Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones backdrop

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones movie poster

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesFollow

2002 • PG • 2h 22m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

A Jedi shall not know anger. Nor hatred. Nor love.

🍅 62% 56%

54

3.10

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$80.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$310.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$656.70M

$346.00M international

Domestic legs3.88x

Budget$115M

2002 rank#3

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Lucas filmography

George Lucas

George Lucas Director

Hayden Christensen

Hayden Christensen Starring

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor Starring

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Starring

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee Starring

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

ScreenplayGeorge Lucas, Jonathan Hales Studio20th Century Fox SeriesStar Wars

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 17-19 1 $80.0M — 3,161 $25,317 $110.2M

2 May 24-26 1 $47.9M −40.2% 3,161 $15,147 $189.2M

3 May 31-Jun 2 2 $21.0M −56.1% 3,161 $6,644 $232.3M

4 Jun 7-9 3 $14.0M −33.3% 3,161 $4,432 $255.1M

5 Jun 14-16 5 $9.4M −32.6% 2,401 $3,931 $270.8M

6 Jun 21-23 9 $5.2M −45.4% 2,107 $2,444 $279.8M

7 Jun 28-30 9 $3.7M −28.8% 1,801 $2,036 $286.3M

8 Jul 5-7 12 $2.5M −33.2% 1,162 $2,108 $291.3M

9 Jul 12-14 16 $1.3M −47.7% 632 $2,028 $293.8M

10 Jul 19-21 16 $1.0M −20.4% 562 $1,816 $295.6M

11 Jul 26-28 17 $771.2K −24.4% 463 $1,665 $297.0M

12 Aug 2-4 22 $624.3K −19.0% 422 $1,479 $298.1M

13 Aug 9-11 22 $346.9K −44.4% 331 $1,047 $298.8M

14 Aug 16-18 23 $326.5K −5.9% 278 $1,174 $299.4M

15 Aug 23-25 25 $314.2K −3.8% 298 $1,054 $299.9M

16 Aug 30-Sep 1 23 $473.4K +50.7% 353 $1,341 $300.6M

17 Sep 6-8 22 $362.4K −23.4% 380 $953 $301.1M

18 Sep 13-15 27 $269.0K −25.8% 309 $870 $301.5M

19 Sep 20-22 29 $189.6K −29.5% 236 $803 $301.8M

20 Sep 27-29 38 $106.6K −43.8% 168 $634 $301.9M

21 Oct 4-6 38 $83.7K −21.4% 139 $602 $302.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 16 #1 $30.1M — $30.1M 3,161 $9,535 1

Fri May 17 #1 $24.4M −19% $54.5M 3,161 $7,720 2

Sat May 18 #1 $31.3M +28% $85.8M 3,161 $9,887 3

Sun May 19 #1 $24.4M −22% $110.2M 3,161 $7,709 4

Mon May 20 #1 $10.7M −56% $120.8M 3,161 $3,372 5

Tue May 21 #1 $7.5M −30% $128.3M 3,161 $2,373 6

Wed May 22 #1 $6.5M −13% $134.9M 3,161 $2,067 7

Thu May 23 #1 $6.4M −2% −79% $141.3M 3,161 $2,036 8

Fri May 24 #1 $12.8M +99% −48% $154.1M 3,161 $4,045 9

Sat May 25 #1 $18.6M +45% −41% $172.7M 3,161 $5,871 10

Sun May 26 #1 $16.5M −11% −32% $189.2M 3,161 $5,229 11

Mon May 27 #1 $12.1M −27% +14% $201.3M 3,161 $3,835 12

Tue May 28 #1 $3.5M −71% −53% $204.9M 3,161 $1,121 13

Wed May 29 #1 $3.2M −10% −51% $208.0M 3,161 $1,011 14

Thu May 30 #1 $3.3M +2% −49% $211.3M 3,161 $1,035 15

Fri May 31 #2 $5.4M +64% −58% $216.7M 3,161 $1,696 16

Sat Jun 1 #2 $9.2M +71% −51% $225.8M 3,161 $2,895 17

Sun Jun 2 #2 $6.5M −29% −61% $232.3M 3,161 $2,052 18

Mon Jun 3 #2 $2.2M −66% −82% $234.5M 3,161 $700 19

Tue Jun 4 #2 $2.3M +3% −36% $236.8M 3,161 $720 20

Wed Jun 5 #2 $2.1M −8% −34% $238.9M 3,161 $665 21

Thu Jun 6 #2 $2.2M +3% −34% $241.1M 3,161 $686 22

Fri Jun 7 #3 $3.9M +80% −27% $245.0M 3,161 $1,236 23

Sat Jun 8 #3 $5.7M +46% −38% $250.7M 3,161 $1,804 24

Sun Jun 9 #3 $4.4M −23% −32% $255.1M 3,161 $1,391 25

Mon Jun 10 #3 $1.5M −66% −33% $256.6M 3,161 $469 26

Tue Jun 11 #3 $1.7M +12% −27% $258.2M 3,161 $523 27

Wed Jun 12 #3 $1.5M −10% −29% $259.7M 3,161 $473 28

Thu Jun 13 #3 $1.6M +5% −28% $261.3M 3,161 $498 29

Fri Jun 14 #6 $2.4M +53% −38% $263.7M 2,398 $1,004 30

Sat Jun 15 #5 $3.7M +54% −35% $267.4M 2,398 $1,551 31

Sun Jun 16 #5 $3.3M −11% −25% $270.8M 2,401 $1,378 32

Mon Jun 17 #6 $1.0M −69% −32% $271.8M 2,401 $420 33

Tue Jun 18 #6 $1.0M +2% −38% $272.8M 2,401 $428 34

Wed Jun 19 #6 $960.8K −7% −36% $273.8M 2,401 $400 35

Thu Jun 20 #6 $925.9K −4% −41% $274.7M 2,401 $385 36

Fri Jun 21 #9 $1.4M +51% −42% $276.1M 2,107 $662 37

Sat Jun 22 #9 $2.1M +51% −43% $278.2M 2,107 $1,000 38

Sun Jun 23 #8 $1.6M −22% −50% $279.8M 2,107 $782 39

Mon Jun 24 #8 $661.4K −60% −35% $280.5M 2,107 $313 40

Tue Jun 25 #8 $702.4K +6% −32% $281.2M 2,107 $333 41

Wed Jun 26 #8 $691.0K −2% −28% $281.9M 2,107 $327 42

Thu Jun 27 #8 $701.9K +2% −24% $282.6M 2,107 $333 43

Fri Jun 28 #9 $982.9K +40% −30% $283.6M 1,801 $545 44

Sat Jun 29 #9 $1.5M +48% −31% $285.0M 1,801 $810 45

Sun Jun 30 #8 $1.2M −16% −26% $286.3M 1,801 $680 46

Mon Jul 1 #8 $654.1K −47% −1% $286.9M 1,801 $363 47

Tue Jul 2 #8 $621.2K −5% −12% $287.5M 1,801 $344 48

Wed Jul 3 #10 $623.3K n/c −10% $288.2M 1,177 $529 49

Thu Jul 4 #10 $685.3K +10% −2% $288.8M 1,177 $582 50

Fri Jul 5 #11 $833.2K +22% −15% $289.7M 1,162 $717 51

Sat Jul 6 #11 $900.1K +8% −38% $290.6M 1,162 $774 52

Sun Jul 7 #11 $717.4K −20% −41% $291.3M 1,162 $617 53

Mon Jul 8 #11 $286.3K −60% −56% $291.6M 1,162 $246 54

Tue Jul 9 #11 $325.0K +14% −48% $291.9M 1,162 $279 55

Wed Jul 10 #11 $309.0K −5% −50% $292.2M 1,162 $265 56

Thu Jul 11 #11 $318.4K +3% −54% $292.5M 1,162 $274 57

Fri Jul 12 #11 $337.8K +6% −59% $292.9M 1,162 $290 58

Sat Jul 13 #11 $528.1K +56% −41% $293.4M 632 $835 59

Sun Jul 14 #11 $415.9K −21% −42% $293.8M 632 $657 60

Mon Jul 15 #11 $179.9K −57% −37% $294.0M 632 $284 61

Tue Jul 16 #11 $205.5K +14% −37% $294.2M 632 $325 62

Wed Jul 17 #11 $191.7K −7% −38% $294.4M 587 $326 63

Thu Jul 18 #11 $206.5K +8% −35% $294.6M 587 $351 64

Fri Jul 19 #11 $283.9K +38% −16% $294.9M 562 $505 65

Sat Jul 20 #11 $408.3K +44% −23% $295.3M 562 $726 66

Sun Jul 21 #15 $328.4K −20% −21% $295.6M 562 $584 67

Mon Jul 22 #11 $145.2K −56% −19% $295.8M 562 $258 68

Tue Jul 23 #11 $158.0K +9% −23% $295.9M 562 $281 69

Wed Jul 24 #11 $142.9K −10% −25% $296.1M 562 $254 70

Thu Jul 25 #11 $137.7K −4% −33% $296.2M 562 $244 71

Fri Jul 26 #11 $210.1K +53% −26% $296.4M 463 $453 72

Sat Jul 27 #12 $316.9K +51% −22% $296.7M 463 $684 73

Sun Jul 28 #15 $244.2K −23% −26% $297.0M 463 $527 74

Mon Jul 29 #15 $113.4K −54% −22% $297.1M 463 $244 75

Tue Jul 30 #15 $132.1K +17% −16% $297.2M 463 $285 76

Wed Jul 31 #15 $126.8K −4% −11% $297.3M 463 $273 77

Thu Aug 1 #15 $131.7K +4% −4% $297.5M 463 $284 78

Fri Aug 2 #18 $171.3K +30% −18% $297.7M 422 $406 79

Sat Aug 3 #17 $246.8K +44% −22% $297.9M 422 $584 80

Sun Aug 4 #16 $206.2K −16% −16% $298.1M 422 $488 81

Fri Aug 9 #20 $99.1K — −42% $298.6M 331 $299 86

Sat Aug 10 #21 $142.3K +44% −42% $298.7M 331 $429 87

Sun Aug 11 #19 $105.5K −26% −49% $298.8M 331 $318 88

Fri Aug 16 #20 $96.9K — −2% $299.2M 278 $348 93

Sat Aug 17 #19 $137.7K +42% −3% $299.3M 278 $495 94

Sun Aug 18 #19 $91.9K −33% −13% $299.4M 278 $330 95

Fri Aug 23 #21 $91.0K — −6% $299.7M 298 $305 100

Sat Aug 24 #20 $137.0K +51% −1% $299.8M 298 $459 101

Sun Aug 25 #21 $86.3K −37% −6% $299.9M 298 $289 102

Mon Aug 26 #11 $40.4K −53% $300.0M 298 $135 103

Tue Aug 27 #11 $44.8K +11% $300.0M 298 $150 104

Mon Sep 2 #24 $113.3K — +181% $300.7M 353 $321 110

Sun Sep 8 #20 $89.2K — $301.1M 380 $234 116

Fri Sep 20 #22 $54.2K — $301.6M 236 $229 128

Sat Sep 21 #23 $92.4K +70% $301.7M 236 $391 129

Sun Sep 22 #24 $43.0K −53% $301.8M 236 $182 130

Fri Sep 27 #25 $30.2K — −44% $301.8M 168 $179 135

Sat Sep 28 #25 $49.4K +64% −47% $301.9M 168 $293 136

Sun Sep 29 #27 $27.0K −45% −37% $301.9M 168 $160 137

Fri Oct 4 #21 $24.2K — −20% $302.0M 139 $174 142

Sat Oct 5 #21 $37.9K +57% −23% $302.0M 139 $272 143

Sun Oct 6 #21 $21.7K −43% −20% $302.0M 139 $155 144

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

Cumulative total$296.1M

May 16Jun 2Jun 20Jul 7Jul 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M

$80.0M

$47.9M

$21.0M

$14.0M

$9.4M

$5.2M

$3.7M

$2.5M

$1.3M

$1.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,161 → 562 −82.2%

3,161 open562 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.4%

−40.2%

W1→2

−56.1%

W2→3

−33.3%

W3→4

−32.6%

W4→5

−45.4%

W5→6

−28.8%

W6→7

−33.2%

W7→8

−47.7%

W8→9

−20.4%

W9→10

Steepest −56.1%Best hold −20.4%

Run milestones

$300M in 104 days

$100M

Day 4

May 19

$200M

Day 12

May 27

$300M

Day 104

Aug 27

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005 · Lucas $414.4M Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999 · Lucas $487.6M Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977 · Lucas $461M Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1983 · Marquand $316.5M Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 · Kershner $291.7M Solo: A Star Wars Story 2018 · Howard $213.8M

Box office comparisons

Build your own comparison

No head-to-head comparisons featuring Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones yet — build one in seconds.

Build your own comparison →