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Air Force One

1997 • R • 2h 4m • Action, Crime, Drama • Columbia Pictures

The fate of the nation rests on the courage of one man.

🍅 78% 66%

62

3.25

6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$37.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$173M

Final

Worldwide Total

$315.3M

$142.3M international

Domestic Legs4.7x

Budget$85M

1997 Rank#4

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Cast & Crew

Full Petersen filmography

Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen Director

Harrison Ford Starring

Gary Oldman Starring

Glenn Close Starring

Wendy Crewson Starring

Paul Guilfoyle Starring

ScreenplayAndrew W. Marlowe Produced byArmyan Bernstein, Gail Katz, Jonathan Shestack, Wolfgang Petersen CinematographyMichael Ballhaus Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 25-27 1 $37.1M — 2,919 $12,721 $37.1M

2 Aug 1-3 1 $25.7M −30.7% 2,919 $8,815 $80.7M

3 Aug 8-10 2 $17.8M −30.7% 2,981 $5,980 $110.6M

4 Aug 15-17 2 $12.4M −30.7% 2,981 $4,143 $130.4M

5 Aug 22-24 3 $7.9M −36.3% 2,824 $2,787 $143.1M

6 Aug 29-31 3 $8.5M +8.3% 2,601 $3,276 $154.2M

7 Sep 5-7 5 $3.9M −54.7% 2,468 $1,565 $159.3M

8 Sep 12-14 6 $2.8M −27.2% 2,190 $1,283 $163.2M

9 Sep 19-21 9 $2.1M −26.2% 1,885 $1,100 $166.1M

10 Sep 26-28 11 $1.2M −41.3% 1,540 $790 $167.9M

11 Oct 3-5 13 $756.1K −37.8% 1,094 $691 $169.0M

12 Oct 10-12 23 $308.2K −59.2% 521 $592 $169.5M

13 Oct 17-19 33 $169.5K −45.0% 333 $509 $169.8M

14 Oct 24-26 37 $104.3K −38.5% 280 $372 $170.0M

15 Oct 31-Nov 2 19 $621.1K +495.5% 1,010 $615 $170.6M

16 Nov 7-9 27 $252.6K −59.3% 505 $500 $171.0M

17 Nov 14-16 30 $237.0K −6.2% 389 $609 $171.4M

18 Nov 21-23 49 $45.1K −81.0% 118 $382 $171.5M

19 Nov 28-30 59 $24.4K −45.8% 77 $317 $171.5M

23 Dec 26-28 30 $189.0K — 584 $324 $171.8M

24 Jan 2-4 30 $203.1K +7.4% 593 $342 $172.1M

25 Jan 9-11 33 $119.0K −41.4% 508 $234 $172.3M

26 Jan 16-18 34 $118.0K −0.8% 383 $308 $172.5M

27 Jan 23-25 45 $60.3K −48.9% 302 $200 $172.6M

28 Jan 30-Feb 1 57 $34.1K −43.5% 165 $207 $172.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 25 #1 $12.0M — $12.0M 2,919 $4,105 1

Sat Jul 26 #1 $14.0M +17% $26.0M 2,919 $4,798 2

Sun Jul 27 #1 $11.1M −20% $37.1M 2,919 $3,818 3

Mon Jul 28 #1 $5.1M −54% $42.2M 2,919 $1,739 4

Tue Jul 29 #1 $4.8M −5% $47.0M 2,919 $1,646 5

Wed Jul 30 #1 $4.1M −14% $51.1M 2,919 $1,416 6

Thu Jul 31 #1 $3.9M −7% $55.0M 2,919 $1,323 7

Fri Aug 1 #2 $7.5M +93% −38% $62.5M 2,919 $2,560 8

Sat Aug 2 #1 $10.5M +41% −25% $73.0M 2,919 $3,601 9

Sun Aug 3 #1 $7.7M −26% −30% $80.7M 2,919 $2,654 10

Mon Aug 4 #1 $3.3M −58% −36% $84.0M 2,919 $1,119 11

Tue Aug 5 #1 $3.3M +1% −31% $87.3M 2,919 $1,132 12

Wed Aug 6 #1 $2.8M −15% −32% $90.1M 2,919 $967 13

Thu Aug 7 #1 $2.6M −7% −32% $92.8M 2,919 $899 14

Fri Aug 8 #2 $5.1M +95% −32% $97.9M 2,981 $1,712 15

Sat Aug 9 #1 $7.6M +49% −28% $105.4M 2,981 $2,546 16

Sun Aug 10 #2 $5.1M −32% −34% $110.6M 2,981 $1,722 17

Mon Aug 11 #2 $1.9M −63% −41% $112.5M 2,981 $646 18

Tue Aug 12 #2 $2.0M +5% −39% $114.5M 2,981 $681 19

Wed Aug 13 #2 $1.9M −7% −33% $116.4M 2,981 $631 20

Thu Aug 14 #2 $1.6M −16% −40% $118.0M 2,981 $532 21

Fri Aug 15 #3 $3.5M +121% −31% $121.5M 2,981 $1,175 22

Sat Aug 16 #1 $5.3M +51% −30% $126.8M 2,981 $1,770 23

Sun Aug 17 #3 $3.6M −32% −30% $130.4M 2,981 $1,197 24

Mon Aug 18 #3 $1.2M −67% −38% $131.5M 2,981 $398 25

Tue Aug 19 #3 $1.3M +8% −37% $132.8M 2,981 $429 26

Wed Aug 20 #3 $1.2M −4% −35% $134.1M 2,981 $413 27

Thu Aug 21 #3 $1.2M −5% −26% $135.2M 2,981 $393 28

Fri Aug 22 #4 $2.3M +95% −35% $137.5M 2,824 $807 29

Sat Aug 23 #3 $3.5M +55% −33% $141.0M 2,824 $1,248 30

Sun Aug 24 #5 $2.1M −41% −42% $143.1M 2,824 $732 31

Mon Aug 25 #5 $638.3K −69% −46% $143.7M 2,824 $226 32

Tue Aug 26 #6 $741.4K +16% −42% $144.5M 2,824 $263 33

Wed Aug 27 #7 $602.1K −19% −51% $145.1M 2,824 $213 34

Thu Aug 28 #4 $646.4K +7% −45% $145.7M 2,824 $229 35

Fri Aug 29 #5 $1.7M +157% −27% $147.4M 2,601 $639 36

Sat Aug 30 #3 $2.7M +63% −23% $150.1M 2,601 $1,043 37

Sun Aug 31 #3 $2.3M −15% +12% $152.4M 2,601 $887 38

Mon Sep 1 #3 $1.8M −20% +188% $154.2M 2,601 $706 39

Tue Sep 2 #5 $426.6K −77% −42% $154.7M 2,501 $171 40

Wed Sep 3 #4 $376.6K −12% −37% $155.0M 2,601 $145 41

Thu Sep 4 #4 $357.8K −5% −45% $155.4M 2,601 $138 42

Fri Sep 5 #5 $1.0M +189% −38% $156.4M 2,468 $419 43

Sat Sep 6 #4 $1.9M +87% −29% $158.4M 2,468 $781 44

Sun Sep 7 #5 $900.3K −53% −61% $159.3M 2,468 $365 45

Mon Sep 8 #5 $247.6K −72% −87% $159.5M 2,468 $100 46

Tue Sep 9 #4 $323.2K +31% −24% $159.8M 2,468 $131 47

Wed Sep 10 #4 $287.7K −11% −24% $160.1M 2,468 $117 48

Thu Sep 11 #4 $292.9K +2% −18% $160.4M 2,468 $119 49

Fri Sep 12 #6 $797.9K +172% −23% $161.2M 2,190 $364 50

Sat Sep 13 #5 $1.4M +76% −27% $162.6M 2,190 $640 51

Sun Sep 14 #7 $611.5K −56% −32% $163.2M 2,190 $279 52

Mon Sep 15 #7 $168.5K −72% −32% $163.4M 2,190 $77 53

Tue Sep 16 #6 $225.4K +34% −30% $163.6M 2,190 $103 54

Wed Sep 17 #6 $194.8K −14% −32% $163.8M 2,190 $89 55

Thu Sep 18 #6 $207.7K +7% −29% $164.0M 2,190 $95 56

Fri Sep 19 #8 $552.4K +166% −31% $164.6M 1,885 $293 57

Sat Sep 20 #8 $1.1M +96% −23% $165.7M 1,885 $575 58

Sun Sep 21 #9 $437.1K −60% −29% $166.1M 1,885 $232 59

Mon Sep 22 #9 $129.0K −70% −23% $166.2M 1,885 $68 60

Tue Sep 23 #8 $175.3K +36% −22% $166.4M 1,885 $93 61

Wed Sep 24 #8 $145.3K −17% −25% $166.5M 1,885 $77 62

Thu Sep 25 #8 $141.6K −3% −32% $166.7M 1,885 $75 63

Fri Sep 26 #11 $321.2K +127% −42% $167.0M 1,540 $209 64

Sat Sep 27 #11 $633.1K +97% −42% $167.6M 1,540 $411 65

Sun Sep 28 #- $262.0K −59% −40% $167.9M 1,540 $170 66

Mon Sep 29 #- $77.4K −70% −40% $168.0M 1,540 $50 67

Tue Sep 30 #- $92.7K +20% −47% $168.1M 1,540 $60 68

Wed Oct 1 #- $82.4K −11% −43% $168.2M 1,540 $54 69

Thu Oct 2 #- $93.3K +13% −34% $168.2M 1,540 $61 70

Fri Oct 3 #- $217.2K +133% −32% $168.5M 1,094 $199 71

Sat Oct 4 #- $376.5K +73% −41% $168.8M 1,094 $344 72

Sun Oct 5 #- $162.4K −57% −38% $169.0M 1,094 $148 73

Mon Oct 6 #- $43.8K −73% −43% $169.0M 1,094 $40 74

Tue Oct 7 #- $57.9K +32% −38% $169.1M 1,094 $53 75

Wed Oct 8 #- $48.0K −17% −42% $169.2M 1,094 $44 76

Thu Oct 9 #- $55.8K +16% −40% $169.2M 1,094 $51 77

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

Cumulative total$168.2M

Jul 25Aug 11Aug 29Sep 15Oct 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$37.1M

$25.7M

$17.8M

$12.4M

$7.9M

$8.5M

$3.9M

$2.8M

$2.1M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,981 → 1,540 −48.3%

2,919 open1,540 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.3%

−30.7%

W1→2

−30.7%

W2→3

−30.7%

W3→4

−36.3%

W4→5

+8.3%

W5→6

−54.7%

W6→7

−27.2%

W7→8

−26.2%

W8→9

−41.3%

W9→10

Steepest −54.7%Biggest gain +8.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 16 days

$100M

Day 16

Aug 9

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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