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Sky Captain and the World of TomorrowFollow

2004 • PG • 1h 47m • Action, Adventure, Mystery • Paramount Pictures

Who will save us?

🍅 71% 46% MC 64 LB 2.82 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$15.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$37.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$49.70M
$12.00M international
Domestic legs2.4x
Budget$70M
2004 rank#77
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Cast & crew

Jude Law Jude Law Starring Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Paltrow Starring Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie Starring Giovanni Ribisi Giovanni Ribisi Starring Michael Gambon Michael Gambon Starring Bai Ling Bai Ling Starring
ScreenplayKerry Conran Produced byJude Law, Jon Avnet, Sadie Frost, Marsha Oglesby CinematographyEric Adkins MusicEdward Shearmur StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 17-19 1 $15.6M — 3,170 $4,915 $15.6M
2 Sep 24-26 2 $6.7M −57.3% 3,170 $2,100 $25.5M
3 Oct 1-3 4 $3.3M −50.8% 2,721 $1,205 $30.6M
4 Oct 8-10 7 $2.3M −28.6% 1,743 $1,344 $33.9M
5 Oct 15-17 10 $1.2M −48.0% 1,208 $1,009 $35.9M
6 Oct 22-24 16 $578.5K −52.5% 872 $663 $36.8M
7 Oct 29-31 24 $224.0K −61.3% 335 $669 $37.2M
8 Nov 5-7 30 $100.3K −55.2% 201 $499 $37.4M
9 Nov 12-14 43 $43.2K −57.0% 107 $403 $37.5M
10 Nov 19-21 51 $20.5K −52.6% 71 $288 $37.5M
11 Nov 26-28 38 $91.9K +349.4% 191 $481 $37.6M
12 Dec 3-5 42 $43.6K −52.6% 142 $307 $37.7M
13 Dec 10-12 52 $19.5K −55.3% 69 $282 $37.7M
14 Dec 17-19 61 $6.2K −68.0% 30 $207 $37.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $20.5K
$15.6M
$6.7M
$3.3M
$2.3M
$1.2M
$578.5K
$224.0K
$100.3K
$43.2K
$20.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.6%
−57.3%
W1→2
−50.8%
W2→3
−28.6%
W3→4
−48.0%
W4→5
−52.5%
W5→6
−61.3%
W6→7
−55.2%
W7→8
−57.0%
W8→9
−52.6%
W9→10
Steepest −61.3%Best hold −28.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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