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Blade

1998 • R • 2h 0m • Action, Horror, Sci-Fi • New Line Cinema

Against an army of Immortals, one warrior must draw first blood.

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47

3.51

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$17.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$70.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$131.2M

$61.1M international

Domestic Legs4.1x

Budget$45M

1998 Rank#25

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Cast & Crew

Wesley Snipes Starring

Stephen Dorff Starring

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson Starring

Donal Logue Starring

ScreenplayDavid S. Goyer Produced byPeter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Robert Engelman CinematographyTheo van de Sande Music byMark Isham StudioNew Line Cinema SeriesBlade

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 21-23 1 $17.1M — 2,322 $7,353 $17.1M

2 Aug 28-30 1 $10.9M −36.0% 2,351 $4,647 $34.7M

3 Sep 4-6 2 $10.8M −1.3% 2,375 $4,543 $49.6M

4 Sep 11-13 3 $5.2M −51.9% 2,389 $2,174 $56.4M

5 Sep 18-20 7 $3.3M −37.2% 2,375 $1,374 $61.3M

6 Sep 25-27 9 $2.0M −38.4% 2,232 $900 $64.3M

7 Oct 2-4 11 $1.1M −47.5% 1,388 $760 $66.0M

8 Oct 9-11 15 $601.6K −43.0% 987 $610 $66.9M

9 Oct 16-18 18 $393.6K −34.6% 544 $723 $67.7M

10 Oct 23-25 27 $220.3K −44.0% 337 $654 $68.1M

11 Oct 30-Nov 1 33 $122.7K −44.3% 296 $415 $68.2M

12 Nov 6-8 39 $82.4K −32.9% 170 $485 $68.4M

13 Nov 13-15 46 $56.7K −31.2% 95 $597 $68.5M

14 Nov 20-22 25 $321.8K +467.4% 573 $562 $68.9M

15 Nov 27-29 25 $291.9K −9.3% 419 $697 $69.3M

16 Dec 4-6 24 $251.1K −14.0% 401 $626 $69.7M

17 Dec 11-13 31 $124.0K −50.6% 355 $349 $69.9M

18 Dec 18-20 40 $63.5K −48.8% 247 $257 $70.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 21 #1 $5.9M — $5.9M 2,322 $2,534 1

Sat Aug 22 #1 $6.2M +5% $11.8M 2,322 $2,666 2

Sun Aug 23 #1 $5.0M −19% $17.1M 2,322 $2,164 3

Mon Aug 24 #1 $2.0M −61% $19.0M 2,322 $846 4

Tue Aug 25 #1 $2.0M +3% $21.1M 2,322 $869 5

Wed Aug 26 #1 $1.6M −21% $22.7M 2,322 $689 6

Thu Aug 27 #1 $1.6M −2% $24.2M 2,322 $673 7

Fri Aug 28 #1 $3.0M +95% −48% $26.9M 2,351 $1,295 8

Sat Aug 29 #1 $4.5M +47% −28% $31.3M 2,351 $1,901 9

Sun Aug 30 #1 $3.3M −26% −34% $34.7M 2,351 $1,416 10

Mon Aug 31 #1 $1.1M −67% −45% $35.8M 2,351 $460 11

Tue Sep 1 #1 $1.2M +6% −43% $37.0M 2,351 $489 12

Wed Sep 2 #1 $942.4K −18% −41% $37.9M 2,351 $401 13

Thu Sep 3 #1 $911.8K −3% −42% $38.8M 2,351 $388 14

Fri Sep 4 #2 $2.2M +137% −29% $40.9M 2,375 $912 15

Sat Sep 5 #2 $3.3M +52% −26% $44.2M 2,375 $1,385 16

Sun Sep 6 #2 $3.1M −7% −8% $47.3M 2,375 $1,288 17

Mon Sep 7 #1 $2.2M −27% +106% $49.6M 2,375 $938 18

Tue Sep 8 #2 $653.7K −71% −43% $50.2M 2,375 $275 19

Wed Sep 9 #2 $551.5K −16% −41% $50.8M 2,375 $232 20

Thu Sep 10 #2 $488.9K −11% −46% $51.2M 2,375 $206 21

Fri Sep 11 #3 $1.3M +172% −39% $52.6M 2,389 $557 22

Sat Sep 12 #3 $2.4M +78% −28% $54.9M 2,389 $990 23

Sun Sep 13 #3 $1.5M −38% −52% $56.4M 2,389 $618 24

Mon Sep 14 #3 $390.1K −74% −82% $56.8M 2,389 $163 25

Tue Sep 15 #4 $468.8K +20% −28% $57.3M 2,389 $196 26

Wed Sep 16 #4 $381.8K −19% −31% $57.7M 2,389 $160 27

Thu Sep 17 #4 $384.2K +1% −21% $58.1M 2,389 $161 28

Fri Sep 18 #7 $865.0K +125% −35% $58.9M 2,375 $364 29

Sat Sep 19 #7 $1.5M +68% −38% $60.4M 2,375 $613 30

Sun Sep 20 #6 $904.0K −38% −39% $61.3M 2,375 $381 31

Mon Sep 21 #7 $253.9K −72% −35% $61.6M 2,375 $107 32

Tue Sep 22 #6 $291.3K +15% −38% $61.8M 2,375 $123 33

Wed Sep 23 #6 $219.0K −25% −43% $62.1M 2,375 $92 34

Thu Sep 24 #6 $219.6K — −43% $62.3M 2,375 $92 35

Fri Sep 25 #9 $525.0K +139% −39% $62.8M 2,232 $235 36

Sat Sep 26 #9 $944.0K +80% −35% $63.7M 2,232 $423 37

Sun Sep 27 #9 $541.0K −43% −40% $64.3M 2,232 $242 38

Mon Sep 28 #8 $145.0K −73% −43% $64.4M 2,232 $65 39

Tue Sep 29 #9 $175.3K +21% −40% $64.6M 2,232 $79 40

Wed Sep 30 #9 $167.3K −5% −24% $64.8M 2,232 $75 41

Thu Oct 1 #8 $165.6K −1% −25% $64.9M 2,232 $74 42

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

Cumulative total$64.9M

Aug 21Aug 31Sep 11Sep 21Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $220.3K

$17.1M

$10.9M

$10.8M

$5.2M

$3.3M

$2.0M

$1.1M

$601.6K

$393.6K

$220.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,389 → 2,232 −6.6%

2,322 open2,232 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.0%

−36.0%

W1→2

−1.3%

W2→3

−51.9%

W3→4

−37.2%

W4→5

−38.4%

W5→6

−47.5%

W6→7

−43.0%

W7→8

−34.6%

W8→9

−44.0%

W9→10

Steepest −51.9%Best hold −1.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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