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The TerminalFollow

2004 • PG-13 • 2h 8m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • DreamWorks Distribution

Life is waiting.

🍅 61% 73%

55

3.66

7.4

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$77.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$219.00M

$141.00M international

Domestic legs4.09x

Budget$60.0M

2004 rank#34

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Cast & crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Starring

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones Starring

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci Starring

Chi McBride

Chi McBride Starring

Diego Luna

Diego Luna Starring

ScreenplaySacha Gervasi, Jeff Nathanson Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Steven Spielberg CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicJohn Williams StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 18-20 2 $19.1M — 2,811 $6,778 $19.1M

2 Jun 25-27 5 $13.1M −31.1% 2,914 $4,507 $41.0M

3 Jul 2-4 5 $7.9M −40.1% 2,782 $2,828 $54.3M

4 Jul 9-11 8 $5.0M −36.8% 2,313 $2,150 $65.3M

5 Jul 16-18 11 $3.2M −36.4% 1,804 $1,752 $71.2M

6 Jul 23-25 13 $1.7M −47.8% 1,254 $1,315 $74.5M

7 Jul 30-Aug 1 20 $559.6K −66.1% 580 $964 $75.9M

8 Aug 6-8 27 $304.2K −45.6% 375 $811 $76.5M

9 Aug 13-15 36 $153.4K −49.6% 235 $652 $76.9M

10 Aug 20-22 48 $87.2K −43.1% 153 $570 $77.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 18 #2 $6.3M — $6.3M 2,811 $2,241 1

Sat Jun 19 #2 $7.6M +20% $13.7M 2,811 $2,699 2

Sun Jun 20 #3 $5.3M −30% $19.1M 2,811 $1,891 3

Mon Jun 21 #3 $2.2M −58% $21.3M 2,811 $796 4

Tue Jun 22 #3 $2.4M +9% $23.7M 2,811 $866 5

Wed Jun 23 #4 $2.1M −14% $25.8M 2,811 $742 6

Thu Jun 24 #4 $2.1M n/c $27.9M 2,811 $743 7

Fri Jun 25 #5 $4.2M +101% −33% $32.1M 2,914 $1,441 8

Sat Jun 26 #4 $5.4M +29% −28% $37.5M 2,914 $1,865 9

Sun Jun 27 #5 $3.5M −35% −33% $41.0M 2,914 $1,217 10

Mon Jun 28 #7 $1.5M −58% −34% $42.5M 2,914 $505 11

Tue Jun 29 #6 $1.5M +2% −38% $44.0M 2,914 $517 12

Wed Jun 30 #8 $1.2M −23% −45% $45.2M 2,914 $396 13

Thu Jul 1 #7 $1.3M +16% −36% $46.5M 2,914 $460 14

Fri Jul 2 #6 $2.5M +83% −41% $49.0M 2,782 $883 15

Sat Jul 3 #5 $3.1M +27% −42% $52.1M 2,782 $1,123 16

Sun Jul 4 #3 $2.3M −27% −36% $54.3M 2,782 $821 17

Mon Jul 5 #5 $2.9M +26% +96% $57.2M 2,782 $1,035 18

Tue Jul 6 #7 $1.1M −62% −27% $58.3M 2,782 $396 19

Wed Jul 7 #8 $978.0K −11% −15% $59.3M 2,782 $351 20

Thu Jul 8 #8 $999.0K +2% −26% $60.3M 2,782 $359 21

Fri Jul 9 #9 $1.5M +51% −39% $61.8M 2,313 $650 22

Sat Jul 10 #8 $2.1M +38% −34% $63.9M 2,313 $897 23

Sun Jul 11 #8 $1.4M −33% −39% $65.3M 2,313 $601 24

Mon Jul 12 #11 $647.0K −54% −78% $65.9M 2,313 $279 25

Tue Jul 13 #10 $726.0K +12% −34% $66.6M 2,313 $313 26

Wed Jul 14 #9 $714.0K −2% −27% $67.3M 2,313 $308 27

Thu Jul 15 #9 $700.0K −2% −30% $68.0M 2,313 $302 28

Fri Jul 16 #10 $900.0K +29% −40% $68.9M 1,804 $498 29

Sat Jul 17 #10 $1.3M +47% −36% $70.3M 1,804 $735 30

Sun Jul 18 #12 $911.7K −31% −35% $71.2M 1,804 $505 31

Cumulative total$71.2M

Jun 18Jun 26Jul 3Jul 11Jul 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $87.2K

$19.1M

$13.1M

$7.9M

$5.0M

$3.2M

$1.7M

$559.6K

$304.2K

$153.4K

$87.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,914 → 1,804 −38.1%

2,811 open1,804 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.1%

−31.1%

W1→2

−40.1%

W2→3

−36.8%

W3→4

−36.4%

W4→5

−47.8%

W5→6

−66.1%

W6→7

−45.6%

W7→8

−49.6%

W8→9

−43.1%

W9→10

Steepest −66.1%Best hold −31.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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