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2005 • PG-13 • 2h 4m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Paramount Pictures

Adventure has a new destination.

🍅 37% 54%

41

2.78

6.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$68.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$119.00M

$50.60M international

Domestic legs3.80x

Budget$130M

2005 rank#36

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Cast & crew

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Starring

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn Starring

Lennie James

Lennie James Starring

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson Starring

William H. Macy

William H. Macy Starring

ScreenplayJoshua Oppenheimer, Thomas Dean Donnelly, James V. Hart, John C. Richards StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 8-10 1 $18.1M — 3,154 $5,728 $18.1M

2 Apr 15-17 2 $13.1M −27.7% 3,154 $4,144 $36.4M

3 Apr 22-24 3 $9.0M −30.9% 3,200 $2,821 $48.9M

4 Apr 29-May 1 5 $5.7M −36.8% 3,112 $1,834 $56.9M

5 May 6-8 7 $3.4M −39.9% 2,516 $1,362 $61.7M

6 May 13-15 11 $1.8M −47.3% 1,565 $1,154 $64.4M

7 May 20-22 12 $803.7K −55.5% 1,074 $748 $65.6M

8 May 27-29 12 $447.6K −44.3% 387 $1,156 $66.4M

9 Jun 3-5 15 $336.7K −24.8% 272 $1,237 $66.9M

10 Jun 10-12 17 $345.7K +2.7% 381 $907 $67.4M

11 Jun 17-19 22 $198.7K −42.5% 278 $714 $67.8M

12 Jun 24-26 27 $141.1K −29.0% 207 $681 $68.1M

13 Jul 1-3 30 $127.5K −9.6% 121 $1,053 $68.3M

14 Jul 8-10 44 $60.8K −52.3% 100 $608 $68.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 8 #1 $6.2M — $6.2M 3,154 $1,949 1

Sat Apr 9 #1 $7.6M +24% $13.8M 3,154 $2,409 2

Sun Apr 10 #1 $4.3M −43% $18.1M 3,154 $1,368 3

Mon Apr 11 #1 $1.4M −67% $19.5M 3,154 $454 4

Tue Apr 12 #1 $1.4M −2% $20.9M 3,154 $444 5

Wed Apr 13 #1 $1.2M −13% $22.1M 3,154 $385 6

Thu Apr 14 #1 $1.2M +1% $23.3M 3,154 $389 7

Fri Apr 15 #2 $3.9M +218% −37% $27.2M 3,154 $1,236 8

Sat Apr 16 #2 $5.9M +51% −22% $33.1M 3,154 $1,872 9

Sun Apr 17 #2 $3.3M −44% −24% $36.4M 3,154 $1,046 10

Mon Apr 18 #2 $883.0K −73% −38% $37.3M 3,154 $279 11

Tue Apr 19 #2 $870.0K −1% −38% $38.2M 3,154 $275 12

Wed Apr 20 #2 $856.0K −2% −30% $39.0M 3,154 $271 13

Thu Apr 21 #2 $893.0K +4% −27% $39.9M 3,154 $283 14

Fri Apr 22 #4 $2.4M +169% −38% $42.3M 3,200 $750 15

Sat Apr 23 #3 $4.1M +71% −31% $46.5M 3,200 $1,280 16

Sun Apr 24 #3 $2.5M −40% −25% $48.9M 3,200 $769 17

Mon Apr 25 #4 $571.0K −77% −35% $49.5M 3,200 $178 18

Tue Apr 26 #4 $542.0K −5% −38% $50.1M 3,200 $169 19

Wed Apr 27 #3 $554.0K +2% −35% $50.6M 3,200 $173 20

Thu Apr 28 #3 $563.0K +2% −37% $51.2M 3,200 $175 21

Fri Apr 29 #6 $1.6M +184% −33% $52.8M 3,112 $514 22

Sat Apr 30 #5 $2.7M +71% −33% $55.5M 3,112 $881 23

Sun May 1 #5 $1.4M −50% −44% $56.9M 3,112 $442 24

Mon May 2 #5 $340.0K −75% −40% $57.2M 3,112 $109 25

Tue May 3 #5 $343.0K +1% −37% $57.6M 3,112 $110 26

Wed May 4 #5 $333.0K −3% −40% $57.9M 3,112 $107 27

Thu May 5 #5 $335.0K +1% −40% $58.2M 3,112 $107 28

Fri May 6 #9 $900.0K +169% −44% $59.1M 2,516 $357 29

Sat May 7 #8 $1.4M +53% −50% $60.5M 2,516 $545 30

Sun May 8 #7 $1.1M −18% −18% $61.7M 2,516 $448 31

Mon May 9 #8 $214.0K −81% −37% $61.9M 2,516 $85 32

Tue May 10 #8 $232.0K +8% −32% $62.1M 2,516 $92 33

Wed May 11 #8 $228.0K −2% −32% $62.3M 2,516 $90 34

Thu May 12 #9 $219.0K −4% −35% $62.6M 2,516 $87 35

Sat May 14 #10 $829.2K — −40% $63.9M 1,565 $529 37

Mon May 30 #18 $89.4K — $66.5M 387 $231 53

Mon Jul 4 #31 $18.4K — $68.3M 121 $152 88

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

Cumulative total$66.5M

Apr 8Apr 17Apr 26May 5May 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $345.7K

$18.1M

$13.1M

$9.0M

$5.7M

$3.4M

$1.8M

$803.7K

$447.6K

$336.7K

$345.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,200 → 387 −87.9%

3,154 open387 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +2.7%

−27.7%

W1→2

−30.9%

W2→3

−36.8%

W3→4

−39.9%

W4→5

−47.3%

W5→6

−55.5%

W6→7

−44.3%

W7→8

−24.8%

W8→9

+2.7%

W9→10

Steepest −55.5%Biggest gain +2.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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