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Name: Waterworld
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: 1995
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter

1995 • PG-13 • 2h 15m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

Beyond the horizon lies the secret to a new beginning.

🍅 61% 44%

2.93

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$88.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$264.20M

$176.00M international

Domestic legs4.2x

Budget$175M

1995 rank#10

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Cast & crew

Kevin Costner Starring

Dennis Hopper Starring

Jeanne Tripplehorn Starring

Tina Majorino Starring

Michael Jeter Starring

Written byPeter Rader, David Twohy Produced byCharles Gordon, John Davis, Kevin Costner CinematographyDean Semler Music byJames Newton Howard StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 28-30 1 $21.2M — 2,268 $9,335 $21.2M

2 Aug 4-6 1 $13.5M −36.5% 2,383 $5,645 $45.6M

3 Aug 11-13 3 $8.6M −36.0% 2,420 $3,555 $60.6M

4 Aug 18-20 5 $5.3M −38.3% 2,413 $2,200 $70.1M

5 Aug 25-27 8 $3.5M −33.2% 2,197 $1,615 $76.3M

6 Sep 1-3 9 $3.5M −2.0% 1,820 $1,910 $81.3M

7 Sep 8-10 14 $1.3M −62.6% 1,301 $1,000 $83.0M

8 Sep 15-17 19 $820.0K −37.0% 841 $975 $84.2M

9 Sep 22-24 22 $501.1K −38.9% 563 $890 $85.0M

10 Sep 29-Oct 1 28 $302.1K −39.7% 373 $810 $85.4M

11 Oct 6-8 32 $162.5K −46.2% 211 $770 $85.6M

12 Oct 13-15 37 $95.3K −41.3% 150 $635 $85.8M

13 Oct 20-22 40 $88.0K −7.6% 110 $800 $85.9M

14 Oct 27-29 16 $569.4K +546.9% 666 $855 $86.5M

15 Nov 3-5 17 $522.8K −8.2% 615 $850 $87.3M

16 Nov 10-12 19 $351.4K −32.8% 442 $795 $87.8M

17 Nov 17-19 28 $143.4K −59.2% 224 $640 $88.1M

18 Nov 24-26 35 $87.1K −39.2% 133 $655 $88.2M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $302.1K

$21.2M

$13.5M

$8.6M

$5.3M

$3.5M

$1.3M

$820.0K

$501.1K

$302.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.7%

−36.5%

W1→2

−36.0%

W2→3

−38.3%

W3→4

−33.2%

W4→5

−2.0%

W5→6

−62.6%

W6→7

−37.0%

W7→8

−38.9%

W8→9

−39.7%

W9→10

Steepest −62.6%Best hold −2.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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