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1999 • R • 2h 16m • Action, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

Believe the unbelievable.

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4.18

8.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$180.40M

All releases

Worldwide total

$472.40M

$292.00M international

Domestic legs6.17x

Budget$63.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Wachowski filmography

Lana Wachowski

Lana Wachowski Director

Lilly Wachowski

Lilly Wachowski Director

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves Starring

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne Starring

Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss Starring

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving Starring

ScreenplayLana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Produced byJoel Silver CinematographyBill Pope MusicDon Davis StudioWarner Bros. SeriesThe Matrix

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 2-4 1 $27.8M — 2,849 $9,753 $37.4M

2 Apr 9-11 1 $22.6M −18.8% 2,903 $7,772 $73.3M

3 Apr 16-18 2 $17.9M −20.5% 2,903 $6,180 $98.9M

4 Apr 23-25 1 $12.6M −29.5% 2,903 $4,355 $117.1M

5 Apr 30-May 2 2 $8.7M −31.1% 2,903 $3,002 $129.7M

6 May 7-9 3 $5.9M −32.5% 2,860 $2,056 $138.5M

7 May 14-16 3 $4.5M −22.7% 2,715 $1,675 $145.1M

8 May 21-23 4 $2.9M −36.8% 2,521 $1,140 $149.5M

9 May 28-30 5 $2.9M +0.8% 2,102 $1,379 $153.8M

10 Jun 4-6 6 $2.5M −15.4% 2,045 $1,199 $158.3M

11 Jun 11-13 7 $2.1M −15.6% 1,907 $1,085 $161.6M

12 Jun 18-20 9 $1.3M −36.4% 1,365 $963 $163.9M

13 Jun 25-27 10 $1.0M −23.1% 1,139 $888 $165.7M

14 Jul 2-4 16 $475.6K −53.0% 747 $636 $166.7M

15 Jul 9-11 16 $510.4K +7.3% 527 $968 $167.5M

16 Jul 16-18 28 $224.6K −56.0% 282 $796 $167.9M

17 Jul 23-25 31 $182.8K −18.6% 142 $1,287 $168.2M

18 Jul 30-Aug 1 22 $612.4K +235.0% 687 $891 $168.9M

19 Aug 6-8 24 $400.4K −34.6% 455 $880 $169.7M

20 Aug 13-15 24 $420.3K +5.0% 412 $1,020 $170.4M

21 Aug 20-22 32 $211.9K −49.6% 256 $827 $170.8M

22 Aug 27-29 45 $112.8K −46.8% 205 $550 $171.1M

23 Sep 3-5 45 $104.6K −7.3% 192 $544 $171.2M

24 Sep 10-12 53 $62.5K −40.3% 154 $405 $171.3M

25 Sep 17-19 58 $42.8K −31.5% 105 $407 $171.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Mar 31 #1 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,704 $1,776 1

Thu Apr 1 #1 $4.8M −1% $9.6M 2,704 $1,766 2

Fri Apr 2 #1 $9.6M +102% $19.2M 2,849 $3,380 3

Sat Apr 3 #1 $10.7M +11% $29.9M 2,849 $3,764 4

Sun Apr 4 #1 $7.9M −27% $37.4M 2,849 $2,762 5

Mon Apr 5 #1 $3.9M −51% $41.2M 2,849 $1,352 6

Tue Apr 6 #1 $3.4M −11% $44.6M 2,849 $1,205 7

Wed Apr 7 #1 $3.1M −11% −36% $47.7M 2,849 $1,072 8

Thu Apr 8 #1 $3.1M — −36% $50.7M 2,849 $1,073 9

Fri Apr 9 #1 $6.7M +120% −30% $57.5M 2,903 $2,313 10

Sat Apr 10 #1 $9.5M +41% −12% $66.9M 2,903 $3,257 11

Sun Apr 11 #1 $6.4M −32% −18% $73.3M 2,903 $2,216 12

Mon Apr 12 #1 $2.0M −69% −48% $75.3M 2,903 $692 13

Tue Apr 13 #1 $2.0M +1% −41% $77.3M 2,903 $699 14

Wed Apr 14 #1 $1.8M −13% −42% $79.1M 2,908 $609 15

Thu Apr 15 #1 $1.9M +7% −38% $81.0M 2,903 $650 16

Fri Apr 16 #2 $5.2M +177% −22% $86.2M 2,903 $1,798 17

Sat Apr 17 #2 $7.8M +50% −17% $94.1M 2,903 $2,697 18

Sun Apr 18 #2 $4.9M −38% −24% $98.9M 2,903 $1,680 19

Mon Apr 19 #2 $1.4M −71% −30% $100.4M 2,903 $484 20

Tue Apr 20 #1 $1.5M +7% −26% $101.9M 2,903 $519 21

Wed Apr 21 #1 $1.3M −16% −29% $103.1M 2,903 $436 22

Thu Apr 22 #1 $1.3M +4% −30% $104.4M 2,903 $454 23

Fri Apr 23 #1 $3.7M +183% −28% $108.2M 2,903 $1,287 24

Sat Apr 24 #1 $5.7M +51% −28% $113.8M 2,903 $1,946 25

Sun Apr 25 #1 $3.3M −42% −33% $117.1M 2,903 $1,133 26

Mon Apr 26 #1 $946.8K −71% −33% $118.0M 2,903 $326 27

Tue Apr 27 #1 $1.1M +18% −26% $119.1M 2,903 $384 28

Wed Apr 28 #1 $927.2K −17% −27% $120.1M 2,903 $319 29

Thu Apr 29 #1 $927.7K — −30% $121.0M 2,903 $320 30

Fri Apr 30 #2 $2.5M +170% −33% $123.5M 2,903 $863 31

Sat May 1 #2 $4.0M +62% −28% $127.6M 2,903 $1,395 32

Sun May 2 #2 $2.3M −44% −30% $129.7M 2,903 $788 33

Mon May 3 #2 $717.3K −69% −24% $130.4M 2,903 $247 34

Tue May 4 #2 $820.7K +14% −26% $131.3M 2,903 $283 35

Wed May 5 #2 $639.8K −22% −31% $131.9M 2,903 $220 36

Thu May 6 #2 $731.0K +14% −21% $132.6M 2,903 $252 37

Fri May 7 #3 $1.8M +142% −29% $134.4M 2,860 $619 38

Sat May 8 #3 $2.7M +51% −34% $137.1M 2,860 $934 39

Sun May 9 #3 $1.5M −44% −34% $138.5M 2,860 $526 40

Mon May 10 #3 $504.8K −66% −30% $139.0M 2,860 $177 41

Tue May 11 #3 $572.7K +13% −30% $139.6M 2,860 $200 42

Wed May 12 #3 $503.0K −12% −21% $140.1M 2,860 $176 43

Thu May 13 #3 $504.0K — −31% $140.6M 2,860 $176 44

Fri May 14 #5 $1.3M +152% −28% $141.9M 2,714 $468 45

Sat May 15 #3 $2.1M +63% −23% $143.9M 2,715 $761 46

Sun May 16 #4 $1.2M −41% −19% $145.1M 2,715 $447 47

Mon May 17 #3 $447.3K −63% −11% $145.6M 2,715 $165 48

Tue May 18 #3 $451.8K +1% −21% $146.0M 2,715 $166 49

Wed May 19 #4 $304.1K −33% −40% $146.3M 2,715 $112 50

Thu May 20 #5 $290.3K −5% −42% $146.6M 2,715 $107 51

Fri May 21 #5 $780.0K +169% −39% $147.4M 2,521 $309 52

Sat May 22 #4 $1.2M +50% −43% $148.6M 2,521 $464 53

Sun May 23 #4 $907.0K −22% −25% $149.5M 2,521 $360 54

Mon May 24 #4 $408.6K −55% −9% $149.9M 2,521 $162 55

Tue May 25 #4 $345.4K −15% −24% $150.3M 2,521 $137 56

Wed May 26 #4 $334.0K −3% +10% $150.6M 2,521 $132 57

Thu May 27 #4 $339.4K +2% +17% $150.9M 2,521 $135 58

Fri May 28 #6 $610.0K +80% −22% $151.5M 2,102 $290 59

Sat May 29 #6 $1.0M +66% −14% $152.6M 2,102 $480 60

Sun May 30 #6 $910.0K −10% $153.5M 2,102 $433 61

Mon May 31 #6 $930.5K +2% +128% $154.8M 2,102 $443 62

Tue Jun 1 #6 $360.6K −61% +4% $155.1M 2,102 $172 63

Wed Jun 2 #6 $339.0K −6% +1% $155.5M 2,102 $161 64

Thu Jun 3 #6 $343.0K +1% +1% $155.8M 2,102 $163 65

Fri Jun 4 #6 $660.0K +92% +8% $156.5M 2,045 $323 66

Sat Jun 5 #6 $1.0M +54% +1% $157.5M 2,045 $498 67

Sun Jun 6 #6 $715.0K −30% −21% $158.2M 2,045 $350 68

Mon Jun 7 #6 $307.2K −57% −67% $158.6M 2,045 $150 69

Tue Jun 8 #6 $342.3K +11% −5% $158.9M 2,045 $167 70

Wed Jun 9 #6 $302.4K −12% −11% $159.2M 2,045 $148 71

Thu Jun 10 #7 $285.1K −6% −17% $159.5M 2,045 $139 72

Fri Jun 11 #7 $605.0K +112% −8% $160.1M 1,907 $317 73

Sat Jun 12 #7 $875.0K +45% −14% $161.0M 1,907 $459 74

Sun Jun 13 #7 $625.0K −29% −13% $161.4M 1,907 $328 75

Mon Jun 14 #7 $243.2K −61% −21% $161.6M 1,907 $128 76

Tue Jun 15 #7 $263.6K +8% −23% $162.1M 1,907 $138 77

Wed Jun 16 #7 $242.1K −8% −20% $162.3M 1,907 $127 78

Thu Jun 17 #7 $236.8K −2% −17% $162.6M 1,907 $124 79

Fri Jun 18 #8 $375.0K +58% −38% $163.0M 1,365 $275 80

Sat Jun 19 #8 $555.0K +48% −37% $163.5M 1,365 $407 81

Sun Jun 20 #8 $432.0K −22% −31% $163.9M 1,365 $316 82

Mon Jun 21 #8 $198.6K −54% −18% $164.1M 1,365 $146 83

Tue Jun 22 #8 $212.9K +7% −19% $164.3M 1,365 $156 84

Wed Jun 23 #8 $182.5K −14% −25% $164.5M 1,365 $134 85

Thu Jun 24 #8 $213.6K +17% −10% $164.7M 1,365 $157 86

Fri Jun 25 #10 $265.0K +24% −29% $164.9M 1,139 $233 87

Sat Jun 26 #10 $425.0K +60% −23% $165.4M 1,139 $373 88

Sun Jun 27 #10 $324.0K −24% −25% $165.7M 1,139 $284 89

Mon Jun 28 #10 $128.6K −60% −35% $165.8M 1,139 $113 90

Tue Jun 29 #10 $144.0K +12% −32% $166.0M 1,139 $126 91

Wed Jun 30 #12 $98.5K −32% −46% $166.1M 1,139 $86 92

Thu Jul 1 #12 $117.1K +19% −45% $166.2M 1,139 $103 93

Mon Jul 5 #16 $132.6K — +3% $166.8M 747 $178 97

Tue Jul 6 #14 $79.9K −40% −45% $166.9M 747 $107 98

Wed Jul 7 #15 $65.8K −18% −33% $166.9M 747 $88 99

Thu Jul 8 #15 $64.0K −3% −45% $167.0M 747 $86 100

Sun Jul 11 #15 $142.0K — $167.5M 527 $269 103

Mon Jul 12 #17 $44.9K −68% −66% $167.6M 527 $85 104

Wed Jul 14 #18 $41.8K — −36% $167.6M 527 $79 106

Thu Jul 15 #18 $46.5K +11% −27% $167.7M 527 $88 107

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

Cumulative total$158.9M

Mar 31Apr 17May 5May 22Jun 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.5M

$27.8M

$22.6M

$17.9M

$12.6M

$8.7M

$5.9M

$4.5M

$2.9M

$2.9M

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,908 → 2,045 −29.7%

2,704 open2,045 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.4%

−18.8%

W1→2

−20.5%

W2→3

−29.5%

W3→4

−31.1%

W4→5

−32.5%

W5→6

−22.7%

W6→7

−36.8%

W7→8

+0.8%

W8→9

−15.4%

W9→10

Steepest −36.8%Biggest gain +0.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 20 days

$100M

Day 20

Apr 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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