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Apollo 13

1995 PG 2h 20m Adventure, Drama, History Universal Pictures

"Houston, we have a problem."

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$172M
Final
Opening Weekend
$25.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
6.79x
Opening → Total
Budget
$52.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$355M
$183M international
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 30-Jul 2 1 $25.4M $25.4M 2,197 $12K 1
Jul 7-9 1 $19.6M -22.6% $65.6M 2,200 $9K 2
Jul 14-16 1 $15.6M -20.4% $90.9M 2,302 $7K 3
Jul 21-23 1 $12.5M -20.3% $111.2M 2,346 $5K 4
Jul 28-30 3 $9.2M -26.0% $127.0M 2,347 $4K 5
Aug 4-6 6 $7.3M -20.7% $139.1M 2,258 $3K 6
Aug 11-13 7 $5.0M -31.6% $147.4M 2,126 $2K 7
Aug 18-20 8 $3.6M -28.1% $153.6M 1,819 $2K 8
Aug 25-27 9 $2.6M -28.6% $157.9M 1,482 $2K 9
Sep 1-3 1 $2.5M -2.5% $161.5M 1,330 $2K 10
Sep 8-10 13 $1.5M -40.0% $163.9M 1,126 $1K 11
Sep 15-17 15 $1.1M -26.2% $165.4M 888 $1K 12
Sep 22-24 14 $830K -25.2% $166.6M 751 $1K 13
Sep 29-Oct 1 15 $553K -33.4% $167.3M 576 $959 14
Oct 6-8 16 $340K -38.5% $167.8M 356 $955 15
Oct 13-15 14 $865K +154.6% $168.8M 794 $1K 16
Oct 20-22 14 $802K -7.3% $169.9M 775 $1K 17
Oct 27-29 13 $466K -41.9% $170.6M 568 $820 18
Nov 3-5 14 $405K -13.0% $171.2M 450 $900 19
Nov 10-12 13 $289K -28.6% $171.6M 342 $845 20
Nov 17-19 13 $159K -45.1% $171.8M 210 $755 21
Nov 24-26 13 $114K -28.3% $172.0M 133 $855 22

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byRon Howard
ScreenplayWilliam Broyles Jr., Al Reinert
Produced byBrian Grazer
CinematographyDean Cundey
MusicJames Horner
Prod. DesignMichael Corenblith
StarringTom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan
StudioUniversal Pictures