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Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesFollow

2003 • R • 1h 49m • Action, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

The Machines Will Rise.

🍅 70% 46%

66

2.73

6.3

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$44.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$150.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$433.10M

$282.70M international

Domestic legs3.42x

Budget$200M

2003 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring

Nick Stahl

Nick Stahl Starring

Claire Danes

Claire Danes Starring

ScreenplayJohn Brancato, Michael Ferris StudioWarner Bros. SeriesTerminator

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 4-6 1 $44.0M — 3,504 $12,568 $72.4M

2 Jul 11-13 3 $19.5M −55.8% 3,504 $5,558 $110.3M

3 Jul 18-20 4 $9.3M −52.1% 3,404 $2,740 $127.9M

4 Jul 25-27 7 $5.1M −45.7% 2,660 $1,903 $137.5M

5 Aug 1-3 10 $3.0M −41.0% 1,910 $1,563 $142.9M

6 Aug 8-10 10 $1.6M −45.6% 1,275 $1,273 $146.0M

7 Aug 15-17 16 $816.4K −49.7% 633 $1,289 $147.6M

8 Aug 22-24 23 $472.1K −42.2% 411 $1,148 $148.5M

9 Aug 29-31 33 $315.9K −33.1% 303 $1,042 $149.0M

10 Sep 5-7 33 $194.2K −38.5% 208 $933 $149.4M

11 Sep 12-14 43 $100.4K −48.3% 120 $836 $149.5M

12 Sep 19-21 27 $305.5K +204.4% 335 $911 $149.9M

13 Sep 26-28 36 $130.0K −57.5% 281 $462 $150.1M

14 Oct 3-5 49 $68.5K −47.3% 186 $368 $150.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Jul 1 #2 $4.0M — $4.0M 3,355 $1,202 1

Wed Jul 2 #1 $12.4M +208% $16.5M 3,355 $3,706 2

Thu Jul 3 #1 $11.9M −4% $28.4M 3,355 $3,542 3

Fri Jul 4 #1 $13.0M +10% $41.4M 3,355 $3,885 4

Sat Jul 5 #1 $17.7M +36% $59.1M 3,355 $5,287 5

Sun Jul 6 #1 $13.3M −25% $72.4M 3,504 $3,785 6

Mon Jul 7 #1 $5.7M −57% $78.1M 3,504 $1,628 7

Tue Jul 8 #1 $5.0M −12% +25% $83.1M 3,504 $1,437 8

Wed Jul 9 #2 $4.0M −20% −68% $87.1M 3,504 $1,146 9

Thu Jul 10 #2 $3.7M −8% −69% $90.8M 3,504 $1,052 10

Fri Jul 11 #3 $6.1M +65% −53% $96.9M 3,504 $1,740 11

Sat Jul 12 #3 $7.1M +16% −60% $104.0M 3,504 $2,026 12

Sun Jul 13 #3 $5.8M −19% −57% $110.3M 3,504 $1,641 13

Mon Jul 14 #3 $2.2M −62% −62% $112.5M 3,504 $618 14

Tue Jul 15 #3 $2.2M +2% −56% $114.7M 3,504 $630 15

Wed Jul 16 #3 $2.0M −8% −49% $116.7M 3,504 $582 16

Thu Jul 17 #3 $1.8M −10% −50% $118.6M 3,504 $522 17

Fri Jul 18 #5 $2.9M +56% −53% $121.4M 3,404 $838 18

Sat Jul 19 #4 $3.7M +28% −49% $125.1M 3,404 $1,072 19

Sun Jul 20 #4 $2.8M −23% −51% $127.9M 3,404 $828 20

Mon Jul 21 #6 $1.2M −59% −47% $129.0M 3,404 $338 21

Tue Jul 22 #6 $1.2M +7% −44% $130.3M 3,404 $362 22

Wed Jul 23 #6 $1.1M −12% −47% $131.4M 3,404 $319 23

Thu Jul 24 #6 $1.0M −6% −44% $132.4M 3,404 $301 24

Fri Jul 25 #7 $1.4M +37% −51% $133.8M 2,660 $528 25

Sat Jul 26 #6 $2.1M +47% −43% $135.9M 2,660 $776 26

Sun Jul 27 #6 $1.6M −23% −43% $137.5M 2,660 $599 27

Mon Jul 28 #8 $620.0K −61% −46% $138.1M 2,660 $233 28

Tue Jul 29 #9 $638.0K +3% −48% $138.7M 2,660 $239 29

Wed Jul 30 #9 $572.0K −10% −47% $139.3M 2,660 $215 30

Thu Jul 31 #9 $577.0K +1% −44% $139.9M 2,660 $216 31

Fri Aug 1 #10 $829.1K +44% −41% $140.7M 1,910 $434 32

Sat Aug 2 #10 $1.2M +44% −42% $141.9M 1,910 $626 33

Sun Aug 3 #10 $960.3K −20% −40% $142.9M 1,910 $502 34

Mon Aug 4 #10 $414.0K −57% −33% $143.3M 1,910 $216 35

Tue Aug 5 #10 $416.0K n/c −35% $143.7M 1,910 $217 36

Wed Aug 6 #10 $346.0K −17% −40% $144.0M 1,910 $181 37

Thu Aug 7 #10 $333.0K −4% −42% $144.4M 1,760 $189 38

Fri Aug 8 #10 $453.6K +36% −45% $144.8M 1,275 $355 39

Sat Aug 9 #10 $658.2K +45% −45% $145.5M 1,275 $516 40

Sun Aug 10 #10 $512.6K −22% −47% $146.0M 1,275 $402 41

Mon Aug 11 #10 $214.0K −58% −48% $146.2M 1,275 $167 42

Tue Aug 12 #10 $228.0K +7% −45% $146.4M 1,275 $178 43

Wed Aug 13 #10 $193.0K −15% −44% $146.6M 1,275 $151 44

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

Cumulative total$146.6M

Jul 1Jul 12Jul 23Aug 2Aug 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $194.2K

$44.0M

$19.5M

$9.3M

$5.1M

$3.0M

$1.6M

$816.4K

$472.1K

$315.9K

$194.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,504 → 1,275 −63.6%

3,355 open1,275 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.5%

−55.8%

W1→2

−52.1%

W2→3

−45.7%

W3→4

−41.0%

W4→5

−45.6%

W5→6

−49.7%

W6→7

−42.2%

W7→8

−33.1%

W8→9

−38.5%

W9→10

Steepest −55.8%Best hold −33.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 12 days

$100M

Day 12

Jul 12

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

The Terminator 1984 · Cameron $38M Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 · Cameron $206.1M Terminator Salvation 2009 · McG $125.3M Terminator Genisys 2015 · Taylor $89.8M Terminator: Dark Fate 2019 · Miller $62.3M Surrogates 2009 · Mostow $38.6M

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