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1997 • R • 2h 9m • Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure • TriStar Pictures

A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war.

🍅 72% 70%

52

3.84

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$54.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$121.10M

$66.30M international

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$105M

1997 rank#33

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Cast & crew

Full Verhoeven filmography

Paul Verhoeven

Paul Verhoeven Director

Dina Meyer

Dina Meyer Starring

Denise Richards

Denise Richards Starring

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris Starring

Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside Starring

ScreenplayEdward Neumeier Based onthe novel by Robert A. Heinlein Produced byJon Davison, Alan Marshall CinematographyJost Vacano Music byBasil Poledouris StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 7-9 1 $22.1M — 2,971 $7,425 $22.1M

2 Nov 14-16 2 $10.0M −54.5% 2,971 $3,377 $39.2M

3 Nov 21-23 7 $4.7M −53.1% 2,822 $1,668 $46.3M

4 Nov 28-30 10 $2.8M −41.5% 2,397 $1,149 $51.0M

5 Dec 5-7 10 $1.3M −54.1% 1,854 $682 $52.9M

6 Dec 12-14 17 $403.1K −68.1% 761 $530 $53.8M

7 Dec 19-21 31 $107.4K −73.4% 265 $405 $54.1M

8 Dec 26-28 53 $32.7K −69.5% 124 $264 $54.2M

9 Jan 2-4 52 $30.9K −5.4% 117 $265 $54.3M

10 Jan 9-11 53 $20.5K −33.8% 92 $223 $54.3M

11 Jan 16-18 58 $23.6K +15.0% 67 $352 $54.3M

12 Jan 23-25 60 $14.5K −38.4% 43 $337 $54.3M

14 Feb 6-8 34 $171.0K — 510 $335 $54.5M

15 Feb 13-15 50 $80.6K −52.9% 330 $244 $54.6M

16 Feb 20-22 55 $49.0K −39.1% 123 $399 $54.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 7 #1 $8.2M — $8.2M 2,971 $2,755 1

Sat Nov 8 #1 $8.1M −1% $16.3M 2,971 $2,738 2

Sun Nov 9 #1 $5.7M −29% $22.1M 2,971 $1,932 3

Mon Nov 10 #1 $2.1M −63% $24.2M 2,971 $707 4

Tue Nov 11 #1 $2.5M +20% $26.7M 2,971 $848 5

Wed Nov 12 #1 $1.2M −52% $27.9M 2,971 $410 6

Thu Nov 13 #1 $1.3M +3% $29.2M 2,971 $424 7

Fri Nov 14 #2 $3.0M +134% −64% $32.1M 2,971 $993 8

Sat Nov 15 #2 $4.7M +60% −42% $36.8M 2,971 $1,587 9

Sun Nov 16 #3 $2.6M −45% −55% $39.2M 2,971 $871 10

Mon Nov 17 #2 $596.6K −77% −72% $39.8M 2,971 $201 11

Tue Nov 18 #2 $698.9K +17% −72% $40.5M 2,971 $235 12

Wed Nov 19 #3 $546.6K −22% −55% $41.0M 2,971 $184 13

Thu Nov 20 #3 $524.2K −4% −58% $41.6M 2,971 $176 14

Fri Nov 21 #6 $1.4M +163% −53% $42.9M 2,822 $489 15

Sat Nov 22 #7 $2.2M +56% −54% $45.1M 2,822 $764 16

Sun Nov 23 #7 $1.3M −40% −50% $46.3M 2,822 $456 17

Mon Nov 24 #7 $335.9K −74% −44% $46.6M 2,822 $119 18

Tue Nov 25 #7 $458.3K +36% −34% $47.1M 2,822 $162 19

Wed Nov 26 #8 $509.8K +11% −7% $47.6M 2,397 $213 20

Thu Nov 27 #8 $650.0K +27% +24% $48.2M 2,397 $271 21

Fri Nov 28 #10 $1.1M +73% −18% $49.3M 2,397 $469 22

Sat Nov 29 #10 $1.1M −3% −49% $50.4M 2,397 $455 23

Sun Nov 30 #10 $546.0K −50% −58% $51.0M 2,397 $228 24

Mon Dec 1 #8 $152.3K −72% −55% $51.2M 2,397 $64 25

Tue Dec 2 #8 $184.2K +21% −60% $51.3M 2,397 $77 26

Wed Dec 3 #8 $156.2K −15% −69% $51.5M 2,397 $65 27

Thu Dec 4 #8 $162.0K +4% −75% $51.7M 2,397 $68 28

Fri Dec 5 #9 $345.0K +113% −69% $52.0M 1,854 $186 29

Sat Dec 6 #9 $581.0K +68% −47% $52.6M 1,854 $313 30

Sun Dec 7 #8 $339.0K −42% −38% $52.9M 1,854 $183 31

Mon Dec 8 #8 $108.8K −68% −29% $53.0M 1,854 $59 32

Tue Dec 9 #8 $135.7K +25% −26% $53.2M 1,854 $73 33

Wed Dec 10 #8 $108.1K −20% −31% $53.3M 1,854 $58 34

Thu Dec 11 #8 $110.3K +2% −32% $53.4M 1,854 $60 35

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

Cumulative total$53.4M

Nov 7Nov 16Nov 24Dec 3Dec 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $20.5K

$22.1M

$10.0M

$4.7M

$2.8M

$1.3M

$403.1K

$107.4K

$32.7K

$30.9K

$20.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,971 → 1,854 −37.6%

2,971 open1,854 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.8%

−54.5%

W1→2

−53.1%

W2→3

−41.5%

W3→4

−54.1%

W4→5

−68.1%

W5→6

−73.4%

W6→7

−69.5%

W7→8

−5.4%

W8→9

−33.8%

W9→10

Steepest −73.4%Best hold −5.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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