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The Phantom of the OperaFollow

2004 • PG-13 • 2h 23m • Drama, Musical, Romance • Warner Bros.

Let the fantasy begin.

🍅 32% 84%

40

3.64

7.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$4.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$51.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$155.00M

$103.00M international

Domestic legs11.3x

Budget$70.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Schumacher filmography

Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher Director

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler Starring

Emmy Rossum

Emmy Rossum Starring

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson Starring

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson Starring

Minnie Driver

Minnie Driver Starring

ScreenplayJoel Schumacher, Andrew Lloyd Webber Produced byAndrew Lloyd Webber CinematographyJohn Mathieson MusicAndrew Lloyd Webber StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 24-26 10 $4.0M — 622 $6,433 $6.3M

2 Dec 31-Jan 2 9 $4.8M +19.0% 622 $7,656 $16.2M

3 Jan 7-9 9 $3.4M −28.2% 622 $5,498 $21.5M

4 Jan 14-16 9 $3.7M +7.3% 907 $4,045 $26.6M

5 Jan 21-23 9 $4.6M +24.2% 1,511 $3,014 $33.1M

6 Jan 28-30 11 $4.0M −11.5% 1,511 $2,669 $38.9M

7 Feb 4-6 12 $2.6M −35.3% 1,515 $1,722 $42.8M

8 Feb 11-13 15 $1.9M −27.7% 1,365 $1,382 $45.6M

9 Feb 18-20 18 $1.1M −42.1% 902 $1,211 $47.5M

10 Feb 25-27 20 $665.0K −39.2% 603 $1,102 $48.7M

11 Mar 4-6 22 $464.5K −30.2% 411 $1,130 $49.4M

12 Mar 11-13 24 $322.3K −30.6% 335 $962 $50.0M

13 Mar 18-20 32 $184.4K −42.8% 223 $827 $50.3M

14 Mar 25-27 36 $96.5K −47.7% 135 $714 $50.5M

15 Apr 1-3 42 $69.4K −28.0% 122 $569 $50.7M

16 Apr 8-10 29 $128.4K +84.9% 307 $418 $50.8M

17 Apr 15-17 36 $94.1K −26.7% 239 $393 $51.0M

18 Apr 22-24 41 $75.9K −19.4% 178 $426 $51.1M

19 Apr 29-May 1 50 $43.7K −42.4% 126 $346 $51.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 22 #5 $1.3M — $1.3M 622 $2,114 1

Thu Dec 23 #8 $1.0M −24% $2.3M 622 $1,607 2

Fri Dec 24 #7 $800.0K −20% $3.1M 622 $1,286 3

Sat Dec 25 #14 $710.9K −11% $3.8M 622 $1,142 4

Sun Dec 26 #13 $1.0M +41% $6.3M 622 $1,609 5

Fri Dec 31 #9 $1.5M — +88% $12.7M 622 $2,411 10

Sat Jan 1 #10 $1.9M +24% +161% $14.8M 622 $2,982 11

Sun Jan 2 #9 $1.4M −26% +36% $16.2M 622 $2,196 12

Mon Jan 3 #10 $608.0K −56% $16.8M 622 $977 13

Tue Jan 4 #6 $471.0K −23% $17.3M 622 $757 14

Wed Jan 5 #7 $415.0K −12% $17.7M 622 $667 15

Thu Jan 6 #6 $455.0K +10% $18.1M 622 $731 16

Fri Jan 7 #8 $1.1M +142% −27% $19.2M 622 $1,768 17

Sat Jan 8 #9 $1.5M +37% −18% $20.6M 622 $2,431 18

Sun Jan 9 #9 $921.5K −39% −33% $21.5M 622 $1,481 19

Mon Jan 10 #6 $308.0K −67% −49% $21.9M 622 $495 20

Tue Jan 11 #7 $327.0K +6% −31% $22.2M 622 $525 21

Wed Jan 12 #6 $325.0K −1% −22% $22.5M 622 $522 22

Thu Jan 13 #6 $377.0K +16% −17% $22.9M 622 $606 23

Fri Jan 14 #10 $900.0K +139% −18% $23.8M 907 $992 24

Sat Jan 15 #9 $1.5M +66% −1% $25.4M 907 $1,650 25

Sun Jan 16 #9 $1.2M −21% +28% $26.6M 907 $1,296 26

Mon Jan 17 #10 $956.3K −19% +211% $27.5M 907 $1,054 27

Tue Jan 18 #8 $358.0K −63% +9% $27.9M 907 $394 28

Wed Jan 19 #9 $326.0K −9% n/c $28.2M 907 $359 29

Thu Jan 20 #9 $366.0K +12% −3% $28.6M 907 $403 30

Fri Jan 21 #8 $1.6M +337% +78% $30.2M 1,511 $1,058 31

Sat Jan 22 #9 $1.8M +14% +22% $31.9M 1,511 $1,204 32

Sun Jan 23 #8 $1.2M −35% +1% $33.1M 1,511 $786 33

Mon Jan 24 #8 $426.0K −64% −55% $33.5M 1,511 $281 34

Tue Jan 25 #7 $434.0K +2% +21% $34.0M 1,511 $287 35

Wed Jan 26 #8 $421.0K −3% +29% $34.4M 1,511 $278 36

Thu Jan 27 #7 $486.0K +15% +33% $34.9M 1,511 $321 37

Fri Jan 28 #10 $1.2M +147% −25% $36.1M 1,511 $794 38

Mon Jan 31 #10 $311.0K — −27% $39.2M 1,511 $205 41

Tue Feb 1 #10 $315.0K +1% −27% $39.5M 1,511 $208 42

Wed Feb 2 #9 $318.0K +1% −24% $39.9M 1,511 $210 43

Thu Feb 3 #9 $331.0K +4% −32% $40.2M 1,511 $219 44

Mon Feb 21 #17 $229.1K — $47.7M 902 $254 62

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

Cumulative total$47.7M

Dec 22Jan 5Jan 14Jan 24Feb 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $665.0K

$4.0M

$4.8M

$3.4M

$3.7M

$4.6M

$4.0M

$2.6M

$1.9M

$1.1M

$665.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,511 → 902 −40.3%

622 open902 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.2%

+19.0%

W1→2

−28.2%

W2→3

+7.3%

W3→4

+24.2%

W4→5

−11.5%

W5→6

−35.3%

W6→7

−27.7%

W7→8

−42.1%

W8→9

−39.2%

W9→10

Steepest −42.1%Biggest gain +24.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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