Mon Sep 15 #9 $124.9K −73.0% −43.0% $23.5M 1,772 $70 25

Tue Sep 16 #10 $147.9K +18.4% −41.3% $23.6M 1,772 $83 26

Wed Sep 17 #10 $125.3K −15.3% −41.2% $23.8M 1,772 $71 27

Thu Sep 18 #10 $131.2K +4.7% −40.2% $23.9M 1,772 $74 28

Fri Sep 19 — $169.9K +29.5% −63.7% $24.1M 1,127 $151 29

Sat Sep 20 — $283.5K +66.9% −60.6% $24.3M 1,127 $252 30

Sun Sep 21 — $184.0K −35.1% −60.2% $24.5M 1,127 $163 31

Mon Sep 22 — $53.3K −71.1% −57.3% $24.6M 1,127 $47 32

Tue Sep 23 — $62.1K +16.6% −58.0% $24.6M 1,127 $55 33

Wed Sep 24 — $55.8K −10.2% −55.5% $24.7M 1,127 $49 34

Thu Sep 25 — $56.9K +2.0% −56.6% $24.8M 1,127 $50 35

Cumulative total$24.8M

Aug 22Aug 31Sep 8Sep 17Sep 25

Weekend grossWk 9 · $26.0K

$7.8M

$6.2M

$2.8M

$1.7M

$637.4K

$168.0K

$241.7K

$88.4K

$26.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,255 → 1,127 −50.0%

2,255 open1,127 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −70.6%

−20.9%

W1→2

−54.5%

W2→3

−41.4%

W3→4

−61.4%

W4→5

−73.6%

W5→6

+43.8%

W6→7

−63.4%

W7→8

−70.6%

W8→9

Steepest −73.6%Biggest gain +43.8%

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