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Atlantis: The Lost Empire

2001 PG 1h 35m Action, Adventure, Animation Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Unlock the secret to the greatest mystery the world has ever known.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$84.1M
Final
Opening Weekend
$20.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.13x
Opening → Total
Budget
$120M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$186M
$102M international
2001 Rank
#26
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 15-17 2 $20.3M $20.8M 3,011 $7K 1
Jun 22-24 4 $12.6M -38.1% $43.7M 3,071 $4K 2
Jun 29-Jul 1 6 $8.3M -34.2% $58.4M 3,030 $3K 3
Jul 6-8 9 $5.1M -38.8% $69.4M 2,272 $2K 4
Jul 13-15 12 $2.6M -49.0% $74.7M 1,702 $2K 5
Jul 20-22 14 $1.2M -52.5% $77.5M 1,279 $958 6
Jul 27-29 15 $864K -29.5% $79.4M 893 $967 7
Aug 3-5 17 $442K -48.9% $80.5M 501 $881 8
Aug 10-12 29 $167K -62.1% $81.0M 270 $620 9
Aug 17-19 34 $122K -27.1% $81.3M 210 $581 10
Aug 24-26 42 $70K -42.5% $81.4M 125 $562 11
Aug 31-Sep 3 23 $931K +1225.6% $82.4M 780 $1K 12
Sep 7-9 37 $155K -83.3% $82.7M 238 $652 13
Sep 14-16 43 $102K -34.5% $82.8M 163 $624 14
Sep 21-23 45 $104K +2.2% $82.9M 164 $634 15
Sep 28-30 48 $74K -28.7% $83.1M 147 $504 16
Oct 12-14 26 $201K +171.3% $83.3M 263 $765 17
Oct 19-21 24 $153K -24.0% $83.6M 259 $590 18
Oct 26-28 36 $105K -31.6% $83.7M 216 $484 19
Nov 2-4 43 $72K -31.1% $83.8M 172 $419 20
Nov 9-11 43 $55K -24.0% $83.9M 133 $412 21
Nov 16-18 55 $25K -55.0% $83.9M 101 $244 22

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
ScreenplayTab Murphy
StarringMichael J. Fox, Cree Summer, James Garner, Claudia Christian, Corey Burton, Phil Morris
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures