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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

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

Every saga has a beginning.

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Box Office

Opening Weekend
$64.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$431M
Final
Worldwide Total
$1.05B
$616M international
Domestic Legs6.65x
Budget$115M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 21-23 1 $64.82M $105.66M 2,970 $21.8K 1
May 28-30 1 $51.40M -20.7% $191.59M 3,023 $17.0K 2
Jun 4-6 1 $32.89M -36.0% $255.76M 3,024 $10.9K 3
Jun 11-13 2 $25.63M -22.1% $296.96M 3,024 $8.5K 4
Jun 18-20 4 $18.86M -26.4% $328.07M 3,019 $6.2K 5
Jun 25-27 5 $14.11M -25.2% $351.67M 3,126 $4.5K 6
Jul 2-4 6 $9.54M -32.4% $369.42M 2,628 $3.6K 7
Jul 9-11 7 $7.49M -21.5% $385.18M 2,447 $3.1K 8
Jul 16-18 8 $5.65M -24.6% $395.20M 1,850 $3.1K 9
Jul 23-25 10 $4.20M -25.7% $402.77M 1,615 $2.6K 10
Jul 30-Aug 1 9 $3.42M -18.5% $408.60M 1,628 $2.1K 11
Aug 6-8 11 $2.22M -35.0% $412.78M 1,199 $1.9K 12
Aug 13-15 14 $1.52M -31.7% $415.65M 771 $2.0K 13
Aug 20-22 16 $1.22M -19.6% $417.80M 631 $1.9K 14
Aug 27-29 20 $910K -25.5% $419.42M 497 $1.8K 15
Sep 3-5 17 $1.15M +26.2% $421.00M 604 $1.9K 16
Sep 10-12 19 $653K -43.1% $422.25M 518 $1.3K 17
Sep 17-19 13 $799K +22.4% $423.30M 732 $1.1K 18
Sep 24-26 12 $802K +0.3% $424.40M 766 $1.0K 19
Oct 1-3 15 $697K -13.1% $425.36M 689 $1.0K 20
Oct 8-10 16 $538K -22.8% $426.14M 550 $978 21
Oct 15-17 17 $436K -19.1% $426.82M 494 $881 22
Oct 22-24 23 $323K -25.9% $427.29M 386 $835 23
Oct 29-31 27 $223K -31.0% $427.61M 331 $672 24
Dec 3-5 11 $1.29M +480.9% $429.00M 832 $1.6K 25
Dec 24-26 34 $114K -91.2% $429.98M 368 $310 26
Dec 31-Jan 2 28 $205K +79.6% $430.44M 354 $580 27
Jan 7-9 29 $181K -11.9% $430.73M 296 $611 28
Jan 14-17 41 $110K -39.1% $430.90M 144 $765 29
Jan 21-23 48 $65K -40.9% $430.98M 117 $556 30
Jan 28-30 51 $58K -11.7% $431.07M 103 $558 31

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGeorge Lucas
ScreenplayGeorge Lucas
StarringLiam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Pernilla August
Studio20th Century Fox

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