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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithFollow

2005 • PG-13 • 2h 20m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

Every story has a hero. Every hero has a destiny. Every saga has an end.

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4.07

7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$108.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$414.40M

All releases

Worldwide total

$902.90M

$488.50M international

Domestic legs3.51x

Budget$113M

2005 rank#1

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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

Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid Starring

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

ScreenplayGeorge Lucas Studio20th Century Fox SeriesStar Wars

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 20-22 1 $108.4M — 3,661 $29,619 $158.4M

2 May 27-29 1 $55.2M −49% 3,663 $15,071 $255.6M

3 Jun 3-5 3 $25.1M −55% 3,650 $6,874 $307.9M

4 Jun 10-12 3 $14.9M −41% 3,322 $4,471 $332.1M

5 Jun 17-19 4 $10.0M −32% 2,923 $3,434 $348.1M

6 Jun 24-26 7 $6.1M −39% 2,371 $2,578 $358.5M

7 Jul 1-3 8 $4.1M −33% 1,759 $2,321 $365.6M

8 Jul 8-10 10 $2.6M −36% 1,355 $1,919 $370.8M

9 Jul 15-17 12 $1.7M −35% 988 $1,724 $373.9M

10 Jul 22-24 15 $1.0M −39% 667 $1,570 $375.9M

11 Jul 29-31 16 $573.1K −45% 429 $1,336 $377.1M

12 Aug 5-7 17 $423.2K −26% 359 $1,179 $377.9M

13 Aug 12-14 23 $331.2K −22% 300 $1,104 $378.5M

14 Aug 19-21 24 $327.0K −1% 307 $1,065 $379.0M

15 Aug 26-28 29 $248.1K −24% 268 $926 $379.4M

16 Sep 2-4 29 $244.9K −1% 281 $872 $379.7M

17 Sep 9-11 34 $118.8K −51% 213 $558 $380.0M

18 Sep 16-18 41 $88.4K −26% 166 $532 $380.1M

19 Sep 23-25 51 $45.2K −49% 99 $457 $380.2M

20 Sep 30-Oct 2 62 $21.1K −53% 49 $431 $380.2M

21 Oct 7-9 66 $20.2K −5% 38 $531 $380.2M

22 Oct 14-16 73 $13.0K −36% 27 $480 $380.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed May 18 $16.9M — $16.9M — — -1

Thu May 19 #1 $50.0M — $50.0M 3,661 $13,661 1

Fri May 20 #1 $33.5M −33% $83.5M 3,661 $9,159 2

Sat May 21 #1 $40.7M +21% $124.2M 3,661 $11,115 3

Sun May 22 #1 $34.2M −16% $158.4M 3,661 $9,345 4

Mon May 23 #1 $14.4M −58% $172.8M 3,661 $3,920 5

Tue May 24 #1 $9.9M −31% $182.7M 3,661 $2,706 6

Wed May 25 #1 $8.7M −13% $191.4M 3,661 $2,364 7

Thu May 26 #1 $9.1M +5% −82% $200.4M 3,661 $2,480 8

Fri May 27 #2 $15.6M +72% −54% $216.0M 3,663 $4,253 9

Sat May 28 #1 $20.9M +34% −49% $236.9M 3,663 $5,711 10

Sun May 29 #1 $18.7M −11% −45% $255.6M 3,663 $5,107 11

Mon May 30 #1 $14.8M −21% +3% $270.5M 3,663 $4,052 12

Tue May 31 #1 $4.4M −70% −56% $274.9M 3,663 $1,203 13

Wed Jun 1 #1 $4.0M −9% −54% $278.9M 3,663 $1,093 14

Thu Jun 2 #1 $3.9M −3% −57% $282.8M 3,663 $1,066 15

Fri Jun 3 #3 $7.1M +81% −55% $289.9M 3,650 $1,939 16

Sat Jun 4 #3 $10.5M +48% −50% $300.3M 3,650 $2,865 17

Sun Jun 5 #2 $7.6M −28% −60% $307.9M 3,650 $2,070 18

Mon Jun 6 #2 $2.4M −68% −84% $310.3M 3,650 $664 19

Tue Jun 7 #2 $2.3M −3% −47% $312.7M 3,650 $643 20

Wed Jun 8 #2 $2.3M −1% −42% $315.0M 3,650 $633 21

Thu Jun 9 #2 $2.3M −1% −41% $317.3M 3,650 $626 22

Fri Jun 10 #4 $4.0M +75% −43% $321.3M 3,322 $1,206 23

Sat Jun 11 #3 $6.3M +57% −40% $327.5M 3,322 $1,887 24

Sun Jun 12 #3 $4.6M −27% −39% $332.1M 3,322 $1,378 25

Mon Jun 13 #3 $1.7M −63% −30% $333.8M 3,322 $508 26

Tue Jun 14 #3 $1.6M −6% −32% $335.4M 3,322 $478 27

Wed Jun 15 #4 $1.4M −15% −42% $336.7M 3,322 $407 28

Thu Jun 16 #4 $1.4M +1% −40% $338.1M 3,322 $411 29

Fri Jun 17 #5 $2.6M +89% −36% $340.7M 2,923 $884 30

Sat Jun 18 #4 $3.9M +53% −37% $344.6M 2,923 $1,349 31

Sun Jun 19 #3 $3.5M −11% −23% $348.1M 2,923 $1,202 32

Mon Jun 20 #5 $1.1M −68% −33% $349.3M 2,923 $386 33

Tue Jun 21 #4 $1.1M −5% −32% $350.3M 2,923 $368 34

Wed Jun 22 #6 $1.0M −3% −23% $351.4M 2,923 $357 35

Thu Jun 23 #6 $965.3K −8% −29% $352.4M 2,923 $330 36

Fri Jun 24 #8 $1.7M +76% −34% $354.1M 2,371 $718 37

Sat Jun 25 #7 $2.5M +46% −37% $356.5M 2,371 $1,050 38

Sun Jun 26 #7 $1.9M −23% −45% $358.5M 2,371 $810 39

Mon Jun 27 #7 $829.7K −57% −27% $359.3M 2,371 $350 40

Tue Jun 28 #7 $844.8K +2% −22% $360.1M 2,371 $356 41

Wed Jun 29 #7 $653.7K −23% −37% $360.8M 2,371 $276 42

Thu Jun 30 #7 $673.7K +3% −30% $361.5M 2,371 $284 43

Fri Jul 1 #8 $1.2M +78% −30% $362.7M 1,759 $680 44

Sat Jul 2 #8 $1.5M +26% −40% $364.2M 1,759 $855 45

Sun Jul 3 #8 $1.4M −8% −28% $365.6M 1,759 $785 46

Mon Jul 4 #8 $949.3K −31% +14% $366.5M 1,759 $540 47

Tue Jul 5 #8 $611.4K −36% −28% $367.1M 1,759 $348 48

Wed Jul 6 #8 $574.9K −6% −12% $367.7M 1,759 $327 49

Thu Jul 7 #8 $530.2K −8% −21% $368.2M 1,759 $301 50

Fri Jul 8 #10 $765.4K +44% −36% $369.0M 1,351 $567 51

Sat Jul 9 #10 $1.1M +43% −27% $370.1M 1,351 $809 52

Sun Jul 10 #10 $743.0K −32% −46% $370.8M 1,351 $550 53

Mon Jul 11 #10 $334.2K −55% −65% $371.2M 1,351 $247 54

Tue Jul 12 #10 $350.4K +5% −43% $371.5M 1,355 $259 55

Wed Jul 13 #10 $358.6K +2% −38% $371.9M 1,355 $265 56

Thu Jul 14 #10 $359.7K — −32% $372.2M 1,355 $265 57

Fri Jul 15 - $454.2K +26% −41% $372.7M 988 $460 58

Sat Jul 16 - $713.6K +57% −35% $373.4M 988 $722 59

Sun Jul 17 - $535.6K −25% −28% $373.9M 988 $542 60

Mon Jul 18 - $225.1K −58% −33% $374.2M 988 $228 61

Tue Jul 19 - $226.2K — −35% $374.4M 988 $229 62

Wed Jul 20 - $221.7K −2% −38% $374.6M 988 $224 63

Thu Jul 21 - $230.5K +4% −36% $374.8M 988 $233 64

Fri Jul 22 - $289.9K +26% −36% $375.1M 667 $435 65

Sat Jul 23 - $431.4K +49% −40% $375.6M 667 $647 66

Sun Jul 24 - $325.7K −25% −39% $375.9M 667 $488 67

Mon Sep 5 #29 $64.3K — $379.8M 281 $229 110

Mon Oct 10 #53 $5.8K — $380.2M 38 $153 145

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

Cumulative total$375.9M

May 18Jun 4Jun 21Jul 7Jul 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M

$108.4M

$55.2M

$25.1M

$14.9M

$10.0M

$6.1M

$4.1M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$1.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,663 → 667 −81.8%

3,661 open667 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39%

−49%

W1→2

−55%

W2→3

−41%

W3→4

−32%

W4→5

−39%

W5→6

−33%

W6→7

−36%

W7→8

−35%

W8→9

−39%

W9→10

Steepest −55%Best hold −32%

Run milestones

$300M in 17 days

$100M

Day 3

May 21

$200M

Day 8

May 26

$300M

Day 17

Jun 4

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#16 Biggest May openingsAll-time $108.4M #48 Biggest domestic runsAll-time $414.4M

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