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2000 • R • 1h 59m • Adventure, Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

Somewhere on this planet it must exist.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$39.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$144.00M

$104.00M international

Domestic legs2.60x

Budget$50.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Boyle filmography

Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton Starring

Paterson Joseph

Paterson Joseph Starring

ScreenplayJohn Hodge Produced byAndrew Macdonald CinematographyDarius Khondji MusicAngelo Badalamenti Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 11-13 2 $15.3M — 2,547 $5,998 $15.3M

2 Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 7 $8.3M −46.0% 2,587 $3,189 $28.7M

3 Feb 25-27 11 $3.7M −55.0% 2,524 $1,471 $34.1M

4 Mar 3-5 17 $1.6M −56.4% 1,484 $1,091 $36.9M

5 Mar 10-12 21 $673.6K −58.4% 713 $944 $38.2M

6 Mar 17-19 28 $332.3K −50.7% 475 $699 $38.8M

7 Mar 24-26 33 $196.6K −40.8% 353 $557 $39.2M

8 Mar 31-Apr 2 34 $140.3K −28.6% 291 $482 $39.4M

9 Apr 7-9 39 $83.1K −40.8% 195 $426 $39.6M

10 Apr 14-16 49 $45.8K −44.9% 102 $448 $39.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 11 #2 $4.7M — $4.7M 2,540 $1,852 1

Sat Feb 12 #3 $6.2M +31% $10.9M 2,540 $2,423 2

Sun Feb 13 #2 $3.9M −36% $15.3M 2,546 $1,542 3

Mon Feb 14 #1 $2.1M −46% $17.4M 2,546 $831 4

Tue Feb 15 #1 $1.2M −42% $18.6M 2,546 $479 5

Wed Feb 16 #1 $962.9K −21% $19.6M 2,546 $378 6

Thu Feb 17 #1 $915.2K −5% $20.5M 2,546 $359 7

Fri Feb 18 #6 $1.9M +102% −61% $22.3M 2,546 $727 8

Sat Feb 19 #7 $2.9M +56% −53% $25.2M 2,580 $1,116 9

Sun Feb 20 #7 $2.4M −15% −38% $27.7M 2,580 $944 10

Mon Feb 21 #7 $1.1M −57% −50% $28.7M 2,587 $405 11

Tue Feb 22 #6 $657.4K −37% −46% $29.4M 2,587 $254 12

Wed Feb 23 #7 $491.2K −25% −49% $29.9M 2,587 $189 13

Thu Feb 24 #7 $502.1K +2% −45% $30.4M 2,587 $194 14

Sun Feb 27 #11 $979.0K — −60% $34.1M 2,524 $387 17

Mon Feb 28 #11 $276.2K −72% −74% $34.4M 2,524 $109 18

Tue Feb 29 #7 $356.5K +29% −46% $34.7M 2,524 $141 19

Wed Mar 1 #10 $277.8K −22% −43% $35.0M 2,524 $110 20

Thu Mar 2 #12 $269.2K −3% −46% $35.3M 2,524 $106 21

Sun Mar 5 #17 $414.0K — −58% $36.9M 1,494 $277 24

Mon Mar 6 #17 $137.9K −67% −50% $37.0M 1,494 $92 25

Tue Mar 7 #16 $184.0K +33% −48% $37.2M 1,494 $123 26

Wed Mar 8 #17 $139.5K −24% −50% $37.4M 1,494 $93 27

Sun Mar 12 #19 $173.0K — −58% $38.2M 713 $242 31

Mon Mar 13 #19 $67.2K −61% −51% $38.3M 713 $94 32

Tue Mar 14 #19 $96.0K +43% −48% $38.3M 713 $134 33

Wed Mar 15 #20 $75.2K −22% −46% $38.5M 713 $105 34

Thu Mar 16 #20 $72.6K −3% $38.5M 713 $101 35

Cumulative total$38.5M

Feb 11Feb 18Feb 27Mar 6Mar 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $45.8K

$15.3M

$8.3M

$3.7M

$1.6M

$673.6K

$332.3K

$196.6K

$140.3K

$83.1K

$45.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,587 → 713 −72.4%

2,540 open713 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.9%

−46.0%

W1→2

−55.0%

W2→3

−56.4%

W3→4

−58.4%

W4→5

−50.7%

W5→6

−40.8%

W6→7

−28.6%

W7→8

−40.8%

W8→9

−44.9%

W9→10

Steepest −58.4%Best hold −28.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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