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The Matrix ReloadedFollow

2003 • R • 2h 18m • Action, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

Free your mind.

🍅 74% 72%

62

3.43

7.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$91.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$281.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$738.60M

$457.00M international

Domestic legs3.07x

Budget$150M

2003 rank#4

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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 May 16-18 1 $91.8M — 3,603 $25,472 $134.3M

2 May 23-25 2 $36.9M −59.8% 3,603 $10,243 $200.8M

3 May 30-Jun 1 4 $15.7M −57.5% 3,453 $4,543 $232.7M

4 Jun 6-8 5 $9.2M −41.4% 3,225 $2,848 $247.8M

5 Jun 13-15 8 $5.7M −37.5% 2,350 $2,445 $257.5M

6 Jun 20-22 10 $3.9M −31.4% 1,850 $2,131 $264.4M

7 Jun 27-29 11 $2.6M −34.7% 1,488 $1,731 $269.0M

8 Jul 4-6 11 $1.6M −39.6% 801 $1,941 $271.9M

9 Jul 11-13 13 $1.1M −28.4% 506 $2,198 $273.9M

10 Jul 18-20 18 $717.5K −35.5% 275 $2,609 $275.3M

11 Jul 25-27 20 $511.3K −28.7% 168 $3,044 $276.2M

12 Aug 1-3 21 $512.3K +0.2% 139 $3,685 $277.1M

13 Aug 8-10 25 $363.3K −29.1% 101 $3,597 $277.8M

14 Aug 15-17 27 $295.3K −18.7% 104 $2,840 $278.3M

15 Aug 22-24 30 $313.9K +6.3% 90 $3,488 $278.8M

16 Aug 29-31 22 $620.9K +97.8% 357 $1,739 $279.6M

17 Sep 5-7 26 $387.4K −37.6% 357 $1,085 $280.3M

18 Sep 12-14 33 $193.2K −50.1% 286 $676 $280.6M

19 Sep 19-21 41 $133.9K −30.7% 196 $683 $280.9M

20 Sep 26-28 38 $117.2K −12.5% 115 $1,019 $281.0M

21 Oct 3-5 44 $95.5K −18.5% 70 $1,364 $281.2M

22 Oct 10-12 47 $78.1K −18.2% 49 $1,594 $281.3M

23 Oct 17-19 42 $65.1K −16.6% 32 $2,035 $281.4M

24 Oct 24-26 48 $54.7K −16% 25 $2,188 $281.5M

25 Oct 31-Nov 2 54 $34.6K −36.7% 22 $1,574 $281.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed May 14 #1 $5.0M — $5.0M 2,750 $1,818 -1

Thu May 15 #1 $37.5M — $42.5M 3,603 $10,410 1

Fri May 16 #1 $31.3M −16.5% $73.8M 3,603 $8,696 2

Sat May 17 #1 $34.4M +9.8% $108.2M 3,603 $9,545 3

Sun May 18 #1 $26.1M −24.2% $134.3M 3,603 $7,231 4

Mon May 19 #1 $10.1M −61.2% $144.4M 3,603 $2,806 5

Tue May 20 #1 $7.5M −25.5% $151.9M 3,603 $2,089 6

Wed May 21 #1 $6.3M −16% $158.2M 3,603 $1,755 7

Thu May 22 #1 $5.6M −11% −85% $163.9M 3,603 $1,562 8

Fri May 23 #2 $10.3M +83.5% −67% $174.2M 3,603 $2,867 9

Sat May 24 #2 $14.4M +39.9% −58% $188.6M 3,603 $4,010 10

Sun May 25 #2 $12.1M −16.1% −53.5% $200.8M 3,603 $3,366 11

Mon May 26 #2 $8.7M −28.2% −13.9% $209.5M 3,603 $2,417 12

Tue May 27 #2 $2.8M −68% −63% $212.3M 3,603 $774 13

Wed May 28 #2 $2.4M −12.7% −61.5% $214.7M 3,603 $676 14

Thu May 29 #2 $2.3M −5.3% −59% $217.0M 3,603 $640 15

Fri May 30 #4 $4.3M +87.2% −58.2% $221.3M 3,453 $1,251 16

Sat May 31 #4 $6.9M +60% −52.2% $228.2M 3,453 $2,002 17

Sun Jun 1 #4 $4.5M −35.6% −63.3% $232.7M 3,453 $1,290 18

Mon Jun 2 #4 $1.5M −66.7% −83% $234.2M 3,453 $429 19

Tue Jun 3 #4 $1.6M +9.2% −42% $235.8M 3,453 $469 20

Wed Jun 4 #4 $1.4M −14.5% −43.2% $237.2M 3,453 $401 21

Thu Jun 5 #4 $1.4M +1.7% −39% $238.6M 3,453 $408 22

Fri Jun 6 #5 $2.6M +82.6% −40.5% $241.2M 3,225 $797 23

Sat Jun 7 #5 $4.0M +55% −42.4% $245.1M 3,225 $1,235 24

Sun Jun 8 #5 $2.6M −33.8% −40.8% $247.8M 3,225 $817 25

Mon Jun 9 #5 $977.2K −62.9% −34.1% $248.8M 3,225 $303 26

Tue Jun 10 #5 $1.0M +5.1% −36.5% $249.8M 3,225 $319 27

Wed Jun 11 #5 $946.4K −7.9% −31.6% $250.7M 3,225 $293 28

Thu Jun 12 #5 $1.0M +6.9% −28.1% $251.7M 3,225 $314 29

Fri Jun 13 #8 $1.5M +52.4% −40% $253.3M 2,350 $656 30

Sat Jun 14 #8 $2.4M +54.2% −40.3% $255.7M 2,350 $1,011 31

Sun Jun 15 #8 $1.8M −23.1% −30.7% $257.5M 2,350 $778 32

Mon Jun 16 #8 $705.2K −61.4% −27.8% $258.2M 2,350 $300 33

Tue Jun 17 #8 $766.2K +8.6% −25.4% $259.0M 2,350 $326 34

Wed Jun 18 #8 $738.4K −3.6% −22% $259.7M 2,350 $314 35

Thu Jun 19 #8 $762.5K +3.3% −24.6% $260.5M 2,350 $324 36

Fri Jun 20 #11 $1.1M +45.1% −28.2% $261.6M 1,850 $598 37

Sat Jun 21 #9 $1.6M +46.9% −31.6% $263.2M 1,850 $879 38

Sun Jun 22 #10 $1.2M −25.5% −33.7% $264.4M 1,850 $654 39

Mon Jun 23 #10 $488.1K −59.7% −30.8% $264.9M 1,850 $264 40

Tue Jun 24 #10 $543.3K +11.3% −29.1% $265.4M 1,850 $294 41

Wed Jun 25 #10 $483.4K −11% −34.5% $265.9M 1,850 $261 42

Thu Jun 26 #10 $488.0K +1% −36% $266.4M 1,850 $264 43

Fri Jun 27 #11 $718.7K +47.3% −35.1% $267.1M 1,488 $483 44

Sat Jun 28 #10 $1.1M +48% −34.6% $268.2M 1,488 $715 45

Sun Jun 29 #10 $793.2K −25.4% −34.5% $269.0M 1,488 $533 46

Mon Jun 30 #10 $429.4K −45.9% −12% $269.4M 1,488 $289 47

Tue Jul 1 #13 $355.4K −17.2% −34.6% $269.8M 1,488 $239 48

Wed Jul 2 #12 $266.1K −25.1% −45% $270.0M 821 $324 49

Thu Jul 3 #12 $351.5K +32.1% −28% $270.4M 821 $428 50

Fri Jul 4 #11 $368.1K +4.7% −48.8% $270.8M 801 $460 51

Sat Jul 5 #11 $729.1K +98.1% −31.4% $271.5M 801 $910 52

Sun Jul 6 #12 $457.2K −37.3% −42.4% $271.9M 801 $571 53

Mon Jul 7 #12 $222.4K −51.3% −48.2% $272.2M 801 $278 54

Tue Jul 8 #12 $244.5K +9.9% −31.2% $272.4M 801 $305 55

Wed Jul 9 #13 $188.2K −23% −29.3% $272.6M 575 $327 56

Thu Jul 10 #13 $201.4K +7% −42.7% $272.8M 575 $350 57

Fri Jul 11 #13 $348.5K +73% −5.3% $273.1M 506 $689 58

Sat Jul 12 #13 $459.7K +31.9% −37% $273.6M 506 $909 59

Sun Jul 13 #14 $304.2K −33.8% −33.5% $273.9M 506 $601 60

Mon Jul 14 #13 $148.3K −51.2% −33.3% $274.1M 506 $293 61

Tue Jul 15 #13 $172.3K +16.1% −29.5% $274.2M 506 $340 62

Wed Jul 16 #13 $169.1K −1.8% −10.1% $274.4M 506 $334 63

Thu Jul 17 #14 $141.7K −16.3% −29.7% $274.5M 506 $280 64

Fri Jul 18 #17 $209.2K +47.7% −40% $274.7M 275 $761 65

Sat Jul 19 #17 $294.4K +40.8% −36% $275.0M 275 $1,071 66

Sun Jul 20 #16 $213.9K −27.4% −29.7% $275.3M 275 $778 67

Mon Jul 21 #16 $109.4K −48.8% −26.2% $275.4M 275 $398 68

Tue Jul 22 #16 $127.2K +16.2% −26.2% $275.5M 275 $463 69

Wed Jul 23 #16 $115.1K −9.5% −31.9% $275.6M 275 $419 70

Thu Jul 24 #16 $114.1K −0.9% −19.4% $275.7M 275 $415 71

Fri Jul 25 #19 $141.5K +24% −32.3% $275.9M 168 $842 72

Sat Jul 26 #18 $226.0K +59.7% −23.2% $276.1M 168 $1,345 73

Sun Jul 27 #20 $143.8K −36.4% −32.8% $276.2M 168 $856 74

Mon Jul 28 #18 $78.2K −45.6% −28.6% $276.3M 168 $465 75

Tue Jul 29 #18 $87.4K +11.9% −31.3% $276.4M 168 $520 76

Wed Jul 30 #18 $83.1K −4.9% −27.8% $276.5M 168 $495 77

Thu Jul 31 #18 $92.2K +11% −19.2% $276.6M 168 $549 78

Fri Aug 1 #21 $149.7K +62.3% +5.8% $276.7M 139 $1,077 79

Sat Aug 2 #20 $211.1K +41% −6.6% $276.9M 139 $1,518 80

Sun Aug 3 #20 $151.5K −28.2% +5.4% $277.1M 139 $1,090 81

Mon Aug 4 #21 $77.3K −49% −1.1% $277.2M 139 $556 82

Tue Aug 5 #21 $86.5K +11.9% −1.1% $277.2M 139 $622 83

Wed Aug 6 #20 $78.2K −9.6% −5.9% $277.3M 139 $563 84

Thu Aug 7 #20 $77.4K −1% −16% $277.4M 139 $557 85

Fri Aug 8 #25 $102.8K +32.8% −31.3% $277.5M 101 $1,018 86

Sat Aug 9 #24 $149.6K +45.5% −29.1% $277.7M 101 $1,481 87

Sun Aug 10 #23 $110.9K −25.9% −26.8% $277.8M 101 $1,098 88

Mon Aug 11 #22 $57.2K −48.4% −26% $277.8M 101 $566 89

Tue Aug 12 #22 $61.4K +7.4% −29% $277.9M 101 $608 90

Wed Aug 13 #22 $54.7K −11% −30.1% $277.9M 101 $541 91

Thu Aug 14 #21 $49.4K −9.7% −36.3% $278.0M 101 $489 92

Fri Aug 15 #26 $79.5K +61% −22.7% $278.1M 104 $764 93

Sat Aug 16 #26 $127.2K +60.1% −14.9% $278.2M 104 $1,223 94

Sun Aug 17 #25 $88.7K −30.3% −20.1% $278.3M 104 $852 95

Mon Aug 18 #23 $51.2K −42.2% −10.5% $278.3M 104 $492 96

Tue Aug 19 #24 $58.6K +14.5% −4.6% $278.4M 104 $564 97

Wed Aug 20 #23 $57.1K −2.7% +4.3% $278.5M 104 $549 98

Thu Aug 21 #23 $55.3K −3.1% +12% $278.5M 104 $531 99

Fri Aug 22 #30 $86.0K +55.6% +8.2% $278.6M 90 $955 100

Sat Aug 23 #30 $133.2K +54.8% +4.7% $278.7M 90 $1,480 101

Sun Aug 24 #28 $94.8K −28.8% +6.9% $278.8M 90 $1,053 102

Mon Aug 25 #27 $48.4K −49% −5.6% $278.9M 90 $537 103

Tue Aug 26 #29 $42.3K −12.6% −27.9% $278.9M 90 $470 104

Wed Aug 27 #29 $39.3K −6.9% −31% $279.0M 90 $437 105

Thu Aug 28 #26 $45.1K +14.5% −18.4% $279.0M 90 $501 106

Fri Aug 29 #23 $141.3K +213.6% +64.3% $279.1M 357 $396 107

Sat Aug 30 #22 $234.4K +65.9% +76% $279.4M 357 $657 108

Sun Aug 31 #21 $245.2K +4.6% +158.7% $279.6M 357 $687 109

Mon Sep 1 #24 $154.2K −37.1% +219% $279.8M 357 $432 110

Tue Sep 2 #21 $67.2K −56.4% +59% $279.8M 357 $188 111

Wed Sep 3 #24 $55.4K −17.6% +40.7% $279.9M 357 $155 112

Thu Sep 4 #24 $50.5K −8.8% +12% $279.9M 357 $141 113

Fri Sep 5 #26 $108.7K +115.4% −23.1% $280.1M 357 $305 114

Sat Sep 6 #26 $173.3K +59.4% −26.1% $280.2M 357 $485 115

Sun Sep 7 #25 $105.3K −39.2% −57% $280.3M 357 $295 116

Mon Sep 8 #26 $27.9K −73.5% −81.9% $280.4M 357 $78 117

Tue Sep 9 #25 $34.1K +22.4% −49.2% $280.4M 357 $96 118

Wed Sep 10 #27 $28.3K −17.2% −48.9% $280.4M 357 $79 119

Thu Sep 11 #27 $29.0K +2.7% −42.5% $280.5M 357 $81 120

Fri Sep 12 #31 $55.5K +91.1% −49% $280.5M 286 $194 121

Sat Sep 13 #31 $84.1K +51.6% −51.5% $280.6M 286 $294 122

Sun Sep 14 #30 $53.6K −36.3% −49.1% $280.6M 286 $187 123

Mon Sep 15 #30 $18.5K −65.6% −33.8% $280.7M 286 $65 124

Tue Sep 16 #27 $26.9K +45.6% −21.3% $280.7M 286 $94 125

Wed Sep 17 #28 $24.0K −10.8% −15.2% $280.7M 286 $84 126

Thu Sep 18 #27 $24.2K +0.8% −16.8% $280.7M 286 $84 127

Fri Sep 19 #32 $41.0K +69.8% −26% $280.8M 196 $209 128

Sat Sep 20 #34 $60.5K +47.4% −28.1% $280.8M 196 $309 129

Sun Sep 21 #34 $32.4K −46.5% −39.6% $280.9M 196 $165 130

Mon Sep 22 #30 $12.0K −63% −35.1% $280.9M 196 $61 131

Tue Sep 23 #24 $16.2K +35.6% −39.6% $280.9M 196 $83 132

Wed Sep 24 #24 $16.5K +1.9% −31% $280.9M 196 $84 133

Thu Sep 25 #24 $14.9K −9.9% −38.3% $280.9M 196 $76 134

Fri Sep 26 #31 $31.5K +111.4% −23.2% $281.0M 115 $274 135

Sat Sep 27 #30 $58.9K +87.1% −2.6% $281.0M 115 $512 136

Sun Sep 28 #32 $26.7K −54.6% −17.4% $281.0M 115 $232 137

Mon Sep 29 #26 $11.1K −58.3% −7% $281.1M 115 $97 138

Tue Sep 30 #26 $11.6K +3.9% −28.7% $281.1M 115 $101 139

Wed Oct 1 #23 $12.1K +4.1% −27.1% $281.1M 115 $105 140

Thu Oct 2 #23 $14.2K +17.9% −4.6% $281.1M 115 $124 141

Fri Oct 3 #33 $26.8K +88.5% −14.9% $281.1M 70 $383 142

Sat Oct 4 #32 $46.0K +71.5% −22% $281.2M 70 $656 143

Sun Oct 5 #33 $22.8K −50.5% −14.8% $281.2M 70 $325 144

Mon Oct 6 #24 $9.1K −59.9% −18.1% $281.2M 70 $130 145

Tue Oct 7 #23 $10.5K +15.4% −9% $281.2M 70 $151 146

Wed Oct 8 #21 $9.8K −6.6% −18.3% $281.2M 70 $141 147

Thu Oct 9 #23 $10.0K +1.6% −29.6% $281.2M 70 $143 148

Fri Oct 10 #29 $20.1K +100.7% −25.1% $281.3M 49 $410 149

Sat Oct 11 #28 $34.9K +73.8% −24.1% $281.3M 49 $712 150

Sun Oct 12 #27 $23.2K −33.6% +1.7% $281.3M 49 $473 151

Mon Oct 13 #28 $13.3K −42.4% +46.1% $281.3M 49 $272 152

Tue Oct 14 #27 $8.7K −34.9% −17.5% $281.3M 49 $177 153

Wed Oct 15 #25 $8.1K −6.7% −17.6% $281.3M 49 $166 154

Thu Oct 16 #25 $7.7K −5.4% −23.3% $281.3M 49 $157 155

Fri Oct 17 #26 $18.3K +138.3% −9% $281.4M 32 $571 156

Sat Oct 18 #25 $30.1K +64.7% −13.7% $281.4M 32 $941 157

Sun Oct 19 #25 $16.8K −44.3% −27.6% $281.4M 32 $524 158

Mon Oct 20 #24 $5.0K −70.1% −62.5% $281.4M 32 $156 159

Tue Oct 21 #24 $6.6K +32.2% −23.9% $281.4M 32 $207 160

Wed Oct 22 #23 $5.9K −10.2% −26.8% $281.4M 32 $186 161

Thu Oct 23 #24 $6.2K +4% −19.5% $281.4M 32 $193 162

Fri Oct 24 #29 $14.8K +139.9% −18.9% $281.5M 25 $592 163

Sat Oct 25 #29 $25.2K +70.2% −16.3% $281.5M 25 $1,008 164

Sun Oct 26 #30 $14.7K −41.7% −12.3% $281.5M 25 $588 165

Mon Oct 27 #24 $4.9K −66.6% −1.8% $281.5M 25 $196 166

Tue Oct 28 #25 $4.7K −3.5% −28.3% $281.5M 25 $190 167

Wed Oct 29 #22 $7.3K +54% +23% $281.5M 25 $292 168

Thu Oct 30 #22 $9.6K +31.7% +55.9% $281.5M 25 $385 169

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

Cumulative total$275.6M

May 14Jun 1Jun 18Jul 6Jul 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $717.5K

$91.8M

$36.9M

$15.7M

$9.2M

$5.7M

$3.9M

$2.6M

$1.6M

$1.1M

$717.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,603 → 275 −92.4%

2,750 open275 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.5%

−59.8%

W1→2

−57.5%

W2→3

−41.4%

W3→4

−37.5%

W4→5

−31.4%

W5→6

−34.7%

W6→7

−39.6%

W7→8

−28.4%

W8→9

−35.5%

W9→10

Steepest −59.8%Best hold −28.4%

Run milestones

$200M in 11 days

$100M

Day 3

May 17

$200M

Day 11

May 25

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#7 Biggest R-rated openingsAll-time $91.8M #10 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $281.6M

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