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The Man in the Iron MaskFollow

1998 • PG-13 • 2h 12m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

For the honor of a king. And the destiny of a country. All for one.

🍅 32% 55%

49

3.16

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$57.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$183.00M

$126.00M international

Domestic legs3.3x

Budget$35M

1998 rank#33

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Cast & crew

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons Starring

John Malkovich

John Malkovich Starring

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu Starring

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne Starring

ScreenplayRandall Wallace Produced byRandall Wallace, Russell Smith CinematographyPeter Suschitzky Music byNick Glennie-Smith StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 13-15 2 $17.3M — 3,101 $5,570 $17.3M

2 Mar 20-22 3 $11.1M −35.9% 3,101 $3,572 $34.5M

3 Mar 27-29 4 $6.3M −42.8% 3,101 $2,043 $43.7M

4 Apr 3-5 7 $3.5M −44.6% 2,504 $1,401 $49.0M

5 Apr 10-12 13 $1.6M −54.3% 1,658 $966 $52.2M

6 Apr 17-19 17 $969.7K −39.5% 1,037 $935 $54.0M

7 Apr 24-26 22 $557.0K −42.6% 759 $734 $54.9M

8 May 1-3 24 $361.8K −35.1% 527 $686 $55.4M

9 May 8-10 26 $251.0K −30.6% 411 $611 $55.8M

10 May 15-17 30 $156.3K −37.7% 312 $501 $56.0M

11 May 22-24 29 $173.6K +11.1% 271 $641 $56.3M

12 May 29-31 35 $93.9K −45.9% 178 $528 $56.4M

13 Jun 5-7 37 $88.2K −6.1% 178 $496 $56.6M

14 Jun 12-14 40 $73.3K −17.0% 137 $535 $56.7M

15 Jun 19-21 46 $43.3K −40.9% 107 $405 $56.8M

16 Jun 26-28 49 $32.2K −25.7% 69 $466 $56.8M

17 Jul 3-5 55 $23.4K −27.3% 49 $478 $56.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 13 #1 $5.8M — $5.8M 3,101 $1,867 1

Sat Mar 14 #2 $7.0M +21% $12.8M 3,101 $2,259 2

Sun Mar 15 #2 $4.5M −36% $17.3M 3,101 $1,454 3

Mon Mar 16 #1 $1.5M −68% $18.7M 3,101 $472 4

Tue Mar 17 #1 $1.7M +14% $20.4M 3,101 $539 5

Wed Mar 18 #1 $1.5M −11% $21.9M 3,101 $478 6

Thu Mar 19 #2 $1.5M +2% $23.4M 3,101 $489 7

Fri Mar 20 #3 $3.4M +122% −42% $26.8M 3,101 $1,085 8

Sat Mar 21 #3 $4.8M +42% −32% $31.5M 3,101 $1,537 9

Sun Mar 22 #3 $2.9M −40% −36% $34.5M 3,101 $924 10

Mon Mar 23 #4 $588.1K −79% −60% $35.1M 3,101 $190 11

Tue Mar 24 #4 $830.0K +41% −50% $35.9M 3,101 $268 12

Wed Mar 25 #3 $704.9K −15% −52% $36.6M 3,101 $227 13

Thu Mar 26 #3 $721.2K +2% −52% $37.3M 3,101 $233 14

Fri Mar 27 #5 $1.9M +163% −44% $39.2M 3,101 $613 15

Sat Mar 28 #4 $2.8M +46% −42% $42.0M 3,101 $896 16

Sun Mar 29 #4 $1.6M −43% −45% $43.7M 3,101 $509 17

Mon Mar 30 #4 $403.7K −74% −31% $44.1M 3,101 $130 18

Tue Mar 31 #4 $558.1K +38% −33% $44.6M 3,101 $180 19

Wed Apr 1 #4 $465.1K −17% −34% $45.1M 3,101 $150 20

Thu Apr 2 #4 $460.0K −1% −36% $45.5M 3,101 $148 21

Fri Apr 3 #8 $1.0M +123% −46% $46.6M 2,504 $409 22

Sat Apr 4 #7 $1.5M +51% −44% $48.1M 2,504 $617 23

Sun Apr 5 #8 $833.0K −46% −47% $49.0M 2,504 $333 24

Mon Apr 6 #6 $307.6K −63% −24% $49.4M 2,504 $123 25

Tue Apr 7 #5 $398.8K +30% −29% $49.8M 2,504 $159 26

Wed Apr 8 #6 $367.1K −8% −21% $50.1M 2,504 $147 27

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

Cumulative total$50.1M

Mar 13Mar 20Mar 26Apr 2Apr 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $156.3K

$17.3M

$11.1M

$6.3M

$3.5M

$1.6M

$969.7K

$557.0K

$361.8K

$251.0K

$156.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,101 → 2,504 −19.3%

3,101 open2,504 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.7%

−35.9%

W1→2

−42.8%

W2→3

−44.6%

W3→4

−54.3%

W4→5

−39.5%

W5→6

−42.6%

W6→7

−35.1%

W7→8

−30.6%

W8→9

−37.7%

W9→10

Steepest −54.3%Best hold −30.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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