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Star Trek: First ContactFollow

1996 • PG-13 • 1h 51m • Science Fiction, Action, Adventure • Paramount Pictures

Resistance is futile.

🍅 93% 89% MC 70 LB 3.69 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$30.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$92.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$150.00M
$58.00M international
Domestic legs3.0x
Budget$46M
1996 rank#17
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Cast & crew

Full Frakes filmography
Jonathan Frakes Jonathan Frakes Director Patrick Stewart Patrick Stewart Starring Brent Spiner Brent Spiner Starring LeVar Burton LeVar Burton Starring Michael Dorn Michael Dorn Starring Alfre Woodard Alfre Woodard Starring
ScreenplayBrannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore Produced byRick Berman CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 22-24 1 $30.7M — 2,812 $10,923 $30.7M
2 Nov 29-Dec 1 2 $25.5M −17.0% 2,812 $9,063 $60.9M
3 Dec 6-8 3 $6.6M −74.1% 2,812 $2,351 $71.1M
4 Dec 13-15 7 $3.4M −48.1% 2,607 $1,317 $76.7M
5 Dec 20-22 11 $2.3M −32.8% 1,569 $1,470 $80.4M
6 Dec 27-29 15 $2.6M +11.5% 1,019 $2,523 $85.1M
7 Jan 3-5 15 $1.8M −31.5% 1,001 $1,758 $89.1M
8 Jan 10-12 22 $587.7K −66.6% 607 $968 $90.1M
9 Jan 17-19 28 $383.7K −34.7% 383 $1,002 $90.7M
10 Jan 24-26 37 $140.6K −63.4% 328 $429 $90.9M
11 Jan 31-Feb 2 42 $98.1K −30.2% 243 $404 $91.0M
12 Feb 7-9 54 $44.6K −54.5% 142 $314 $91.1M
13 Feb 14-16 30 $323.7K +625.8% 508 $637 $91.4M
14 Feb 21-23 37 $139.9K −56.8% 308 $454 $91.7M
15 Feb 28-Mar 2 39 $100.6K −28.1% 232 $434 $91.8M
16 Mar 7-9 45 $64.9K −35.5% 153 $424 $91.9M
17 Mar 14-16 50 $43.0K −33.7% 95 $452 $92.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $140.6K
$30.7M
$25.5M
$6.6M
$3.4M
$2.3M
$2.6M
$1.8M
$587.7K
$383.7K
$140.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −63.4%
−17.0%
W1→2
−74.1%
W2→3
−48.1%
W3→4
−32.8%
W4→5
+11.5%
W5→6
−31.5%
W6→7
−66.6%
W7→8
−34.7%
W8→9
−63.4%
W9→10
Steepest −74.1%Biggest gain +11.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

Star Trek: Insurrection 1998 · Frakes $70.2M Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 · Baird $43.3M Star Trek: Generations 1994 · Carson $75.7M Waterworld 1995 · Reynolds $88.2M Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 · Meyer $74.9M Stargate 1994 · Emmerich $71.6M

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