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The New WorldFollow

2005 • PG-13 • 2h 30m • Biography, Drama, History • New Line Cinema

Once discovered, it was changed forever.

🍅 63% 58% MC 73 LB 3.79 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$20K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$12.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$26.20M
$13.50M international
Domestic legs3.2x from $4.0M first wide weekend
Budget$30M
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Cast & crew

Full Malick filmography
Terrence Malick Terrence Malick Director Colin Farrell Colin Farrell Starring Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer Starring Christian Bale Christian Bale Starring Wes Studi Wes Studi Starring David Thewlis David Thewlis Starring
ScreenplayTerrence Malick Produced bySarah Green CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki MusicJames Horner Prod. DesignJack Fisk StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 23-25 38 $20.0K — 3 $6,667 $20.0K
2 Dec 30-Jan 1 40 $58.1K +190.7% 3 $19,383 $156.5K
5 Jan 20-22 11 $4.0M — 811 $4,969 $4.2M
6 Jan 27-29 15 $2.5M −38.6% 811 $3,053 $7.8M
7 Feb 3-5 19 $1.4M −42.5% 803 $1,774 $10.2M
8 Feb 10-12 23 $626.2K −56.0% 660 $949 $11.3M
9 Feb 17-20 29 $352.9K −43.6% 316 $1,117 $11.9M
10 Feb 24-26 38 $199.7K −43.4% 223 $895 $12.3M
11 Mar 3-5 49 $98.3K −50.8% 132 $745 $12.5M
12 Mar 10-12 54 $54.6K −44.5% 78 $700 $12.6M
13 Mar 17-19 57 $44.0K −19.5% 60 $733 $12.6M
14 Mar 24-26 65 $25.6K −41.7% 34 $754 $12.7M
15 Mar 31-Apr 2 74 $14.3K −44.3% 20 $714 $12.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $199.7K
$20.0K
$58.1K
$4.0M
$2.5M
$1.4M
$626.2K
$352.9K
$199.7K
W1W2W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.4%
+190.7%
W1→2
−38.6%
W5→6
−42.5%
W6→7
−56.0%
W7→8
−43.6%
W8→9
−43.4%
W9→10
Steepest −56.0%Biggest gain +190.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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