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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceFollow

1999 • PG • 2h 16m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

Every saga has a beginning.

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3.12

6.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$64.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$487.60M

All releases

Worldwide total

$1.05B

$558.90M international

Domestic legs6.65x

Budget$115M

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Cast & crew

Full Lucas filmography

George Lucas

George Lucas Director

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson Starring

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor Starring

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Starring

Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid Starring

ScreenplayGeorge Lucas Studio20th Century Fox SeriesStar Wars

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 21-23 1 $64.8M — 2,970 $21,825 $105.7M

2 May 28-30 1 $51.4M −20.7% 3,023 $17,002 $191.6M

3 Jun 4-6 1 $32.9M −36.0% 3,024 $10,876 $255.8M

4 Jun 11-13 2 $25.6M −22.1% 3,024 $8,476 $297.0M

5 Jun 18-20 4 $18.9M −26.4% 3,019 $6,246 $328.1M

6 Jun 25-27 5 $14.1M −25.2% 3,126 $4,514 $351.7M

7 Jul 2-4 6 $9.5M −32.4% 2,628 $3,630 $369.4M

8 Jul 9-11 7 $7.5M −21.5% 2,447 $3,061 $385.2M

9 Jul 16-18 8 $5.6M −24.6% 1,850 $3,052 $395.2M

10 Jul 23-25 10 $4.2M −25.7% 1,615 $2,598 $402.8M

11 Jul 30-Aug 1 9 $3.4M −18.5% 1,628 $2,101 $408.6M

12 Aug 6-8 11 $2.2M −35.0% 1,199 $1,854 $412.8M

13 Aug 13-15 14 $1.5M −31.7% 771 $1,969 $415.6M

14 Aug 20-22 16 $1.2M −19.6% 631 $1,935 $417.8M

15 Aug 27-29 20 $910.2K −25.5% 497 $1,831 $419.4M

16 Sep 3-5 17 $1.1M +26.2% 604 $1,902 $421.0M

17 Sep 10-12 19 $653.3K −43.1% 518 $1,261 $422.3M

18 Sep 17-19 13 $799.4K +22.4% 732 $1,092 $423.3M

19 Sep 24-26 12 $801.9K +0.3% 766 $1,046 $424.4M

20 Oct 1-3 15 $697.1K −13.1% 689 $1,011 $425.4M

21 Oct 8-10 16 $538.2K −22.8% 550 $978 $426.1M

22 Oct 15-17 17 $435.5K −19.1% 494 $881 $426.8M

23 Oct 22-24 23 $322.7K −25.9% 386 $835 $427.3M

24 Oct 29-31 27 $222.6K −31.0% 331 $672 $427.6M

25 Dec 3-5 11 $1.3M +480.9% 832 $1,554 $429.0M

26 Dec 24-26 34 $114.4K −91.2% 368 $310 $430.0M

27 Dec 31-Jan 2 28 $205.5K +79.6% 354 $580 $430.4M

28 Jan 7-9 29 $181.0K −11.9% 296 $611 $430.7M

29 Jan 14-17 41 $110.3K −39.1% 144 $765 $430.9M

30 Jan 21-23 48 $65.2K −40.9% 117 $556 $431.0M

31 Jan 28-30 51 $57.5K −11.7% 103 $558 $431.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed May 19 #1 $28.5M — $28.5M 2,970 $9,610 1

Thu May 20 #1 $12.3M −57% $40.9M 2,970 $4,144 2

Fri May 21 #1 $18.5M +50% $59.3M 2,970 $6,218 3

Sat May 22 #1 $24.4M +32% $83.7M 2,970 $8,220 4

Sun May 23 #1 $21.9M −10% $105.7M 2,970 $7,384 5

Mon May 24 #1 $10.9M −50% $116.5M 2,970 $3,664 6

Tue May 25 #1 $8.2M −25% $124.7M 2,970 $2,755 7

Wed May 26 #1 $7.8M −5% −73% $132.5M 2,970 $2,610 8

Thu May 27 #1 $7.5M −3% −39% $140.0M 2,970 $2,535 9

Fri May 28 #1 $13.5M +80% −27% $153.5M 3,022 $4,478 10

Sat May 29 #1 $19.3M +43% −21% $172.9M 3,022 $6,397 11

Sun May 30 #1 $18.5M −4% −15% $191.4M 3,022 $6,134 12

Mon May 31 #1 $15.5M −16% +42% $207.1M 3,023 $5,129 13

Tue Jun 1 #1 $5.5M −65% −33% $212.6M 3,023 $1,806 14

Wed Jun 2 #1 $5.3M −3% −32% $217.9M 3,023 $1,752 15

Thu Jun 3 #1 $5.0M −5% −33% $222.9M 3,023 $1,658 16

Fri Jun 4 #1 $8.3M +67% −38% $231.2M 3,023 $2,761 17

Sat Jun 5 #1 $13.9M +66% −28% $245.1M 3,024 $4,593 18

Sun Jun 6 #1 $10.6M −24% −43% $255.8M 3,024 $3,505 19

Mon Jun 7 #1 $3.9M −63% −75% $259.7M 3,024 $1,296 20

Tue Jun 8 #1 $4.0M +2% −27% $263.7M 3,024 $1,323 21

Wed Jun 9 #1 $3.8M −5% −28% $267.5M 3,024 $1,261 22

Thu Jun 10 #1 $3.8M +1% −23% $271.3M 3,024 $1,270 23

Fri Jun 11 #2 $6.7M +74% −20% $278.0M 3,024 $2,207 24

Sat Jun 12 #2 $10.5M +58% −24% $288.5M 3,025 $3,479 25

Sun Jun 13 #2 $8.4M −20% −21% $297.0M 3,024 $2,772 26

Mon Jun 14 #2 $3.0M −64% −23% $300.0M 3,024 $1,000 27

Tue Jun 15 #2 $3.1M +2% −23% $303.1M 3,024 $1,016 28

Wed Jun 16 #2 $3.0M −3% −22% $306.0M 3,024 $982 29

Thu Jun 17 #2 $3.2M +7% −17% $309.2M 3,024 $1,053 30

Fri Jun 18 #4 $4.8M +51% −28% $314.0M 3,019 $1,592 31

Sat Jun 19 #4 $7.4M +54% −30% $321.4M 3,019 $2,445 32

Sun Jun 20 #3 $6.8M −8% −19% $328.1M 3,019 $2,259 33

Mon Jun 21 #4 $2.4M −65% −22% $330.4M 3,019 $785 34

Tue Jun 22 #4 $2.4M +2% −21% $332.9M 3,019 $801 35

Wed Jun 23 #3 $2.2M −8% −25% $335.1M 3,019 $737 36

Thu Jun 24 #3 $2.5M +11% −22% $337.6M 3,019 $818 37

Fri Jun 25 #5 $3.8M +53% −22% $341.3M 3,126 $1,206 38

Sat Jun 26 #5 $5.8M +53% −22% $347.1M 3,126 $1,847 39

Sun Jun 27 #4 $4.5M −22% −34% $351.7M 3,126 $1,446 40

Mon Jun 28 #4 $2.1M −53% −11% $353.8M 3,126 $675 41

Tue Jun 29 #4 $2.2M +6% −7% $356.0M 3,126 $717 42

Wed Jun 30 #6 $1.7M −22% −22% $357.8M 3,126 $557 43

Thu Jul 1 #6 $2.1M +22% −14% $359.9M 3,126 $676 44

Fri Jul 2 #7 $2.9M +37% −23% $362.8M 2,631 $1,102 45

Sat Jul 3 #6 $3.8M +32% −34% $366.6M 2,631 $1,452 46

Sun Jul 4 #5 $2.8M −27% −38% $369.4M 2,631 $1,060 47

Mon Jul 5 #4 $3.8M +34% +78% $373.2M 2,628 $1,427 48

Tue Jul 6 #5 $1.7M −54% −23% $374.9M 2,628 $656 49

Wed Jul 7 #5 $1.4M −20% −21% $376.3M 2,628 $526 50

Thu Jul 8 #5 $1.4M +1% −34% $377.7M 2,628 $533 51

Fri Jul 9 #8 $2.0M +45% −30% $379.7M 2,447 $828 52

Sat Jul 10 #6 $3.1M +52% −20% $382.8M 2,447 $1,257 53

Sun Jul 11 #5 $2.2M −27% −19% $385.2M 2,447 $918 54

Mon Jul 12 #5 $1.1M −53% −72% $386.2M 2,447 $435 55

Tue Jul 13 #5 $1.2M +14% −29% $387.5M 2,447 $497 56

Wed Jul 14 #5 $1.1M −13% −23% $388.5M 2,447 $433 57

Thu Jul 15 #5 $1.0M −3% −27% $389.6M 2,447 $420 58

Fri Jul 16 #10 $1.4M +39% −30% $391.0M 1,854 $769 59

Sat Jul 17 #8 $2.4M +67% −23% $393.4M 1,854 $1,281 60

Sun Jul 18 #8 $1.8M −25% −20% $395.2M 1,854 $965 61

Mon Jul 19 #8 $847.9K −53% −20% $396.0M 1,850 $458 62

Tue Jul 20 #7 $886.0K +4% −27% $396.9M 1,850 $479 63

Wed Jul 21 #7 $813.6K −8% −23% $397.7M 1,850 $440 64

Thu Jul 22 #7 $824.8K +1% −20% $398.6M 1,850 $446 65

Fri Jul 23 #11 $1.0M +26% −27% $399.6M 1,614 $644 66

Sat Jul 24 #10 $1.7M +66% −27% $401.3M 1,614 $1,072 67

Sun Jul 25 #10 $1.3M −23% −25% $402.8M 1,615 $825 68

Mon Jul 26 #10 $586.4K −56% −31% $403.4M 1,615 $363 69

Tue Jul 27 #8 $648.7K +11% −27% $404.0M 1,615 $402 70

Wed Jul 28 #8 $568.1K −12% −30% $404.6M 1,615 $352 71

Thu Jul 29 #8 $602.4K +6% −27% $405.2M 1,615 $373 72

Fri Jul 30 #9 $910.0K +51% −13% $406.1M 1,640 $555 73

Sat Jul 31 #8 $1.5M +61% −15% $407.6M 1,640 $893 74

Sun Aug 1 #8 $1.0M −32% −25% $408.6M 1,640 $610 75

Mon Aug 2 #7 $487.4K −51% −17% $409.1M 1,628 $299 76

Tue Aug 3 #7 $506.1K +4% −22% $409.6M 1,628 $311 77

Wed Aug 4 #8 $486.4K −4% −14% $410.1M 1,628 $299 78

Thu Aug 5 #8 $475.0K −2% −21% $410.6M 1,628 $292 79

Fri Aug 6 #12 $595.0K +25% −35% $411.1M 1,188 $501 80

Sat Aug 7 #11 $885.0K +49% −40% $412.0M 1,188 $745 81

Sun Aug 8 #11 $758.0K −14% −24% $412.8M 1,199 $632 82

Mon Aug 9 #12 $308.0K −59% −37% $413.1M 1,199 $257 83

Tue Aug 10 #11 $376.1K +22% −26% $413.5M 1,199 $314 84

Wed Aug 11 #11 $334.9K −11% −31% $413.8M 1,199 $279 85

Thu Aug 12 #11 $337.5K +1% −29% $414.1M 1,199 $281 86

Fri Aug 13 #14 $415.0K +23% −30% $414.5M 765 $542 87

Sat Aug 14 #14 $640.0K +54% −28% $415.2M 765 $837 88

Sun Aug 15 #14 $473.0K −26% −38% $415.6M 771 $613 89

Mon Aug 16 #14 $214.5K −55% −30% $415.9M 771 $278 90

Tue Aug 17 #14 $252.2K +18% −33% $416.1M 771 $327 91

Wed Aug 18 #13 $237.9K −6% −29% $416.3M 771 $309 92

Thu Aug 19 #13 $229.6K −3% −32% $416.6M 771 $298 93

Sun Aug 22 #16 $370.0K — −22% $417.8M 631 $586 96

Mon Aug 23 #16 $168.5K −54% −21% $418.0M 631 $267 97

Tue Aug 24 #15 $196.1K +16% −22% $418.2M 631 $311 98

Wed Aug 25 #16 $172.0K −12% −28% $418.3M 631 $273 99

Thu Aug 26 #16 $176.2K +2% −23% $418.5M 631 $279 100

Fri Aug 27 #20 $251.0K +42% $418.8M 497 $505 101

Sat Aug 28 #19 $382.0K +52% $419.1M 497 $769 102

Sun Aug 29 #19 $269.0K −30% −27% $419.4M 497 $541 103

Mon Aug 30 #20 $102.8K −62% −39% $419.5M 497 $207 104

Tue Aug 31 #18 $120.5K +17% −39% $419.6M 497 $242 105

Wed Sep 1 #19 $99.1K −18% −42% $419.7M 497 $199 106

Thu Sep 2 #19 $100.6K +1% −43% $419.8M 497 $202 107

Fri Sep 3 #17 $225.0K +124% −10% $420.1M 613 $367 108

Mon Sep 6 #17 $386.0K — +275% $421.4M 604 $639 111

Tue Sep 7 #16 $82.3K −79% −32% $421.5M 604 $136 112

Wed Sep 8 #16 $70.8K −14% −29% $421.5M 604 $117 113

Thu Sep 9 #15 $65.0K −8% −35% $421.6M 604 $108 114

Fri Sep 10 #19 $158.0K +143% −30% $421.8M 604 $262 115

Sat Sep 11 #18 $305.0K +93% $422.1M 512 $596 116

Sun Sep 12 #19 $174.0K −43% $422.3M 512 $340 117

Mon Sep 13 #16 $50.3K −71% −87% $422.3M 512 $98 118

Tue Sep 14 #16 $60.3K +20% −27% $422.4M 512 $118 119

Wed Sep 15 #17 $59.0K −2% −17% $422.4M 518 $114 120

Fri Sep 17 #14 $183.0K — +16% $422.7M 735 $249 122

Sat Sep 18 #11 $333.0K +82% +9% $423.0M 735 $453 123

Sun Sep 19 #12 $235.0K −29% +35% $423.3M 735 $320 124

Mon Sep 20 #12 $76.2K −68% +51% $423.4M 734 $104 125

Tue Sep 21 #13 $80.6K +6% +34% $423.5M 734 $110 126

Wed Sep 22 #13 $69.1K −14% +17% $423.5M 734 $94 127

Thu Sep 23 #12 $72.9K +5% $423.6M 734 $99 128

Fri Sep 24 #13 $185.0K +154% +1% $423.8M 763 $242 129

Sat Sep 25 #13 $333.0K +80% $424.1M 763 $436 130

Sun Sep 26 #11 $221.0K −34% −6% $424.4M 766 $289 131

Mon Sep 27 #12 $66.5K −70% −13% $424.5M 766 $87 132

Tue Sep 28 #14 $70.7K +6% −12% $424.5M 766 $92 133

Wed Sep 29 #13 $61.2K −13% −11% $424.6M 766 $80 134

Thu Sep 30 #13 $65.1K +6% −11% $424.7M 766 $85 135

Fri Oct 1 #15 $144.0K +121% −22% $424.8M 689 $209 136

Sat Oct 2 #15 $285.0K +98% −14% $425.1M 689 $414 137

Sun Oct 3 #15 $202.0K −29% −9% $425.4M 689 $293 138

Mon Oct 4 #15 $55.4K −73% −17% $425.4M 689 $80 139

Tue Oct 5 #15 $61.2K +11% −13% $425.5M 689 $89 140

Wed Oct 6 #15 $58.9K −4% −4% $425.5M 689 $86 141

Thu Oct 7 #15 $67.8K +15% +4% $425.6M 689 $98 142

Fri Oct 8 #15 $126.0K +86% −13% $425.7M 550 $229 143

Sat Oct 9 #15 $220.0K +75% −23% $425.9M 550 $400 144

Sun Oct 10 #16 $159.0K −28% −21% $426.1M 550 $289 145

Mon Oct 11 #14 $90.0K −43% +63% $426.2M 550 $164 146

Tue Oct 12 #15 $52.8K −41% −14% $426.3M 550 $96 147

Wed Oct 13 #16 $45.7K −13% −22% $426.3M 550 $83 148

Thu Oct 14 #14 $52.2K +14% −23% $426.4M 550 $95 149

Sun Oct 17 #16 $128.0K — −19% $426.8M 494 $259 152

Tue Oct 19 #19 $35.0K — −34% $426.9M 494 $71 154

Wed Oct 20 #19 $33.3K −5% −27% $426.9M 494 $67 155

Thu Oct 21 #19 $37.9K +14% −27% $427.0M 494 $77 156

Mon Nov 1 #20 $22.4K — $427.6M 331 $68 167

Wed Nov 3 #20 $24.8K — $427.7M 331 $75 169

Thu Nov 4 #19 $29.6K +19% $427.7M 331 $89 170

Sun Dec 5 #8 $437.0K — $429.0M 832 $525 201

Mon Dec 6 #7 $153.2K −65% $429.2M 832 $184 202

Tue Dec 7 #7 $192.9K +26% $429.3M 832 $232 203

Wed Dec 8 #6 $234.7K +22% $429.6M 832 $282 204

Thu Dec 9 #5 $287.0K +22% $429.9M 832 $345 205

Mon Jan 17 #33 $23.0K — $430.9M 144 $160 244

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

Cumulative total$404.0M

May 19Jun 5Jun 23Jul 10Jul 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.2M

$64.8M

$51.4M

$32.9M

$25.6M

$18.9M

$14.1M

$9.5M

$7.5M

$5.6M

$4.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,126 → 1,615 −48.3%

2,970 open1,615 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.7%

−20.7%

W1→2

−36.0%

W2→3

−22.1%

W3→4

−26.4%

W4→5

−25.2%

W5→6

−32.4%

W6→7

−21.5%

W7→8

−24.6%

W8→9

−25.7%

W9→10

Steepest −36.0%Best hold −20.7%

Run milestones

$400M in 67 days

$100M

Day 5

May 23

$200M

Day 13

May 31

$300M

Day 28

Jun 15

$400M

Day 67

Jul 24

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#2 Best multipliersAll-time 6.65x #3 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −20.7% #6 All-time PG-rated domesticAll-time $487.6M #6 Longest runs of $1M+ daysAll-time 61 days #25 Biggest domestic runsAll-time $487.6M

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