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Bicentennial Man

1999 • PG • 2h 11m • Drama, Romance, Science Fiction • Touchstone Pictures

One robot's 200 year journey to become an ordinary man.

🍅 38% 59%

42

3.29

6.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$58.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$87.4M

$29.2M international

Domestic Legs7.1x

Budget$90M

1999 Rank#41

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Cast & Crew

Full Columbus filmography

Chris Columbus Director

Robin Williams Starring

Embeth Davidtz Starring

Sam Neill Starring

Oliver Platt Starring

Wendy Crewson Starring

ScreenplayNicholas Kazan Produced byWolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz, Laurence Mark, Neal Miller, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan CinematographyPhil Meheux Music byJames Horner StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 17-19 5 $8.2M — 2,518 $3,270 $8.2M

2 Dec 24-26 8 $6.8M −17.7% 2,767 $2,451 $21.0M

3 Dec 31-Jan 2 7 $8.3M +22.1% 2,767 $2,993 $39.6M

4 Jan 7-9 8 $5.3M −35.9% 2,612 $2,032 $47.2M

5 Jan 14-17 11 $4.3M −19.5% 2,216 $1,927 $52.4M

6 Jan 21-23 18 $1.6M −63.6% 1,607 $966 $54.4M

7 Jan 28-30 20 $981.8K −36.8% 1,202 $817 $55.7M

8 Feb 4-6 19 $794.7K −19.1% 861 $923 $56.7M

9 Feb 11-13 29 $305.1K −61.6% 526 $580 $57.2M

10 Feb 18-20 46 $118.4K −61.2% 194 $610 $57.4M

11 Feb 25-27 58 $51.9K −56.2% 105 $494 $57.4M

12 Mar 3-5 77 $21.9K −57.7% 52 $422 $57.5M

13 Mar 10-12 87 $10.9K −50.5% 29 $375 $57.5M

14 Mar 17-19 86 $10.3K −5.1% 16 $645 $57.5M

15 Mar 24-26 99 $3.6K −65.1% 11 $327 $57.5M

16 Mar 31-Apr 2 90 $6.9K +92.6% 10 $693 $57.5M

17 Apr 7-9 99 $5.3K −23.8% 24 $220 $57.5M

18 Apr 14-16 90 $8.2K +54.3% 12 $679 $57.6M

19 Apr 21-23 29 $186.3K +2185.9% 346 $539 $57.7M

20 Apr 28-30 33 $129.3K −30.6% 288 $449 $58.0M

21 May 5-7 52 $55.7K −56.9% 166 $336 $58.1M

22 May 12-14 59 $37.3K −33.1% 87 $429 $58.1M

23 May 19-21 55 $34.0K −8.7% 71 $480 $58.2M

24 May 26-28 75 $13.7K −59.9% 32 $427 $58.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 17 #5 $2.2M — $2.3M 2,519 $888 1

Sat Dec 18 #4 $3.4M +53.2% $5.7M 2,519 $1,360 2

Sun Dec 19 #5 $2.5M −28.5% $8.2M 2,518 $973 3

Mon Dec 20 #4 $1.2M −50.4% $9.4M 2,518 $482 4

Tue Dec 21 #4 $1.4M +17.7% $10.9M 2,518 $568 5

Wed Dec 22 #6 $1.5M +2.8% $12.3M 2,518 $583 6

Thu Dec 23 #5 $1.9M +25.9% $14.2M 2,518 $735 7

Fri Dec 24 #4 $1.5M −18.0% −32.1% $15.7M 2,765 $549 8

Sat Dec 25 #8 $2.5M +66.2% −26.4% $18.2M 2,765 $912 9

Sun Dec 26 #8 $3.0M +18.9% +22.4% $21.2M 2,765 $1,085 10

Mon Dec 27 #7 $2.5M −16.6% +106.1% $23.5M 2,518 $994 11

Tue Dec 28 #6 $2.6M +4.8% +83.5% $26.2M 2,518 $1,042 12

Wed Dec 29 #6 $2.5M −3.0% +73.1% $28.7M 2,518 $1,010 13

Thu Dec 30 #7 $2.7M +4.3% +43.3% $31.4M 2,518 $1,053 14

Fri Dec 31 #7 $2.0M −23.9% +33.0% $33.4M 2,765 $730 15

Sat Jan 1 #7 $3.6M +80.2% +44.2% $37.0M 2,765 $1,316 16

Sun Jan 2 #7 $2.6M −28.9% −13.8% $39.4M 2,767 $935 17

Mon Jan 3 #7 $866.6K −66.5% −65.4% $40.5M 2,767 $313 18

Tue Jan 4 #10 $566.8K −34.6% −78.4% $41.0M 2,767 $205 19

Wed Jan 5 #10 $447.9K −21.0% −82.4% $41.5M 2,767 $162 20

Thu Jan 6 #10 $424.6K −5.2% −84.0% $41.9M 2,767 $153 21

Fri Jan 7 #9 $1.4M +221.0% −32.5% $43.3M 2,610 $522 22

Sat Jan 8 #7 $2.5M +86.9% −30.0% $45.8M 2,610 $976 23

Sun Jan 9 #8 $1.4M −43.2% −44.1% $47.2M 2,612 $554 24

Mon Jan 10 #12 $233.2K −83.9% −73.1% $47.5M 2,612 $89 25

Tue Jan 11 #13 $250.5K +7.4% −55.8% $47.7M 2,612 $96 26

Wed Jan 12 #13 $229.9K −8.2% −48.7% $47.9M 2,612 $88 27

Thu Jan 13 #13 $224.0K −2.6% −47.2% $48.2M 2,612 $86 28

Fri Jan 14 #13 $758.0K +238.4% −44.4% $48.9M 2,612 $290 29

Sat Jan 15 #12 $1.5M +91.7% −43.0% $50.4M 2,210 $657 30

Sun Jan 16 #12 $1.1M −21.6% −21.2% $51.5M 2,210 $516 31

Mon Jan 17 #9 $920.5K −19.2% +294.7% $52.4M 2,216 $415 32

Tue Jan 18 #16 $166.8K −81.9% −33.4% $52.6M 2,216 $75 33

Wed Jan 19 #16 $124.0K −25.7% −46.1% $52.7M 2,216 $56 34

Thu Jan 20 #16 $127.3K +2.7% −43.2% $52.9M 2,216 $57 35

Sun Jan 23 #17 $428.0K — −62.4% $54.4M 1,607 $266 38

Mon Jan 24 #19 $92.4K −78.4% −90.0% $54.5M 1,607 $57 39

Wed Jan 26 #20 $74.7K — −39.8% $54.6M 1,607 $46 41

Sun Jan 30 #18 $226.0K — −47.2% $55.7M 1,202 $188 45

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

Cumulative total$55.7M

Dec 17Dec 27Jan 5Jan 15Jan 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $118.4K

$8.2M

$6.8M

$8.3M

$5.3M

$4.3M

$1.6M

$981.8K

$794.7K

$305.1K

$118.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,767 → 1,202 −56.6%

2,519 open1,202 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −61.2%

−17.7%

W1→2

+22.1%

W2→3

−35.9%

W3→4

−19.5%

W4→5

−63.6%

W5→6

−36.8%

W6→7

−19.1%

W7→8

−61.6%

W8→9

−61.2%

W9→10

Steepest −63.6%Biggest gain +22.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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