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The TerminatorFollow

1984 • R • 1h 47m • Action, Sci-Fi • Orion Pictures

Your future is in its hands.

🍅 90% 89% MC 84 LB 3.88 IMDb 8.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$38.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$78.00M
$40.00M international
Domestic legs9.5x
Budget$6.4M
1984 rank#22
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Cast & crew

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James Cameron James Cameron Director Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring Michael Biehn Michael Biehn Starring Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Starring Paul Winfield Paul Winfield Starring Lance Henriksen Lance Henriksen Starring
ScreenplayJames Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd Produced byGale Anne Hurd CinematographyAdam Greenberg Music byBrad Fiedel StudioOrion Pictures SeriesTerminator

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 26-28 1 $4.0M — 1,005 $4,001 $4.0M
2 Nov 2-4 1 $4.2M +4.9% 1,112 $3,794 $9.8M
3 Nov 9-11 2 $3.2M −24.4% 960 $3,325 $14.5M
4 Nov 16-18 4 $2.8M −10.8% 1,016 $2,803 $18.9M
5 Nov 23-25 3 $3.9M +38.1% 1,017 $3,868 $25.2M
6 Nov 30-Dec 2 2 $3.0M −24.4% 1,032 $2,883 $29.1M
7 Dec 7-9 4 $1.4M −51.6% 1,023 $1,407 $31.3M
8 Dec 14-16 8 $956.0K −33.6% 938 $1,019 $32.8M
9 Dec 21-23 14 $722.3K −24.4% 551 $1,311 $34.0M
11 Jan 4-6 14 $702.0K — 643 $1,092 $35.0M
12 Jan 11-13 18 $521.1K −25.8% 595 $876 $35.8M
13 Jan 18-20 20 $377.8K −27.5% 533 $709 $36.4M
14 Jan 25-27 20 $352.2K −6.8% 408 $863 $37.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 9 · $722.3K
$4.0M
$4.2M
$3.2M
$2.8M
$3.9M
$3.0M
$1.4M
$956.0K
$722.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −24.4%
+4.9%
W1→2
−24.4%
W2→3
−10.8%
W3→4
+38.1%
W4→5
−24.4%
W5→6
−51.6%
W6→7
−33.6%
W7→8
−24.4%
W8→9
Steepest −51.6%Biggest gain +38.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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