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The Iron GiantFollow

1999 • PG • 1h 26m • Animation, Adventure, Family • Warner Bros. Pictures

It came from outer space!

🍅 96% 90%

85

4.29

8.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$23.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$31.70M

$8.20M international

Domestic legs4.1x

Budget$50M

1999 rank#85

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Cast & crew

Full Bird filmography

Brad Bird

Brad Bird Director

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman Starring

Eli Marienthal

Eli Marienthal Starring

Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel Starring

Harry Connick Jr.

Harry Connick Jr. Starring

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston Starring

ScreenplayTim McCanlies Produced byAllison Abbate Music byMichael Kamen StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 6-8 9 $5.7M — 2,179 $2,631 $5.8M

2 Aug 13-15 10 $3.7M −34.6% 2,179 $1,720 $12.5M

3 Aug 20-22 12 $2.3M −38.1% 1,943 $1,194 $16.7M

4 Aug 27-29 18 $1.0M −56.3% 1,302 $780 $18.8M

5 Sep 3-5 18 $1.5M +45.5% 1,289 $1,146 $20.7M

6 Sep 10-12 22 $444.5K −69.9% 1,006 $442 $21.3M

7 Sep 17-19 24 $321.6K −27.7% 681 $472 $21.7M

8 Sep 24-26 25 $241.1K −25.0% 529 $456 $22.0M

9 Oct 1-3 32 $138.9K −42.4% 351 $396 $22.2M

10 Oct 8-10 23 $259.6K +86.9% 634 $410 $22.5M

11 Oct 15-17 30 $147.0K −43.4% 480 $306 $22.7M

12 Oct 22-24 42 $90.2K −38.6% 351 $257 $22.9M

13 Oct 29-31 50 $45.8K −49.2% 273 $168 $22.9M

14 Nov 5-7 46 $78.3K +70.9% 226 $346 $23.0M

15 Nov 12-14 51 $62.8K −19.7% 179 $351 $23.1M

16 Nov 19-21 56 $45.9K −26.9% 144 $319 $23.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 6 #9 $1.7M — $1.7M 2,179 $773 3

Sat Aug 7 #9 $2.1M +26% $3.8M 2,179 $978 4

Sun Aug 8 #8 $2.0M −6% $5.8M 2,179 $917 5

Mon Aug 9 #9 $721.6K −64% $6.5M 2,179 $331 6

Tue Aug 10 #9 $803.3K +11% $7.3M 2,179 $369 7

Wed Aug 11 #8 $809.9K +1% $8.1M 2,179 $372 8

Thu Aug 12 #8 $713.3K −12% $8.8M 2,179 $327 9

Fri Aug 13 #11 $1.0M +40% −41% $9.8M 2,179 $459 10

Sat Aug 14 #9 $1.5M +54% −28% $11.3M 2,179 $707 11

Sun Aug 15 #9 $1.2M −21% −39% $12.5M 2,179 $555 12

Mon Aug 16 #10 $412.9K −66% −43% $13.0M 2,179 $190 13

Tue Aug 17 #10 $471.2K +14% −41% $13.4M 2,179 $216 14

Wed Aug 18 #10 $469.3K — −42% $13.9M 2,179 $215 15

Thu Aug 19 #10 $437.3K −7% −39% $14.3M 2,179 $201 16

Fri Aug 20 #12 $740.0K +69% −26% $15.1M 1,943 $381 17

Sat Aug 21 #12 $818.0K +11% −47% $15.9M 1,943 $421 18

Sun Aug 22 #12 $762.0K −7% −37% $16.7M 1,943 $392 19

Mon Aug 23 #13 $274.2K −64% −34% $16.9M 1,943 $141 20

Tue Aug 24 #14 $285.5K +4% −39% $17.2M 1,943 $147 21

Wed Aug 25 #14 $273.8K −4% −42% $17.5M 1,943 $141 22

Thu Aug 26 #13 $309.7K +13% −29% $17.8M 1,943 $159 23

Fri Aug 27 #17 $309.0K — −58% $18.1M 1,303 $237 24

Sat Aug 28 #17 $484.0K +57% −41% $18.6M 1,303 $371 25

Sun Aug 29 #17 $357.0K −26% −53% $18.8M 1,302 $274 26

Mon Aug 30 #17 $135.1K −62% −51% $19.0M 1,302 $104 27

Tue Aug 31 #17 $124.8K −8% −56% $19.1M 1,302 $96 28

Mon Sep 6 #15 $517.6K — +283% $20.7M 1,289 $402 34

Tue Sep 7 #18 $66.2K −87% −47% $20.8M 1,289 $51 35

Wed Sep 8 #20 $38.8K −41% $20.8M 1,289 $30 36

Sun Sep 12 #18 $178.0K — $21.3M 1,006 $177 40

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

Cumulative total$21.3M

Aug 6Aug 13Aug 21Aug 28Sep 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $259.6K

$5.7M

$3.7M

$2.3M

$1.0M

$1.5M

$444.5K

$321.6K

$241.1K

$138.9K

$259.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,179 → 1,006 −53.8%

2,179 open1,006 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +86.9%

−34.6%

W1→2

−38.1%

W2→3

−56.3%

W3→4

+45.5%

W4→5

−69.9%

W5→6

−27.7%

W6→7

−25.0%

W7→8

−42.4%

W8→9

+86.9%

W9→10

Steepest −69.9%Biggest gain +86.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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