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The Passion of the ChristFollow

2004 • R • 2h 7m • Drama • Newmarket Films

By his wounds, we were healed.

🍅 50% 81%

47

3.57

7.3

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$83.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$371.86M

Final

Worldwide total

$609.00M

$239.00M international

Domestic legs4.42x

Budget$30.0M

2004 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Full Gibson filmography

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Director

Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel Starring

Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci Starring

ScreenplayMel Gibson, Benedict Fitzgerald Produced byBruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Stephen McEveety CinematographyCaleb Deschanel MusicJohn Debney StudioNewmarket Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 27-29 1 $83.8M — 3,043 $27,554 $125.2M

2 Mar 5-7 1 $53.2M −36.5% 3,170 $16,797 $213.9M

3 Mar 12-14 1 $32.1M −39.7% 3,221 $9,975 $264.5M

4 Mar 19-21 2 $19.4M −39.6% 3,250 $5,973 $295.5M

5 Mar 26-28 3 $12.6M −35.1% 3,214 $3,918 $315.2M

6 Apr 2-4 5 $10.6M −15.8% 3,408 $3,111 $330.9M

7 Apr 9-11 1 $15.2M +43.5% 3,240 $4,696 $353.0M

8 Apr 16-18 10 $4.1M −73.4% 2,848 $1,422 $360.8M

9 Apr 23-25 11 $2.2M −45.3% 2,269 $976 $364.4M

10 Apr 30-May 2 15 $1.4M −36.5% 1,832 $768 $366.7M

11 May 7-9 15 $785.4K −44.2% 1,423 $551 $368.0M

12 May 14-16 19 $500.6K −36.3% 1,206 $415 $368.9M

13 May 21-23 19 $271.4K −45.8% 715 $379 $369.3M

14 May 28-30 26 $163.4K −39.8% 576 $283 $369.7M

15 Jun 4-6 29 $98.0K −40.0% 440 $222 $369.9M

16 Jun 11-13 39 $63.5K −35.2% 208 $305 $370.0M

17 Jun 18-20 44 $41.9K −34.0% 158 $265 $370.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Feb 25 #1 $26.6M — $26.6M 3,006 $8,834 1

Thu Feb 26 #1 $14.8M −44% $41.3M 3,006 $4,917 2

Fri Feb 27 #1 $22.8M +54% $64.1M 3,043 $7,492 3

Sat Feb 28 #1 $33.1M +45% $97.3M 3,043 $10,870 4

Sun Feb 29 #1 $27.9M −16% $125.2M 3,043 $9,155 5

Mon Mar 1 #1 $10.1M −64% $135.3M 3,043 $3,329 6

Tue Mar 2 #1 $9.3M −8% $144.6M 3,043 $3,050 7

Wed Mar 3 #1 $8.4M −9% −68% $153.0M 3,043 $2,761 8

Thu Mar 4 #1 $7.6M −9% −48% $160.6M 3,043 $2,510 9

Fri Mar 5 #1 $13.4M +75% −41% $174.0M 3,130 $4,281 10

Sat Mar 6 #1 $21.9M +64% −34% $196.2M 3,130 $7,006 11

Sun Mar 7 #1 $17.7M −20% −37% $213.9M 3,130 $5,639 12

Mon Mar 8 #1 $5.0M −72% −51% $218.9M 3,170 $1,578 13

Tue Mar 9 #1 $4.8M −4% −48% $223.7M 3,170 $1,523 14

Wed Mar 10 #1 $4.4M −9% −47% $228.1M 3,170 $1,392 15

Thu Mar 11 #1 $4.4M n/c −42% $232.4M 3,170 $1,395 16

Fri Mar 12 #1 $7.8M +76% −42% $240.2M 3,221 $2,421 17

Sat Mar 13 #1 $13.5M +72% −39% $253.8M 3,221 $4,176 18

Sun Mar 14 #1 $10.7M −20% −39% $264.5M 3,221 $3,327 19

Mon Mar 15 #1 $3.2M −70% −37% $267.7M 3,221 $984 20

Tue Mar 16 #1 $3.0M −5% −37% $270.7M 3,221 $939 21

Wed Mar 17 #1 $2.6M −14% −41% $273.3M 3,221 $808 22

Thu Mar 18 #1 $2.8M +7% −37% $276.1M 3,221 $863 23

Fri Mar 19 #2 $4.9M +76% −37% $281.0M 3,250 $1,507 24

Sat Mar 20 #2 $8.0M +63% −41% $289.0M 3,250 $2,452 25

Sun Mar 21 #1 $6.5M −18% −39% $295.5M 3,250 $2,000 26

Mon Mar 22 #2 $1.8M −73% −44% $297.3M 3,250 $545 27

Tue Mar 23 #1 $1.8M +4% −39% $299.1M 3,250 $566 28

Wed Mar 24 #1 $1.6M −11% −37% $300.8M 3,250 $502 29

Thu Mar 25 #1 $1.8M +11% −35% $302.6M 3,250 $555 30

Fri Mar 26 #4 $3.2M +77% −35% $305.8M 3,168 $1,010 31

Sat Mar 27 #3 $5.2M +62% −35% $310.9M 3,214 $1,613 32

Sun Mar 28 #2 $4.3M −17% −34% $315.2M 3,214 $1,335 33

Mon Mar 29 #2 $1.2M −72% −33% $316.3M 3,168 $376 34

Tue Mar 30 #2 $1.4M +13% −27% $317.7M 3,168 $426 35

Wed Mar 31 #2 $1.3M −6% −22% $319.0M 3,168 $402 36

Thu Apr 1 #2 $1.3M −2% −31% $320.2M 3,168 $396 37

Fri Apr 2 #6 $2.7M +115% −16% $322.9M 3,408 $789 38

Sat Apr 3 #5 $4.1M +52% −21% $326.9M 3,408 $1,201 39

Sun Apr 4 #4 $4.0M −2% −7% $330.9M 3,408 $1,174 40

Mon Apr 5 #2 $1.3M −68% +8% $332.1M 3,408 $379 41

Tue Apr 6 #2 $1.6M +24% +19% $333.8M 3,408 $470 42

Wed Apr 7 #1 $1.8M +11% +39% $335.5M 3,408 $520 43

Thu Apr 8 #1 $2.2M +26% +79% $337.8M 3,408 $658 44

Fri Apr 9 #1 $6.6M +193% +144% $344.3M 3,203 $2,050 45

Sat Apr 10 #1 $5.0M −24% +21% $349.3M 3,240 $1,534 46

Sun Apr 11 #1 $3.7M −26% −8% $353.0M 3,240 $1,131 47

Mon Apr 12 #5 $1.3M −65% n/c $354.3M 3,240 $400 48

Tue Apr 13 #4 $932.0K −28% −42% $355.2M 3,240 $287 49

Wed Apr 14 #4 $785.0K −16% −56% $356.0M 3,240 $242 50

Thu Apr 15 #4 $690.0K −12% −69% $356.7M 3,240 $212 51

Fri Apr 16 #11 $1.2M +74% −82% $357.9M 2,848 $421 52

Sat Apr 17 #10 $1.7M +41% −66% $359.5M 2,848 $594 53

Sun Apr 18 #7 $1.2M −27% −66% $360.8M 2,848 $432 54

Mon Apr 19 #3 $356.0K −71% −73% $361.1M 2,848 $125 55

Tue Apr 20 #3 $366.0K +3% −61% $361.5M 2,848 $128 56

Wed Apr 21 #3 $362.0K −1% −54% $361.8M 2,848 $127 57

Thu Apr 22 #3 $353.0K −2% −49% $362.2M 2,848 $123 58

Fri Apr 23 #11 $600.0K +70% −50% $362.8M 2,269 $264 59

Sat Apr 24 #10 $915.5K +53% −46% $363.7M 2,269 $403 60

Sun Apr 25 #10 $730.8K −20% −41% $364.4M 2,269 $322 61

Mon Apr 26 #5 $227.0K −69% −36% $364.6M 2,269 $100 62

Tue Apr 27 #5 $229.0K +1% −37% $364.9M 2,269 $100 63

Wed Apr 28 #5 $205.0K −10% −43% $365.1M 2,269 $90 64

Thu Apr 29 #5 $202.0K −1% −43% $365.3M 2,269 $89 65

Mon May 3 #9 $149.0K — −34% $366.8M 1,832 $81 69

Tue May 4 #9 $146.0K −2% −36% $367.0M 1,832 $79 70

Wed May 5 #9 $135.0K −8% −34% $367.1M 1,832 $73 71

Thu May 6 #9 $127.0K −6% −37% $367.2M 1,832 $69 72

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

Cumulative total$367.0M

Feb 25Mar 13Mar 29Apr 15May 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.4M

$83.8M

$53.2M

$32.1M

$19.4M

$12.6M

$10.6M

$15.2M

$4.1M

$2.2M

$1.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,408 → 1,832 −46.2%

3,006 open1,832 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.5%

−36.5%

W1→2

−39.7%

W2→3

−39.6%

W3→4

−35.1%

W4→5

−15.8%

W5→6

+43.5%

W6→7

−73.4%

W7→8

−45.3%

W8→9

−36.5%

W9→10

Steepest −73.4%Biggest gain +43.5%

Run milestones

$300M in 29 days

$100M

Day 5

Feb 29

$200M

Day 12

Mar 7

$300M

Day 29

Mar 24

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#3 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $371.9M #6 Biggest February openingsAll-time $83.8M #8 Biggest 7th weekendsAll-time $15.2M #13 Biggest R-rated openingsAll-time $83.8M

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