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1998 • R • 2h 51m • Drama, History, War • 20th Century Fox

Every man fights his own war.

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78

4.08

7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$36.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$98.10M

$61.70M international

Domestic legs3.7x from $9.8M first wide weekend

Budget$52.0M

1999 rank#58

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Cast & crew

Full Malick filmography

Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick Director

Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel Starring

Sean Penn

Sean Penn Starring

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte Starring

Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas Starring

Ben Chaplin

Ben Chaplin Starring

ScreenplayTerrence Malick Produced byRobert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill CinematographyJohn Toll Music byHans Zimmer Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 19 $282.5K — 5 $56,506 $369.4K

2 Jan 1-3 23 $375.6K +33.0% 7 $53,662 $1.0M

3 Jan 8-10 15 $1.3M +239.8% 61 $20,924 $2.5M

4 Jan 15-17 3 $9.8M +665.1% 1,528 $6,391 $12.8M

5 Jan 22-24 4 $5.8M −40.7% 1,538 $3,767 $22.3M

6 Jan 29-31 7 $3.3M −43.0% 1,657 $1,991 $27.3M

7 Feb 5-7 12 $1.9M −42.1% 1,646 $1,161 $30.4M

8 Feb 12-15 Presidents' Day 12 $1.9M −2.4% 1,301 $1,435 $33.0M

9 Feb 19-21 17 $932.3K −50.1% 905 $1,030 $34.4M

10 Feb 26-28 27 $393.0K −57.8% 436 $901 $35.1M

11 Mar 5-7 33 $226.8K −42.3% 303 $748 $35.5M

12 Mar 12-14 41 $139.0K −38.7% 176 $789 $35.8M

13 Mar 19-21 45 $113.3K −18.5% 129 $878 $35.9M

14 Mar 26-28 50 $65.5K −42.2% 96 $681 $36.1M

15 Apr 2-4 55 $58.1K −11.3% 132 $439 $36.2M

16 Apr 9-11 52 $64.3K +10.7% 139 $462 $36.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 15 #3 $2.7M — $6.2M 1,528 $1,782 24

Sat Jan 16 #4 $4.0M +46% $10.2M 1,528 $2,601 25

Sun Jan 17 #3 $2.6M −34% $12.8M 1,528 $1,728 26

Mon Jan 18 #4 $1.6M −40% $14.4M 1,528 $1,045 27

Tue Jan 19 #2 $766.4K −52% $15.2M 1,528 $502 28

Wed Jan 20 #2 $664.2K −13% $15.9M 1,528 $435 29

Thu Jan 21 #2 $653.0K −2% $16.5M 1,528 $427 30

Fri Jan 22 #5 $1.5M +125% −46% $18.0M 1,538 $956 31

Sat Jan 23 #4 $2.7M +84% −32% $20.7M 1,538 $1,756 32

Sun Jan 24 #4 $1.6M −40% −39% $22.3M 1,538 $1,054 33

Mon Jan 25 #3 $424.6K −74% −73% $22.7M 1,538 $276 34

Tue Jan 26 #4 $461.0K +9% −40% $23.2M 1,538 $300 35

Wed Jan 27 #4 $390.4K −15% −41% $23.6M 1,538 $254 36

Thu Jan 28 #5 $382.6K −2% −41% $24.0M 1,538 $249 37

Fri Jan 29 #7 $1.0M +164% −31% $25.0M 1,657 $610 38

Sat Jan 30 #7 $1.8M +73% −35% $26.7M 1,657 $1,056 39

Sun Jan 31 #8 $527.0K −70% −67% $27.3M 1,657 $318 40

Mon Feb 1 #4 $302.3K −43% −29% $27.6M 1,657 $182 41

Tue Feb 2 #6 $352.7K +17% −23% $27.9M 1,657 $213 42

Wed Feb 3 #6 $298.8K −15% −23% $28.2M 1,657 $180 43

Thu Feb 4 #6 $287.4K −4% −25% $28.5M 1,657 $173 44

Mon Feb 8 #10 $139.4K — −54% $30.6M 1,646 $85 48

Tue Feb 9 #7 $202.5K +45% −43% $30.8M 1,646 $123 49

Wed Feb 10 #6 $203.6K +1% −32% $31.0M 1,646 $124 50

Thu Feb 11 #7 $193.6K −5% −33% $31.2M 1,646 $118 51

Fri Feb 12 #11 $345.0K +78% $31.5M 1,306 $264 52

Sat Feb 13 #11 $665.0K +93% $32.2M 1,306 $509 53

Sun Feb 14 #11 $540.0K −19% $32.7M 1,306 $413 54

Mon Feb 15 #14 $256.9K −52% +84% $33.0M 1,306 $197 55

Tue Feb 16 #12 $149.4K −42% −26% $33.2M 1,306 $114 56

Wed Feb 17 #13 $126.2K −16% −38% $33.3M 1,301 $97 57

Thu Feb 18 #12 $129.8K +3% −33% $33.4M 1,301 $100 58

Fri Feb 19 #16 $215.0K +66% −38% $33.7M 900 $239 59

Sat Feb 20 #16 $420.0K +95% −37% $34.1M 900 $467 60

Sun Feb 21 #17 $266.0K −37% −51% $34.4M 905 $294 61

Mon Feb 22 #15 $84.7K −68% −67% $34.5M 905 $94 62

Thu Feb 25 #13 $96.7K — −25% $34.7M 905 $107 65

Tue Mar 2 #20 $46.9K — $35.2M 436 $108 70

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

Cumulative total$35.2M

Jan 15Jan 24Feb 3Feb 15Mar 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $393.0K

$282.5K

$375.6K

$1.3M

$9.8M

$5.8M

$3.3M

$1.9M

$1.9M

$932.3K

$393.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,657 → 436 −73.7%

1,528 open436 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −57.8%

+33.0%

W1→2

+239.8%

W2→3

+665.1%

W3→4

−40.7%

W4→5

−43.0%

W5→6

−42.1%

W6→7

−2.4%

W7→8

−50.1%

W8→9

−57.8%

W9→10

Steepest −57.8%Biggest gain +665.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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