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Terminator 2: Judgment DayFollow

1991 • R • 2h 17m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • TriStar Pictures

It's nothing personal.

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75

4.29

8.6

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$31.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$206.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$517.90M

$311.90M international

Domestic legs6.48x

Budget$102M

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Cast & crew

Full Cameron filmography

James Cameron

James Cameron Director

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring

Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton Starring

Edward Furlong

Edward Furlong Starring

Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick Starring

Joe Morton

Joe Morton Starring

ScreenplayJames Cameron, William Wisher StudioTriStar Pictures SeriesTerminator

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 5-7 1 $31.8M — 2,274 $13,969 $52.3M

2 Jul 12-14 1 $20.7M −34.7% 2,289 $9,060 $90.4M

3 Jul 19-21 1 $14.9M −28.2% 2,349 $6,341 $115.3M

4 Jul 26-28 1 $11.1M −25.8% 2,445 $4,520 $133.6M

5 Aug 2-4 2 $8.6M −22.3% 2,495 $3,442 $147.7M

6 Aug 9-11 3 $6.7M −21.7% 2,389 $2,815 $159.2M

7 Aug 16-18 2 $5.5M −17.6% 2,263 $2,450 $168.4M

8 Aug 23-25 3 $4.1M −26.2% 2,076 $1,970 $175.6M

9 Aug 30-Sep 1 1 $4.5M +9.1% 1,888 $2,362 $182.2M

10 Sep 6-8 2 $3.1M −30.3% 1,800 $1,726 $187.3M

11 Sep 13-15 4 $2.5M −20.1% 1,651 $1,503 $190.7M

12 Sep 20-22 5 $2.1M −16.9% 1,592 $1,296 $193.6M

13 Sep 27-29 7 $1.3M −39.3% 1,312 $955 $195.6M

14 Oct 4-6 11 $1.0M −19.4% 919 $1,099 $197.1M

15 Oct 11-13 1 $664.0K −34.3% 612 $1,085 $198.0M

16 Oct 18-20 14 $566.5K −14.7% 539 $1,051 $198.8M

17 Oct 25-27 16 $650.2K +14.8% 823 $790 $199.7M

18 Nov 1-3 14 $463.8K −28.7% 719 $645 $200.3M

19 Nov 8-10 14 $621.6K +34.0% 592 $1,050 $201.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Jul 2 #1 $2.4M — $2.4M 2,274 $1,055

Wed Jul 3 #1 $9.3M +286% $11.7M 2,274 $4,073 1

Thu Jul 4 #1 $8.9M −4% $20.5M 2,274 $3,905 2

Fri Jul 5 #- $11.2M +26% $31.8M 2,274 $4,937 3

Sat Jul 6 #- $11.2M — $43.0M 2,274 $4,927 4

Sun Jul 7 #- $9.3M −17% $52.3M 2,274 $4,105 5

Mon Jul 8 #- $5.0M −46% $57.4M 2,274 $2,220 6

Tue Jul 9 #- $4.4M −13% $61.7M 2,274 $1,932 7

Wed Jul 10 #- $4.1M −6% −55% $65.9M 2,274 $1,815 8

Thu Jul 11 #- $3.8M −8% −57% $69.7M 2,274 $1,678 9

Fri Jul 12 #- $6.2M +63% −44% $75.9M 2,289 $2,725 10

Sat Jul 13 #- $8.4M +35% −25% $84.3M 2,289 $3,675 11

Sun Jul 14 #- $6.1M −28% −35% $90.4M 2,289 $2,660 12

Mon Jul 15 #- $2.5M −59% −50% $92.9M 2,289 $1,100 13

Tue Jul 16 #- $2.6M +2% −41% $95.5M 2,289 $1,125 14

Wed Jul 17 #- $2.5M −5% −40% $98.0M 2,289 $1,074 15

Thu Jul 18 #- $2.4M −1% −36% $100.4M 2,289 $1,065 16

Fri Jul 19 #- $4.3M +78% −31% $104.7M 2,349 $1,843 17

Sat Jul 20 #- $6.0M +40% −28% $110.8M 2,349 $2,572 18

Sun Jul 21 #- $4.5M −25% −26% $115.3M 2,349 $1,926 19

Mon Jul 22 #- $1.8M −60% −29% $117.1M 2,349 $765 20

Tue Jul 23 #- $2.0M +12% −22% $119.1M 2,349 $855 21

Wed Jul 24 #- $1.7M −18% −33% $120.8M 2,349 $705 22

Thu Jul 25 #- $1.8M +8% −27% $122.6M 2,349 $760 23

Fri Jul 26 #- $3.3M +83% −25% $125.8M 2,445 $1,335 24

Sat Jul 27 #- $4.6M +42% −23% $130.5M 2,445 $1,900 25

Sun Jul 28 #- $3.1M −32% −31% $133.6M 2,445 $1,285 26

Mon Jul 29 #- $1.5M −52% −16% $135.1M 2,445 $615 27

Tue Jul 30 #- $1.6M +9% −18% $136.8M 2,445 $670 28

Wed Jul 31 #- $1.2M −26% −27% $138.0M 2,445 $495 29

Thu Aug 1 #- $1.2M −4% −35% $139.1M 2,445 $475 30

Fri Aug 2 #- $2.4M +108% −26% $141.5M 2,495 $970 31

Sat Aug 3 #- $3.5M +47% −24% $145.1M 2,495 $1,422 32

Sun Aug 4 #- $2.6M −26% −17% $147.7M 2,495 $1,050 33

Mon Aug 5 #- $1.2M −56% −23% $148.9M 2,495 $465 34

Tue Aug 6 #- $1.3M +15% −19% $150.2M 2,495 $535 35

Wed Aug 7 #- $1.1M −18% −9% $151.3M 2,495 $440 36

Thu Aug 8 #- $1.1M +3% −2% $152.4M 2,495 $455 37

Fri Aug 9 #- $2.1M +83% −14% $154.5M 2,389 $870 38

Sat Aug 10 #- $2.8M +33% −22% $157.3M 2,389 $1,160 39

Sun Aug 11 #- $1.9M −32% −28% $159.2M 2,389 $785 40

Mon Aug 12 #- $848.1K −55% −27% $160.0M 2,389 $355 41

Tue Aug 13 #- $1.1M +30% −18% $161.1M 2,389 $460 42

Wed Aug 14 #- $872.0K −21% −21% $162.0M 2,389 $365 43

Thu Aug 15 #- $919.8K +5% −19% $162.9M 2,389 $385 44

Fri Aug 16 #- $1.6M +70% −25% $164.5M 2,263 $690 45

Sat Aug 17 #- $2.3M +48% −17% $166.8M 2,263 $1,020 46

Sun Aug 18 #- $1.7M −27% −11% $168.4M 2,263 $740 47

Mon Aug 19 #- $746.8K −55% −12% $169.2M 2,263 $330 48

Tue Aug 20 #- $916.5K +23% −17% $170.1M 2,263 $405 49

Wed Aug 21 #- $724.2K −21% −17% $170.8M 2,263 $320 50

Thu Aug 22 #- $656.3K −9% −29% $171.5M 2,263 $290 51

Fri Aug 23 #- $1.2M +79% −25% $172.7M 2,076 $565 52

Sat Aug 24 #- $1.8M +50% −24% $174.4M 2,076 $850 53

Sun Aug 25 #- $1.2M −35% −31% $175.6M 2,076 $555 54

Mon Aug 26 #- $508.6K −56% −32% $176.1M 2,076 $245 55

Tue Aug 27 #- $653.9K +29% −29% $176.7M 2,076 $315 56

Wed Aug 28 #- $477.5K −27% −34% $177.2M 2,076 $230 57

Thu Aug 29 #- $498.2K +4% −24% $177.7M 2,076 $240 58

Fri Aug 30 #- $1.1M +125% −4% $178.8M 1,888 $594 59

Sat Aug 31 #- $1.8M +56% −1% $180.6M 1,888 $929 60

Sun Sep 1 #- $1.6M −10% +38% $182.2M 1,888 $839 61

Mon Sep 2 #- $940.6K −41% +85% $183.1M 1,888 $498 62

Tue Sep 3 #- $434.2K −54% −34% $183.6M 1,888 $230 63

Wed Sep 4 #- $300.2K −31% −37% $183.9M 1,888 $159 64

Thu Sep 5 #- $288.9K −4% −42% $184.1M 1,888 $153 65

Fri Sep 6 #- $831.8K +188% −26% $185.0M 1,800 $462 66

Sat Sep 7 #- $1.5M +78% −15% $186.5M 1,800 $824 67

Sun Sep 8 #- $792.0K −47% −50% $187.3M 1,800 $440 68

Mon Sep 9 #- $241.2K −70% −74% $187.5M 1,800 $134 69

Tue Sep 10 #- $322.2K +34% −26% $187.8M 1,800 $179 70

Wed Sep 11 #- $226.8K −30% −24% $188.0M 1,800 $126 71

Thu Sep 12 #- $221.4K −2% −23% $188.3M 1,800 $123 72

Fri Sep 13 #- $665.4K +201% −20% $188.9M 1,651 $403 73

Sat Sep 14 #- $1.2M +77% −20% $190.1M 1,651 $715 74

Sun Sep 15 #- $635.6K −46% −20% $190.7M 1,651 $385 75

Mon Sep 16 #- $161.8K −75% −33% $190.9M 1,651 $98 76

Tue Sep 17 #- $260.9K +61% −19% $191.2M 1,651 $158 77

Wed Sep 18 #- $206.4K −21% −9% $191.4M 1,651 $125 78

Thu Sep 19 #- $186.6K −10% −16% $191.6M 1,651 $113 79

Fri Sep 20 #- $595.4K +219% −11% $192.2M 1,592 $374 80

Sat Sep 21 #- $972.7K +63% −18% $193.1M 1,592 $611 81

Sun Sep 22 #- $495.1K −49% −22% $193.6M 1,592 $311 82

Mon Sep 23 #- $146.5K −70% −9% $193.8M 1,592 $92 83

Tue Sep 24 #- $226.1K +54% −13% $194.0M 1,592 $142 84

Wed Sep 25 #- $167.2K −26% −19% $194.2M 1,592 $105 85

Thu Sep 26 #- $154.4K −8% −17% $194.3M 1,592 $97 86

Fri Sep 27 #- $349.0K +126% −41% $194.7M 1,312 $266 87

Sat Sep 28 #- $595.6K +71% −39% $195.3M 1,312 $454 88

Sun Sep 29 #- $308.3K −48% −38% $195.6M 1,312 $235 89

Mon Sep 30 #- $103.6K −66% −29% $195.7M 1,312 $79 90

Tue Oct 1 #- $143.0K +38% −37% $195.8M 1,312 $109 91

Wed Oct 2 #- $115.5K −19% −31% $195.9M 1,312 $88 92

Thu Oct 3 #- $119.4K +3% −23% $196.1M 1,312 $91 93

Fri Oct 4 #- $270.2K +126% −23% $196.3M 919 $294 94

Sat Oct 5 #- $468.7K +73% −21% $196.8M 919 $510 95

Sun Oct 6 #- $271.1K −42% −12% $197.1M 919 $295 96

Mon Oct 7 #- $69.8K −74% −33% $197.1M 919 $76 97

Tue Oct 8 #- $87.3K +25% −39% $197.2M 919 $95 98

Wed Oct 9 #- $71.7K −18% −38% $197.3M 919 $78 99

Thu Oct 10 #- $80.9K +13% −32% $197.4M 919 $88 100

Fri Oct 11 #- $174.4K +116% −35% $197.5M 612 $285 101

Sat Oct 12 #- $306.0K +75% −35% $197.9M 612 $500 102

Sun Oct 13 #- $183.6K −40% −32% $198.0M 612 $300 103

Mon Oct 14 #- $79.6K −57% +14% $198.1M 612 $130 104

Tue Oct 15 #- $63.6K −20% −27% $198.2M 612 $104 105

Wed Oct 16 #- $53.2K −16% −26% $198.2M 612 $87 106

Thu Oct 17 #- $49.0K −8% −39% $198.3M 612 $80 107

Fri Oct 18 #- $157.9K +223% −9% $198.4M 539 $293 108

Sat Oct 19 #- $267.9K +70% −12% $198.7M 539 $497 109

Sun Oct 20 #- $140.7K −47% −23% $198.8M 539 $261 110

Mon Oct 21 #- $50.7K −64% −36% $198.9M 539 $94 111

Tue Oct 22 #- $62.0K +22% −3% $199.0M 539 $115 112

Wed Oct 23 #- $40.4K −35% −24% $199.0M 539 $75 113

Thu Oct 24 #- $45.8K +13% −6% $199.0M 539 $85 114

Fri Oct 25 #- $181.1K +295% +15% $199.2M 823 $220 115

Sat Oct 26 #- $312.7K +73% +17% $199.5M 823 $380 116

Sun Oct 27 #- $156.4K −50% +11% $199.7M 823 $190 117

Mon Oct 28 #- $40.3K −74% −20% $199.7M 823 $49 118

Tue Oct 29 #- $52.7K +31% −15% $199.8M 823 $64 119

Wed Oct 30 #- $46.1K −13% +14% $199.8M 823 $56 120

Thu Oct 31 #- $47.7K +4% +4% $199.9M 823 $58 121

Fri Nov 1 #- $118.6K +149% −34% $200.0M 719 $165 122

Sat Nov 2 #- $244.5K +106% −22% $200.2M 719 $340 123

Sun Nov 3 #- $100.7K −59% −36% $200.3M 719 $140 124

Mon Nov 4 #- $33.8K −66% −16% $200.4M 719 $47 125

Tue Nov 5 #- $41.7K +23% −21% $200.4M 719 $58 126

Wed Nov 6 #- $38.8K −7% −16% $200.5M 719 $54 127

Thu Nov 7 #- $37.4K −4% −22% $200.5M 719 $52 128

Fri Nov 8 #- $146.2K +291% +23% $200.6M 592 $247 129

Sat Nov 9 #- $271.1K +85% +11% $200.9M 592 $458 130

Sun Nov 10 #- $204.2K −25% +103% $201.1M 592 $345 131

Mon Nov 11 #- $55.6K −73% +65% $201.2M 592 $94 132

Tue Nov 12 #- $32.0K −43% −23% $201.2M 592 $54 133

Wed Nov 13 #- $30.8K −4% −21% $201.2M 592 $52 134

Thu Nov 14 #- $29.6K −4% −21% $201.3M 592 $50 135

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

Cumulative total$187.8M

Jul 2Jul 20Aug 6Aug 24Sep 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.1M

$31.8M

$20.7M

$14.9M

$11.1M

$8.6M

$6.7M

$5.5M

$4.1M

$4.5M

$3.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,495 → 1,800 −27.9%

2,274 open1,800 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.3%

−34.7%

W1→2

−28.2%

W2→3

−25.8%

W3→4

−22.3%

W4→5

−21.7%

W5→6

−17.6%

W6→7

−26.2%

W7→8

+9.1%

W8→9

−30.3%

W9→10

Steepest −34.7%Biggest gain +9.1%

Run milestones

$200M in 122 days

$100M

Day 16

Jul 18

$200M

Day 122

Nov 1

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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