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2002 • PG-13 • 1h 36m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • DreamWorks Distribution

The greatest adventure THROUGH all time!

🍅 28% 38%

42

2.72

6.0

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$56.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$124.00M

$66.90M international

Domestic legs2.51x

Budget$80.0M

2002 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Full Wells filmography

Simon Wells

Simon Wells Director

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons Starring

Mark Addy

Mark Addy Starring

Sienna Guillory

Sienna Guillory Starring

ScreenplayJohn Logan, David Duncan Produced byWalter F. Parkes, David Valdes CinematographyDonald McAlpine MusicKlaus Badelt StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 8-10 1 $22.6M — 2,944 $7,680 $22.6M

2 Mar 15-17 4 $10.8M −52.3% 2,958 $3,649 $39.9M

3 Mar 22-24 7 $5.3M −50.7% 2,809 $1,895 $48.2M

4 Mar 29-31 13 $2.3M −57.1% 1,748 $1,306 $52.6M

5 Apr 5-7 18 $1.0M −54.2% 931 $1,123 $54.8M

6 Apr 12-14 23 $420.3K −59.8% 457 $919 $55.5M

7 Apr 19-21 35 $153.2K −63.6% 212 $722 $55.8M

8 Apr 26-28 26 $261.6K +70.8% 299 $875 $56.1M

9 May 3-5 28 $216.4K −17.3% 254 $851 $56.4M

10 May 10-12 34 $117.8K −45.6% 225 $523 $56.6M

11 May 17-19 39 $72.5K −38.4% 162 $447 $56.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 8 #1 $7.2M — $7.2M 2,944 $2,451 1

Sat Mar 9 #1 $9.2M +28% $16.6M 2,944 $3,135 2

Sun Mar 10 #1 $6.0M −35% $22.6M 2,944 $2,050 3

Mon Mar 11 #1 $1.8M −70% $24.4M 2,944 $611 4

Tue Mar 12 #1 $1.8M n/c $26.2M 2,944 $613 5

Wed Mar 13 #1 $1.5M −18% $27.7M 2,944 $501 6

Thu Mar 14 #1 $1.5M n/c $29.1M 2,944 $499 7

Fri Mar 15 #4 $3.2M +120% −55% $32.4M 2,958 $1,091 8

Sat Mar 16 #4 $4.6M +44% −50% $37.0M 2,958 $1,569 9

Sun Mar 17 #4 $2.8M −40% −54% $39.9M 2,958 $943 10

Mon Mar 18 #4 $775.0K −72% −57% $40.7M 2,958 $262 11

Tue Mar 19 #4 $783.0K +1% −57% $41.5M 2,958 $264 12

Wed Mar 20 #4 $683.0K −13% −54% $42.2M 2,958 $230 13

Thu Mar 21 #4 $657.0K −4% −55% $42.8M 2,958 $222 14

Fri Mar 22 #7 $1.5M +135% −52% $44.4M 2,809 $549 15

Sat Mar 23 #7 $2.4M +56% −48% $46.8M 2,809 $857 16

Sun Mar 24 #6 $1.4M −43% −51% $48.2M 2,809 $487 17

Mon Mar 25 #8 $485.0K −65% −37% $48.6M 2,809 $172 18

Tue Mar 26 #8 $544.0K +12% −31% $49.2M 2,809 $193 19

Wed Mar 27 #8 $519.0K −5% −24% $49.7M 2,809 $184 20

Thu Mar 28 #6 $657.0K +27% n/c $50.4M 2,809 $233 21

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

Cumulative total$50.4M

Mar 8Mar 13Mar 18Mar 23Mar 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $117.8K

$22.6M

$10.8M

$5.3M

$2.3M

$1.0M

$420.3K

$153.2K

$261.6K

$216.4K

$117.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,958 → 2,809 −5.0%

2,944 open2,809 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.6%

−52.3%

W1→2

−50.7%

W2→3

−57.1%

W3→4

−54.2%

W4→5

−59.8%

W5→6

−63.6%

W6→7

+70.8%

W7→8

−17.3%

W8→9

−45.6%

W9→10

Steepest −63.6%Biggest gain +70.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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