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The Perfect StormFollow

2000 • PG-13 • 2h 10m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Warner Bros.

Feel its fury.

🍅 47% 64%

59

3.17

6.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$41.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$183.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$329.00M

$146.00M international

Domestic legs4.42x

Budget$140M

2000 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Full Petersen filmography

Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen Director

George Clooney

George Clooney Starring

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Diane Lane

Diane Lane Starring

John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly Starring

William Fichtner

William Fichtner Starring

ScreenplayWilliam D. Wittliff Produced byPaula Weinstein, Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz CinematographyJohn Seale MusicJames Horner StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 30-Jul 2 1 $41.3M — 3,407 $12,129 $41.3M

2 Jul 7-9 2 $27.1M −34.4% 3,407 $7,959 $100.2M

3 Jul 14-16 3 $17.1M −36.8% 3,407 $5,027 $128.5M

4 Jul 21-23 5 $9.7M −43.5% 3,203 $3,022 $145.4M

5 Jul 28-30 5 $7.5M −22.3% 3,093 $2,430 $158.1M

6 Aug 4-6 8 $4.0M −47.1% 2,602 $1,528 $165.6M

7 Aug 11-13 10 $2.7M −30.9% 1,938 $1,417 $170.5M

8 Aug 18-20 13 $1.8M −34.1% 1,417 $1,278 $173.6M

9 Aug 25-27 16 $1.2M −33.4% 1,205 $1,001 $175.6M

10 Sep 1-3 10 $1.3M +11.7% 1,004 $1,343 $177.5M

11 Sep 8-10 19 $634.0K −53.0% 705 $899 $178.7M

12 Sep 15-17 21 $543.4K −14.3% 664 $818 $179.4M

13 Sep 22-24 22 $520.8K −4.2% 602 $865 $180.1M

14 Sep 29-Oct 1 25 $372.3K −28.5% 502 $741 $180.6M

15 Oct 6-8 30 $264.3K −29.0% 398 $664 $181.0M

16 Oct 13-15 36 $151.1K −42.8% 169 $894 $181.2M

17 Oct 20-22 43 $81.5K −46.0% 138 $590 $181.4M

18 Oct 27-29 21 $316.3K +287.9% 507 $623 $181.7M

19 Nov 3-5 22 $252.7K −20.1% 401 $630 $182.1M

20 Nov 10-12 25 $176.5K −30.1% 302 $584 $182.3M

21 Nov 17-19 34 $92.9K −47.4% 266 $349 $182.5M

22 Nov 24-26 42 $56.8K −38.9% 168 $337 $182.5M

23 Dec 1-3 48 $33.3K −41.3% 130 $256 $182.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 30 #1 $13.2M — $13.2M 3,407 $3,886 1

Sat Jul 1 #1 $14.8M +12% $28.0M 3,407 $4,341 2

Sun Jul 2 #1 $13.3M −10% $41.3M 3,407 $3,903 3

Mon Jul 3 #1 $12.4M −7% $53.7M 3,407 $3,636 4

Tue Jul 4 #1 $9.0M −27% $62.7M 3,407 $2,647 5

Wed Jul 5 #1 $5.2M −42% $68.0M 3,407 $1,531 6

Thu Jul 6 #1 $5.1M −2% $73.1M 3,407 $1,501 7

Fri Jul 7 #2 $7.8M +53% −41% $80.9M 3,407 $2,302 8

Sat Jul 8 #2 $10.6M +36% −28% $91.6M 3,407 $3,121 9

Sun Jul 9 #2 $8.0M −25% −40% $100.2M 3,407 $2,343 10

Mon Jul 10 #2 $3.1M −61% −75% $103.3M 3,407 $912 11

Tue Jul 11 #2 $3.0M −3% −66% $106.3M 3,407 $887 12

Wed Jul 12 #2 $2.5M −16% −52% $108.9M 3,407 $740 13

Thu Jul 13 #2 $2.5M n/c −51% $111.4M 3,407 $739 14

Fri Jul 14 #3 $4.7M +85% −40% $116.0M 3,407 $1,372 15

Sat Jul 15 #3 $7.0M +50% −34% $123.1M 3,407 $2,063 16

Sun Jul 16 #3 $5.0M −30% −38% $128.5M 3,407 $1,453 17

Mon Jul 17 #3 $1.8M −64% −42% $130.3M 3,407 $529 18

Tue Jul 18 #3 $2.0M +10% −34% $132.3M 3,407 $584 19

Wed Jul 19 #3 $1.8M −10% −29% $134.1M 3,407 $523 20

Thu Jul 20 #3 $1.6M −11% −37% $135.7M 3,407 $468 21

Fri Jul 21 #5 $2.9M +82% −38% $138.6M 3,203 $904 22

Sat Jul 22 #5 $4.3M +47% −39% $142.8M 3,203 $1,333 23

Sun Jul 23 #5 $2.7M −37% −46% $145.4M 3,203 $840 24

Mon Jul 24 #5 $1.2M −54% −32% $146.6M 3,203 $384 25

Tue Jul 25 #5 $1.3M +8% −33% $147.9M 3,203 $417 26

Wed Jul 26 #6 $1.3M −2% −26% $149.2M 3,203 $409 27

Thu Jul 27 #5 $1.3M −1% −18% $150.5M 3,203 $406 28

Fri Jul 28 #6 $2.0M +54% −31% $152.5M 3,093 $648 29

Sat Jul 29 #5 $2.8M +40% −34% $155.4M 3,093 $908 30

Sun Jul 30 #5 $2.4M −13% −10% $158.1M 3,093 $785 31

Mon Jul 31 #5 $906.6K −63% −26% $159.0M 3,093 $293 32

Tue Aug 1 #5 $1.0M +11% −25% $160.0M 3,093 $324 33

Wed Aug 2 #5 $808.4K −20% −38% $160.8M 3,093 $261 34

Thu Aug 3 #5 $829.4K +3% −36% $161.5M 3,093 $268 35

Fri Aug 4 #8 $1.1M +31% −46% $162.6M 2,602 $418 36

Sat Aug 5 #7 $1.4M +31% −49% $164.0M 2,602 $548 37

Sun Aug 6 #8 $1.3M −9% −47% $165.6M 2,602 $497 38

Mon Aug 7 #8 $577.7K −55% −36% $166.2M 2,602 $222 39

Tue Aug 8 #8 $563.6K −2% −44% $166.7M 2,602 $216 40

Wed Aug 9 #8 $509.3K −10% −37% $167.2M 2,602 $195 41

Thu Aug 10 #7 $504.8K −1% −39% $167.7M 2,602 $194 42

Fri Aug 11 #10 $683.0K +35% −37% $168.4M 1,938 $352 43

Sat Aug 12 #10 $1.1M +63% −22% $169.5M 1,938 $572 44

Sun Aug 13 #10 $806.0K −27% −38% $170.5M 1,938 $415 45

Mon Aug 14 #10 $355.6K −56% −38% $170.8M 1,938 $183 46

Tue Aug 15 #10 $345.3K −3% −39% $171.2M 1,938 $178 47

Wed Aug 16 #10 $297.5K −14% −42% $171.5M 1,938 $153 48

Thu Aug 17 #10 $314.2K +6% −38% $171.8M 1,938 $162 49

Sun Aug 20 #13 $471.0K — −42% $173.6M 1,417 $332 52

Mon Aug 21 #13 $187.5K −60% −47% $173.8M 1,417 $132 53

Tue Aug 22 #13 $221.6K +18% −36% $174.0M 1,417 $156 54

Wed Aug 23 #13 $188.1K −15% −37% $174.2M 1,417 $132 55

Thu Aug 24 #13 $193.2K +3% −39% $174.4M 1,417 $136 56

Sun Aug 27 #16 $336.0K — −29% $175.6M 1,205 $278 59

Mon Aug 28 #16 $114.7K −66% −39% $175.7M 1,205 $95 60

Tue Aug 29 #16 $149.8K +31% −32% $175.9M 1,205 $124 61

Wed Aug 30 #16 $133.6K −11% −29% $176.0M 1,205 $110 62

Thu Aug 31 #15 $136.4K +2% −29% $176.1M 1,205 $113 63

Mon Sep 4 #18 $357.7K — +212% $177.8M 1,004 $356 67

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

Cumulative total$177.8M

Jun 30Jul 15Jul 30Aug 13Sep 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M

$41.3M

$27.1M

$17.1M

$9.7M

$7.5M

$4.0M

$2.7M

$1.8M

$1.2M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,407 → 1,004 −70.5%

3,407 open1,004 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +11.7%

−34.4%

W1→2

−36.8%

W2→3

−43.5%

W3→4

−22.3%

W4→5

−47.1%

W5→6

−30.9%

W6→7

−34.1%

W7→8

−33.4%

W8→9

+11.7%

W9→10

Steepest −47.1%Biggest gain +11.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 10 days

$100M

Day 10

Jul 9

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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