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The Prince of EgyptFollow

1998 • PG • 1h 39m • Animation, Adventure, Drama • DreamWorks Pictures

The power is real. The story is forever. The time is now.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$101.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$218.60M

$117.20M international

Domestic legs7.0x

Budget$60M

1998 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Full Chapman filmography

Brenda Chapman

Brenda Chapman Director

Simon Wells

Simon Wells Director

Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer Starring

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer Starring

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock Starring

ScreenplayPhilip LaZebnik Produced byPenney Finkelman Cox, Sandra Rabins Music byHans Zimmer Songs byStephen Schwartz StudioDreamWorks Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 18-20 2 $14.5M — 3,118 $4,658 $14.5M

2 Dec 25-27 4 $15.1M +4.1% 3,218 $4,698 $40.1M

3 Jan 1-3 4 $11.2M −25.6% 3,202 $3,512 $66.4M

4 Jan 8-10 5 $6.1M −46.0% 2,947 $2,061 $74.9M

5 Jan 15-17 8 $6.3M +3.5% 2,215 $2,839 $82.6M

6 Jan 22-24 8 $3.9M −37.6% 2,001 $1,962 $87.3M

7 Jan 29-31 10 $2.6M −33.1% 1,925 $1,364 $90.8M

8 Feb 5-7 11 $1.9M −26.8% 1,663 $1,156 $93.4M

9 Feb 12-14 14 $1.5M −20.1% 1,408 $1,091 $95.4M

10 Feb 19-21 23 $659.4K −57.1% 836 $789 $96.4M

11 Feb 26-28 23 $538.9K −18.3% 727 $741 $97.1M

12 Mar 5-7 20 $426.6K −20.8% 830 $514 $97.7M

13 Mar 12-14 31 $260.4K −39.0% 473 $550 $98.1M

14 Mar 19-21 41 $121.0K −53.5% 284 $426 $98.4M

15 Mar 26-28 27 $378.4K +212.7% 694 $545 $98.9M

16 Apr 2-4 21 $393.5K +4.0% 708 $556 $99.5M

17 Apr 9-11 23 $389.4K −1.1% 644 $605 $100.2M

18 Apr 16-18 26 $256.4K −34.1% 482 $532 $100.6M

19 Apr 23-25 36 $123.1K −52.0% 408 $302 $100.8M

20 Apr 30-May 2 29 $166.8K +35.5% 340 $491 $101.0M

21 May 7-9 40 $89.5K −46.4% 303 $295 $101.1M

22 May 14-16 45 $72.6K −18.9% 225 $323 $101.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 18 #2 $4.3M — $4.3M 3,111 $1,371 1

Sat Dec 19 #2 $5.3M +24% $9.6M 3,111 $1,704 2

Sun Dec 20 #2 $4.6M −13% $14.5M 3,111 $1,475 3

Mon Dec 21 #2 $2.3M −49% $16.3M 3,118 $745 4

Tue Dec 22 #1 $3.4M +44% $19.7M 3,118 $1,075 5

Wed Dec 23 #2 $2.8M −17% $22.5M 3,111 $892 6

Thu Dec 24 #2 $2.3M −18% $24.7M 3,111 $730 7

Fri Dec 25 #5 $4.1M +83% −3% $28.9M 3,111 $1,332 8

Sat Dec 26 #4 $6.3M +52% +19% $35.2M 3,218 $1,961 9

Sun Dec 27 #4 $4.7M −26% +2% $39.9M 3,218 $1,456 10

Mon Dec 28 #3 $4.1M −13% +74% $43.9M 3,218 $1,260 11

Tue Dec 29 #3 $4.1M +1% +23% $48.0M 3,218 $1,277 12

Wed Dec 30 #4 $3.7M −10% +33% $51.7M 3,218 $1,144 13

Thu Dec 31 #4 $3.4M −8% +49% $55.1M 3,218 $1,052 14

Fri Jan 1 #4 $4.6M +35% +10% $59.7M 3,202 $1,423 15

Sat Jan 2 #4 $3.7M −18% −41% $63.4M 3,202 $1,160 16

Sun Jan 3 #4 $2.6M −30% −45% $66.4M 3,202 $807 17

Mon Jan 4 #4 $745.1K −71% −82% $67.1M 3,202 $233 18

Tue Jan 5 #4 $676.5K −9% −84% $67.8M 3,202 $211 19

Wed Jan 6 #4 $488.9K −28% −87% $68.3M 3,202 $153 20

Thu Jan 7 #4 $528.7K +8% −84% $68.8M 3,202 $165 21

Fri Jan 8 #6 $1.1M +115% −75% $69.9M 2,947 $385 22

Sat Jan 9 #5 $2.9M +156% −22% $72.8M 2,947 $984 23

Sun Jan 10 #4 $2.0M −30% −21% $74.9M 2,947 $692 24

Mon Jan 11 #6 $348.9K −83% −53% $75.2M 2,947 $118 25

Tue Jan 12 #6 $382.7K +10% −43% $75.6M 2,947 $130 26

Wed Jan 13 #6 $349.0K −9% −29% $75.9M 2,947 $118 27

Thu Jan 14 #5 $377.0K +8% −29% $76.3M 2,947 $128 28

Fri Jan 15 #9 $989.6K +162% −13% $77.3M 2,215 $447 29

Sat Jan 16 #8 $2.0M +105% −30% $79.3M 2,215 $914 30

Sun Jan 17 #7 $1.6M −22% −22% $80.9M 2,215 $716 31

Mon Jan 18 #3 $1.6M +3% +369% $82.6M 2,215 $740 32

Sat Jan 23 #9 $1.7M — −17% $85.8M 2,001 $842 37

Sun Jan 24 #6 $1.4M −19% −14% $87.3M 2,001 $682 38

Mon Jan 25 #9 $232.9K −83% −86% $87.6M 2,001 $116 39

Wed Jan 27 #9 $220.5K — $88.0M 2,001 $110 41

Thu Jan 28 #10 $213.4K −3% $88.2M 2,001 $107 42

Sat Jan 30 #9 $1.3M — −21% $90.2M 1,925 $694 44

Sun Jan 31 #6 $719.0K −46% −47% $90.8M 1,925 $374 45

Thu Feb 4 #10 $166.4K — −22% $91.5M 1,925 $86 49

Mon Feb 8 #12 $125.1K — $93.5M 1,663 $75 53

Tue Feb 9 #17 $94.8K −24% $93.6M 1,663 $57 54

Wed Feb 10 #16 $98.4K +4% $93.7M 1,663 $59 55

Thu Feb 11 #15 $110.7K +12% −33% $93.8M 1,663 $67 56

Mon Feb 15 #10 $441.1K — +252% $95.4M 1,408 $313 60

Tue Feb 16 #13 $119.6K −73% +26% $95.5M 1,408 $85 61

Wed Feb 17 #10 $206.4K +73% +110% $95.6M 1,408 $147 62

Thu Feb 18 #13 $120.5K −42% +9% $95.7M 1,408 $86 63

Sun Feb 21 #18 $245.0K — $97.4M 836 $293 66

Mon Feb 22 #20 $43.6K −82% −90% $97.4M 836 $52 67

Sun Feb 28 #18 $202.0K — −18% $97.1M 727 $278 73

Mon Mar 1 #18 $45.1K −78% +3% $97.1M 727 $62 74

Wed Mar 3 #18 $44.2K — $97.2M 727 $61 76

Thu Mar 4 #20 $47.0K +6% $97.2M 727 $65 77

Sun Mar 7 #18 $169.0K — −16% $97.7M 830 $204 80

Mon Mar 8 #19 $33.5K −80% −26% $97.7M 830 $40 81

Tue Mar 9 #19 $39.6K +18% $97.7M 830 $48 82

Wed Mar 10 #19 $36.5K −8% −17% $97.8M 830 $44 83

Thu Mar 11 #18 $41.6K +14% −11% $97.8M 830 $50 84

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

Cumulative total$97.4M

Dec 18Dec 30Jan 12Jan 30Feb 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $659.4K

$14.5M

$15.1M

$11.2M

$6.1M

$6.3M

$3.9M

$2.6M

$1.9M

$1.5M

$659.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,218 → 836 −74.0%

3,111 open836 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −57.1%

+4.1%

W1→2

−25.6%

W2→3

−46.0%

W3→4

+3.5%

W4→5

−37.6%

W5→6

−33.1%

W6→7

−26.8%

W7→8

−20.1%

W8→9

−57.1%

W9→10

Steepest −57.1%Biggest gain +4.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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