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The AviatorFollow

2004 • PG-13 • 2h 50m • Biography, Drama • Miramax

Some men dream the future. He built it.

🍅 86% 79%

77

3.75

7.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$858K

Limited · 40 theaters

Domestic total

$103.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$214.00M

$111.00M international

Domestic legs11.9x from $8.6M first wide weekend

Budget$110M

2004 rank#22

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Cast & crew

Full Scorsese filmography

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Starring

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale Starring

John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly Starring

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin Starring

ScreenplayJohn Logan Produced byMichael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King, Charles Evans Jr. CinematographyRobert Richardson MusicHoward Shore StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 17-19 14 $858.0K — 40 $21,450 $858.0K

2 Dec 24-26 4 $8.6M +906% 1,796 $4,805 $10.0M

3 Dec 31-Jan 2 3 $11.4M +32% 1,796 $6,327 $31.5M

4 Jan 7-9 3 $7.5M −34% 1,867 $4,013 $42.8M

5 Jan 14-16 7 $5.1M −33% 1,956 $2,585 $50.2M

6 Jan 21-23 8 $4.8M −4% 2,261 $2,139 $58.0M

7 Jan 28-30 6 $7.6M +56% 2,503 $3,016 $68.2M

8 Feb 4-6 6 $5.4M −28% 2,530 $2,145 $75.9M

9 Feb 11-13 8 $4.7M −14% 2,196 $2,127 $82.3M

10 Feb 18-20 8 $4.2M −11% 1,710 $2,429 $88.1M

11 Feb 25-27 10 $3.7M −10% 1,579 $2,367 $93.6M

12 Mar 4-6 11 $2.3M −38% 1,331 $1,748 $97.0M

13 Mar 11-13 12 $1.4M −42% 1,002 $1,356 $99.1M

14 Mar 18-20 14 $899.1K −34% 718 $1,252 $100.4M

15 Mar 25-27 19 $461.7K −49% 405 $1,140 $101.3M

16 Apr 1-3 25 $246.0K −47% 289 $851 $101.7M

17 Apr 8-10 28 $130.1K −47% 210 $619 $101.9M

18 Apr 15-17 33 $105.3K −19% 173 $608 $102.1M

19 Apr 22-24 29 $149.5K +42% 283 $528 $102.3M

20 Apr 29-May 1 36 $107.4K −28% 224 $479 $102.4M

21 May 6-8 42 $43.1K −60% 138 $312 $102.5M

22 May 13-15 48 $30.1K −30% 95 $317 $102.6M

23 May 20-22 61 $16.4K −46% 58 $282 $102.6M

24 May 27-29 85 $4.4K −73% 13 $338 $102.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 17 #14 $250.0K — $250.0K 40 $6,250 1

Sat Dec 18 #14 $327.0K +31% $579.0K 40 $8,175 2

Sun Dec 19 #14 $279.0K −15% $858.0K 40 $6,975 3

Sat Dec 25 #4 $4.2M — +1,197% $4.2M 1,796 $2,360 9

Sun Dec 26 #4 $4.2M n/c +1,420% $10.0M 1,796 $2,360 10

Mon Dec 27 #4 $3.1M −27% $13.1M 1,796 $1,712 11

Tue Dec 28 #4 $2.9M −7% $15.9M 1,796 $1,590 12

Wed Dec 29 #5 $2.3M −18% $17.5M 1,796 $1,296 13

Thu Dec 30 #5 $2.6M +12% $20.1M 1,796 $1,447 14

Fri Dec 31 #3 $4.2M +62% $24.3M 1,796 $2,338 15

Sat Jan 1 #4 $4.4M +6% +5% $28.5M 1,796 $2,467 16

Sun Jan 2 #3 $3.0M −32% −29% $31.5M 1,796 $1,682 17

Mon Jan 3 #3 $1.3M −56% −57% $32.9M 1,796 $739 18

Tue Jan 4 #2 $965.0K −27% −66% $33.8M 1,796 $537 19

Wed Jan 5 #2 $901.0K −7% −61% $34.7M 1,796 $501 20

Thu Jan 6 #2 $847.0K −6% −67% $35.3M 1,796 $471 21

Fri Jan 7 #3 $2.2M +160% −48% $37.5M 1,796 $1,224 22

Sat Jan 8 #4 $3.3M +50% −26% $40.8M 1,867 $1,767 23

Sun Jan 9 #3 $2.0M −39% −34% $42.8M 1,867 $1,071 24

Mon Jan 10 #3 $639.0K −68% −52% $43.4M 1,867 $342 25

Tue Jan 11 #3 $712.0K +11% −26% $44.1M 1,867 $381 26

Wed Jan 12 #3 $649.0K −9% −28% $44.8M 1,867 $347 27

Thu Jan 13 #3 $591.0K −9% −30% $45.2M 1,867 $316 28

Fri Jan 14 #7 $1.4M +137% −36% $46.6M 1,956 $715 29

Sat Jan 15 #7 $2.1M +50% −36% $48.7M 1,956 $1,073 30

Sun Jan 16 #7 $1.5M −29% −25% $50.2M 1,956 $766 31

Mon Jan 17 #8 $1.3M −14% +102% $51.5M 1,956 $660 32

Tue Jan 18 #4 $660.0K −49% −7% $52.2M 1,956 $337 33

Wed Jan 19 #5 $549.0K −17% −15% $52.7M 1,956 $280 34

Thu Jan 20 #5 $521.0K −5% −12% $53.2M 1,956 $266 35

Fri Jan 21 #9 $1.5M +188% +7% $54.7M 2,261 $663 36

Sat Jan 22 #8 $2.0M +33% −5% $56.7M 2,261 $884 37

Sun Jan 23 #7 $1.3M −35% −13% $58.0M 2,261 $574 38

Mon Jan 24 #6 $472.0K −64% −63% $58.5M 2,261 $208 39

Tue Jan 25 #3 $747.0K +58% +13% $59.2M 2,261 $330 40

Wed Jan 26 #1 $851.0K +14% +55% $60.1M 2,261 $376 41

Thu Jan 27 #3 $773.0K −9% +48% $60.7M 2,261 $341 42

Fri Jan 28 #6 $2.0M +159% +33% $62.7M 2,503 $799 43

Sat Jan 29 #6 $3.4M +70% +70% $66.1M 2,503 $1,358 44

Sun Jan 30 #5 $2.1M −38% +62% $68.2M 2,503 $838 45

Mon Jan 31 #4 $546.0K −74% +16% $68.8M 2,503 $218 46

Tue Feb 1 #3 $600.0K +10% −20% $69.4M 2,503 $239 47

Wed Feb 2 #3 $606.0K +1% −29% $70.0M 2,503 $242 48

Thu Feb 3 #3 $573.0K −5% −26% $70.5M 2,503 $228 49

Fri Feb 4 #6 $1.6M +179% −20% $72.1M 2,530 $632 50

Sat Feb 5 #6 $2.8M +75% −18% $74.9M 2,530 $1,106 51

Sun Feb 6 #7 $1.0M −64% −52% $75.9M 2,530 $395 52

Mon Feb 7 #6 $461.0K −54% −16% $76.4M 2,530 $182 53

Tue Feb 8 #5 $484.0K +5% −19% $76.8M 2,530 $191 54

Wed Feb 9 #5 $428.0K −12% −29% $77.3M 2,530 $169 55

Thu Feb 10 #5 $465.0K +9% −19% $77.7M 2,530 $183 56

Fri Feb 11 #7 $1.3M +180% −19% $79.0M 2,196 $591 57

Sat Feb 12 #9 $2.1M +62% −25% $81.1M 2,196 $956 58

Sun Feb 13 #8 $1.2M −43% +20% $82.3M 2,196 $546 59

Mon Feb 14 #7 $664.0K −45% +44% $83.0M 2,196 $302 60

Tue Feb 15 #6 $356.0K −46% −26% $83.3M 2,196 $162 61

Wed Feb 16 #5 $355.0K n/c −17% $83.7M 2,196 $161 62

Thu Feb 17 #6 $355.0K n/c −24% $84.0M 2,196 $161 63

Fri Feb 18 #9 $1.0M +182% −23% $85.0M 1,710 $584 64

Sat Feb 19 #9 $1.8M +80% −14% $86.8M 1,710 $1,052 65

Sun Feb 20 #9 $1.3M −28% +8% $88.1M 1,710 $760 66

Mon Feb 21 #8 $769.4K −41% +16% $88.9M 1,710 $449 67

Tue Feb 22 #8 $332.0K −57% −7% $89.2M 1,710 $194 68

Wed Feb 23 #7 $342.0K +3% −4% $89.6M 1,710 $200 69

Thu Feb 24 #9 $291.0K −15% −18% $89.9M 1,710 $170 70

Fri Feb 25 #9 $1.0M +244% n/c $90.9M 1,579 $633 71

Sat Feb 26 #8 $1.9M +90% +6% $92.8M 1,579 $1,203 72

Sun Feb 27 #10 $900.0K −53% −31% $93.6M 1,579 $569 73

Mon Feb 28 #8 $263.0K −71% −66% $93.9M 1,579 $166 74

Tue Mar 1 #8 $279.0K +6% −16% $94.2M 1,579 $176 75

Wed Mar 2 #8 $264.0K −5% −23% $94.5M 1,579 $167 76

Thu Mar 3 #8 $264.0K n/c −9% $94.7M 1,579 $167 77

Tue Mar 8 #10 $179.0K — −36% $97.4M 1,331 $134 82

Mon May 30 #67 $1.2K — $102.6M 13 $95 165

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

Cumulative total$89.9M

Dec 17Jan 7Jan 23Feb 8Feb 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.2M

$858.0K

$8.6M

$11.4M

$7.5M

$5.1M

$4.8M

$7.6M

$5.4M

$4.7M

$4.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,530 → 1,710 −32.4%

40 open1,710 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11%

+906%

W1→2

+32%

W2→3

−34%

W3→4

−33%

W4→5

−4%

W5→6

+56%

W6→7

−28%

W7→8

−14%

W8→9

−11%

W9→10

Steepest −34%Biggest gain +906%

Run milestones

$100M in 165 days

$100M

Day 165

May 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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