Name: Starship Troopers
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Released: 1997
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 7	#1	$8.19M		—	$8.19M	2,971	$2.8K	1
Sat Nov 8	#1	$8.13M	-1%	—	$16.32M	2,971	$2.7K	2
Sun Nov 9	#1	$5.74M	-29%	—	$22.06M	2,971	$1.9K	3
Mon Nov 10	#1	$2.10M	-63%	—	$24.16M	2,971	$707	4
Tue Nov 11	#1	$2.52M	+20%	—	$26.68M	2,971	$848	5
Wed Nov 12	#1	$1.22M	-52%	—	$27.90M	2,971	$410	6
Thu Nov 13	#1	$1.26M	+3%	—	$29.16M	2,971	$424	7
Fri Nov 14	#2	$2.95M	+134%	-64%	$32.11M	2,971	$993	8
Sat Nov 15	#2	$4.71M	+60%	-42%	$36.82M	2,971	$1.6K	9
Sun Nov 16	#3	$2.59M	-45%	-55%	$39.19M	2,971	$871	10
Mon Nov 17	#2	$597K	-77%	-72%	$39.79M	2,971	$201	11
Tue Nov 18	#2	$699K	+17%	-72%	$40.49M	2,971	$235	12
Wed Nov 19	#3	$547K	-22%	-55%	$41.04M	2,971	$184	13
Thu Nov 20	#3	$524K	-4%	-58%	$41.56M	2,971	$176	14
Fri Nov 21	#6	$1.38M	+163%	-53%	$42.94M	2,822	$489	15
Sat Nov 22	#7	$2.15M	+56%	-54%	$45.10M	2,822	$764	16
Sun Nov 23	#7	$1.29M	-40%	-50%	$46.27M	2,822	$456	17
Mon Nov 24	#7	$336K	-74%	-44%	$46.60M	2,822	$119	18
Tue Nov 25	#7	$458K	+36%	-34%	$47.06M	2,822	$162	19
Wed Nov 26	#8	$510K	+11%	-7%	$47.57M	2,397	$213	20
Thu Nov 27	#8	$650K	+27%	+24%	$48.22M	2,397	$271	21
Fri Nov 28	#10	$1.13M	+73%	-18%	$49.35M	2,397	$469	22
Sat Nov 29	#10	$1.09M	-3%	-49%	$50.44M	2,397	$455	23
Sun Nov 30	#10	$546K	-50%	-58%	$51.01M	2,397	$228	24
Mon Dec 1	#8	$152K	-72%	-55%	$51.16M	2,397	$64	25
Tue Dec 2	#8	$184K	+21%	-60%	$51.34M	2,397	$77	26
Wed Dec 3	#8	$156K	-15%	-69%	$51.50M	2,397	$65	27
Thu Dec 4	#8	$162K	+4%	-75%	$51.66M	2,397	$68	28
Fri Dec 5	#9	$345K	+113%	-69%	$52.01M	1,854	$186	29
Sat Dec 6	#9	$581K	+68%	-47%	$52.59M	1,854	$313	30
Sun Dec 7	#8	$339K	-42%	-38%	$52.93M	1,854	$183	31
Mon Dec 8	#8	$109K	-68%	-29%	$53.03M	1,854	$59	32
Tue Dec 9	#8	$136K	+25%	-26%	$53.17M	1,854	$73	33
Wed Dec 10	#8	$108K	-20%	-31%	$53.28M	1,854	$58	34
Thu Dec 11	#8	$110K	+2%	-32%	$53.39M	1,854	$60	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 7-9	1	$22.06M	—	$22.06M	2,971	$7.4K	1
Nov 14-16	2	$10.03M	-54.5%	$39.19M	2,971	$3.4K	2
Nov 21-23	7	$4.71M	-53.1%	$46.27M	2,822	$1.7K	3
Nov 28-30	10	$2.75M	-41.5%	$51.01M	2,397	$1.1K	4
Dec 5-7	10	$1.27M	-54.1%	$52.93M	1,854	$682	5
Dec 12-14	17	$403K	-68.1%	$53.79M	761	$530	6
Dec 19-21	31	$107K	-73.4%	$54.10M	265	$405	7
Dec 26-28	53	$33K	-69.5%	$54.19M	124	$264	8
Jan 2-4	52	$31K	-5.4%	$54.25M	117	$265	9
Jan 9-11	53	$20K	-33.8%	$54.28M	92	$223	10
Jan 16-18	58	$24K	+15.0%	$54.31M	67	$352	11
Jan 23-25	60	$15K	-38.4%	$54.33M	43	$337	12
Feb 6-8	34	$171K	—	$54.53M	510	$335	14
Feb 13-15	50	$81K	-52.9%	$54.63M	330	$244	15
Feb 20-22	55	$49K	-39.1%	$54.70M	123	$399	16

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPaul Verhoeven

ScreenplayEdward Neumeier

Based onthe novel by Robert A. Heinlein

Produced byJon Davison, Alan Marshall

CinematographyJost Vacano

Music byBasil Poledouris

StarringCasper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Ironside

StudioTriStar Pictures

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