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The Day After TomorrowFollow

2004 • PG-13 • 2h 4m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

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3.03

6.5

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$68.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$187.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$553.00M

$366.00M international

Domestic legs2.72x

Budget$125M

2004 rank#7

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Cast & crew

Full Emmerich filmography

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich Director

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid Starring

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Ian Holm

Ian Holm Starring

Emmy Rossum

Emmy Rossum Starring

Dash Mihok

Dash Mihok Starring

ScreenplayRoland Emmerich, Jeffrey Nachmanoff Produced byMark Gordon, Roland Emmerich CinematographyUeli Steiger MusicHarald Kloser Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 28-30 2 $68.7M — 3,425 $20,071 $68.7M

2 Jun 4-6 3 $27.9M −59.5% 3,444 $8,092 $128.5M

3 Jun 11-13 6 $14.5M −47.8% 3,210 $4,529 $153.1M

4 Jun 18-20 8 $8.1M −44.3% 2,667 $3,038 $167.3M

5 Jun 25-27 11 $4.8M −41.3% 2,212 $2,149 $175.6M

6 Jul 2-4 12 $2.0M −57.2% 1,518 $1,339 $179.5M

7 Jul 9-11 16 $1.1M −47.0% 728 $1,481 $182.1M

8 Jul 16-18 18 $617.2K −42.8% 487 $1,267 $183.3M

9 Jul 23-25 21 $464.1K −24.8% 374 $1,240 $184.1M

10 Jul 30-Aug 1 26 $294.5K −36.6% 296 $994 $184.7M

11 Aug 6-8 25 $323.7K +9.9% 298 $1,086 $185.2M

12 Aug 13-15 28 $230.2K −28.9% 263 $875 $185.7M

13 Aug 20-22 33 $207.2K −10.0% 233 $889 $186.0M

14 Aug 27-29 40 $106.8K −48.5% 178 $600 $186.2M

15 Sep 3-5 43 $97.0K −9.2% 129 $752 $186.3M

16 Sep 17-19 47 $87.2K −10.1% 184 $473 $186.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 28 #1 $24.7M — $24.7M 3,425 $7,211 1

Sat May 29 #2 $23.8M −4% $47.3M 3,425 $6,945 2

Sun May 30 #2 $21.4M −10% $68.7M 3,425 $6,262 3

Mon May 31 #2 $17.1M −20% $85.8M 3,425 $4,982 4

Tue Jun 1 #1 $5.8M −66% $91.7M 3,425 $1,707 5

Wed Jun 2 #2 $4.8M −18% $96.5M 3,425 $1,404 6

Thu Jun 3 #2 $4.1M −14% $100.6M 3,425 $1,209 7

Fri Jun 4 #3 $8.4M +103% −66% $109.0M 3,444 $2,439 8

Sat Jun 5 #3 $11.3M +34% −53% $120.4M 3,444 $3,277 9

Sun Jun 6 #3 $8.0M −29% −62% $128.5M 3,444 $2,335 10

Mon Jun 7 #3 $2.6M −68% −85% $131.1M 3,444 $755 11

Tue Jun 8 #3 $2.5M −4% −57% $133.6M 3,444 $726 12

Wed Jun 9 #3 $2.5M +1% −48% $136.1M 3,444 $731 13

Thu Jun 10 #3 $2.5M −1% −40% $138.6M 3,444 $727 14

Fri Jun 11 #6 $4.6M +84% −45% $143.2M 3,210 $1,433 15

Sat Jun 12 #6 $6.0M +30% −47% $149.3M 3,210 $1,868 16

Sun Jun 13 #6 $3.9M −35% −52% $153.1M 3,210 $1,206 17

Mon Jun 14 #6 $2.0M −49% −24% $154.8M 3,210 $615 18

Tue Jun 15 #6 $1.5M −24% −40% $156.3M 3,210 $469 19

Wed Jun 16 #6 $1.4M −5% −43% $157.8M 3,077 $466 20

Thu Jun 17 #6 $1.4M +1% −42% $159.2M 3,077 $469 21

Fri Jun 18 #8 $2.3M +59% −50% $161.5M 2,667 $862 22

Sat Jun 19 #8 $3.3M +42% −46% $164.8M 2,667 $1,225 23

Sun Jun 20 #8 $2.5M −24% −36% $167.3M 2,667 $928 24

Mon Jun 21 #8 $965.0K −61% −51% $168.3M 2,667 $361 25

Tue Jun 22 #8 $1.0M +5% −32% $169.3M 2,667 $381 26

Wed Jun 23 #10 $775.0K −24% −46% $170.1M 2,667 $290 27

Thu Jun 24 #10 $803.0K +4% −44% $170.9M 2,667 $301 28

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

Cumulative total$170.9M

May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 17Jun 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $294.5K

$68.7M

$27.9M

$14.5M

$8.1M

$4.8M

$2.0M

$1.1M

$617.2K

$464.1K

$294.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,444 → 2,667 −22.6%

3,425 open2,667 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.6%

−59.5%

W1→2

−47.8%

W2→3

−44.3%

W3→4

−41.3%

W4→5

−57.2%

W5→6

−47.0%

W6→7

−42.8%

W7→8

−24.8%

W8→9

−36.6%

W9→10

Steepest −59.5%Best hold −24.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 7 days

$100M

Day 7

Jun 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#3 Biggest openings not at #1All-time $68.7M #14 Biggest Memorial Day openingsAll-time $85.8M #14 Biggest grossers never #1All-time $186.7M

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