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The PatriotFollow

2000 • R • 2h 45m • Action, Drama, War • Sony Pictures Releasing

Before they were soldiers, they were family. Before they were legends, they were heroes. Before there was a nation, there was a fight for freedom.

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3.42

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$113.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$215.00M

$102.00M international

Domestic legs5.06x

Budget$110M

2000 rank#18

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Cast & crew

Full Emmerich filmography

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich Director

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Starring

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger Starring

Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson Starring

Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs Starring

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper Starring

ScreenplayRobert Rodat Produced byDean Devlin, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn CinematographyCaleb Deschanel MusicJohn Williams StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 30-Jul 2 2 $22.4M — 3,061 $7,322 $31.7M

2 Jul 7-9 3 $15.4M −31.2% 3,061 $5,037 $65.5M

3 Jul 14-16 4 $10.6M −31.2% 3,061 $3,467 $82.8M

4 Jul 21-23 7 $6.2M −41.2% 2,751 $2,268 $93.4M

5 Jul 28-30 8 $4.4M −28.8% 2,329 $1,907 $101.2M

6 Aug 4-6 10 $2.3M −47.8% 1,810 $1,280 $105.7M

7 Aug 11-13 13 $1.5M −37.2% 1,252 $1,161 $108.4M

8 Aug 18-20 17 $982.5K −32.4% 842 $1,166 $110.0M

9 Aug 25-27 21 $566.3K −42.4% 563 $1,005 $111.0M

10 Sep 1-4 26 $677.6K +19.7% 482 $1,405 $111.8M

11 Sep 8-10 32 $248.5K −63.3% 395 $629 $112.1M

12 Sep 15-17 32 $202.8K −18.4% 247 $821 $112.4M

13 Sep 22-24 30 $278.4K +37.3% 316 $881 $112.8M

14 Sep 29-Oct 1 31 $210.1K −24.5% 311 $675 $113.1M

15 Oct 6-8 39 $138.6K −34.0% 216 $641 $113.2M

16 Oct 13-15 54 $58.9K −57.5% 153 $385 $113.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jun 28 #1 $5.0M — $5.0M 3,061 $1,638 1

Thu Jun 29 #1 $4.3M −14% $9.3M 3,061 $1,407 2

Fri Jun 30 #2 $6.9M +59% $16.2M 3,061 $2,241 3

Sat Jul 1 #2 $8.6M +25% $24.7M 3,061 $2,796 4

Sun Jul 2 #2 $7.0M −18% $31.7M 3,061 $2,283 5

Mon Jul 3 #2 $6.9M −1% $38.6M 3,061 $2,254 6

Tue Jul 4 #2 $5.9M −14% $44.5M 3,061 $1,930 7

Wed Jul 5 #2 $2.8M −52% −44% $47.4M 3,061 $919 8

Thu Jul 6 #2 $2.7M −5% −38% $50.0M 3,061 $874 9

Fri Jul 7 #3 $4.3M +62% −37% $54.4M 3,061 $1,414 10

Sat Jul 8 #3 $6.3M +45% −27% $60.6M 3,061 $2,048 11

Sun Jul 9 #3 $4.7M −24% −32% $65.5M 3,061 $1,547 12

Mon Jul 10 #3 $1.8M −61% −73% $67.3M 3,061 $600 13

Tue Jul 11 #3 $1.8M −2% −69% $69.1M 3,061 $590 14

Wed Jul 12 #4 $1.5M −16% −46% $70.6M 3,061 $493 15

Thu Jul 13 #4 $1.5M +2% −43% $72.2M 3,061 $502 16

Fri Jul 14 #5 $2.9M +86% −34% $75.0M 3,061 $934 17

Sat Jul 15 #4 $4.3M +52% −31% $79.3M 3,061 $1,416 18

Sun Jul 16 #4 $3.1M −28% −34% $82.8M 3,061 $1,023 19

Mon Jul 17 #5 $1.1M −65% −41% $83.9M 3,061 $355 20

Tue Jul 18 #5 $1.2M +13% −32% $85.1M 3,061 $402 21

Wed Jul 19 #6 $1.1M −13% −29% $86.2M 3,061 $348 22

Thu Jul 20 #5 $1.0M −6% −34% $87.2M 3,061 $329 23

Fri Jul 21 #8 $1.7M +72% −39% $88.9M 2,751 $629 24

Sat Jul 22 #7 $2.6M +49% −40% $91.5M 2,751 $938 25

Sun Jul 23 #7 $1.8M −32% −44% $93.4M 2,751 $642 26

Mon Jul 24 #8 $812.1K −54% −25% $94.2M 2,751 $295 27

Tue Jul 25 #8 $890.6K +10% −28% $95.1M 2,751 $323 28

Wed Jul 26 #9 $831.8K −7% −22% $95.9M 2,751 $302 29

Thu Jul 27 #9 $827.0K −1% −18% $96.8M 2,751 $300 30

Fri Jul 28 #8 $1.3M +53% −27% $98.0M 2,329 $544 31

Sat Jul 29 #8 $1.8M +43% −30% $99.8M 2,329 $777 32

Sun Jul 30 #9 $1.4M −25% −24% $101.2M 2,329 $579 33

Mon Jul 31 #10 $530.7K −61% −35% $101.7M 2,329 $227 34

Tue Aug 1 #10 $619.4K +17% −30% $102.4M 2,329 $265 35

Wed Aug 2 #10 $515.1K −17% −38% $102.9M 2,329 $221 36

Thu Aug 3 #9 $520.8K +1% −37% $103.4M 2,329 $223 37

Fri Aug 4 #10 $617.0K +18% −51% $103.8M 1,810 $340 38

Sat Aug 5 #10 $961.0K +56% −47% $104.7M 1,810 $530 39

Sun Aug 6 #12 $734.0K −24% −46% $105.7M 1,810 $405 40

Mon Aug 7 #13 $307.4K −58% −42% $106.0M 1,810 $169 41

Tue Aug 8 #12 $322.4K +5% −48% $106.3M 1,810 $178 42

Wed Aug 9 #13 $273.5K −15% −47% $106.6M 1,810 $151 43

Thu Aug 10 #12 $281.7K +3% −46% $106.9M 1,810 $155 44

Sun Aug 13 #15 $406.0K — −45% $108.4M 1,252 $324 47

Mon Aug 14 #16 $164.8K −59% −46% $108.5M 1,252 $131 48

Tue Aug 15 #14 $177.9K +8% −45% $108.7M 1,252 $142 49

Wed Aug 16 #16 $154.7K −13% −43% $108.9M 1,252 $123 50

Thu Aug 17 #15 $166.4K +8% −41% $109.0M 1,252 $132 51

Sun Aug 20 #18 $244.0K — −40% $110.0M 842 $289 54

Mon Aug 21 #17 $96.1K −61% −42% $110.1M 842 $114 55

Tue Aug 22 #17 $112.0K +17% −37% $110.2M 842 $133 56

Wed Aug 23 #20 $88.8K −21% −43% $110.3M 842 $105 57

Thu Aug 24 #18 $101.4K +14% −39% $110.4M 842 $120 58

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

Cumulative total$110.4M

Jun 28Jul 11Jul 25Aug 7Aug 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $677.6K

$22.4M

$15.4M

$10.6M

$6.2M

$4.4M

$2.3M

$1.5M

$982.5K

$566.3K

$677.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,061 → 842 −72.5%

3,061 open842 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +19.7%

−31.2%

W1→2

−31.2%

W2→3

−41.2%

W3→4

−28.8%

W4→5

−47.8%

W5→6

−37.2%

W6→7

−32.4%

W7→8

−42.4%

W8→9

+19.7%

W9→10

Steepest −47.8%Biggest gain +19.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 33 days

$100M

Day 33

Jul 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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