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Cast Away

2000 PG-13 2h 23m Adventure, Drama, Romance 20th Century Fox

At the edge of the world, his journey begins.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$234M
Final
Opening Weekend
$28.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
8.09x
Opening → Total
Budget
$90.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$430M
$196M international
2000 Rank
#2
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 22-24 1 $28.9M $28.9M 2,774 $10K 1
Dec 29-31 1 $31.0M +7.3% $100.6M 2,929 $11K 2
Jan 5-7 1 $22.2M -28.3% $141.7M 2,948 $8K 3
Jan 12-15 2 $19.8M -11.0% $167.8M 3,048 $6K 4
Jan 19-21 2 $11.2M -43.6% $182.0M 3,061 $4K 5
Jan 26-28 3 $8.1M -27.4% $193.2M 2,891 $3K 6
Feb 2-4 3 $7.5M -7.7% $203.0M 2,648 $3K 7
Feb 9-11 5 $5.2M -31.0% $209.8M 2,347 $2K 8
Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 9 $5.4M +4.7% $216.9M 2,243 $2K 9
Feb 23-25 10 $3.1M -42.5% $220.9M 1,997 $2K 10
Mar 2-4 12 $2.1M -33.2% $223.8M 1,499 $1K 11
Mar 9-11 12 $1.6M -25.0% $225.9M 1,289 $1K 12
Mar 16-18 14 $1.2M -20.9% $227.7M 1,079 $1K 13
Mar 23-25 16 $1.1M -14.5% $229.2M 786 $1K 14
Mar 30-Apr 1 21 $614K -41.5% $230.1M 591 $1K 15
Apr 6-8 23 $346K -43.7% $230.7M 413 $837 16
Apr 13-15 24 $332K -3.9% $231.1M 370 $897 17
Apr 20-22 23 $404K +21.7% $231.7M 403 $1K 18
Apr 27-29 27 $308K -23.8% $232.1M 371 $830 19
May 4-6 27 $227K -26.3% $232.4M 326 $696 20
May 11-13 27 $186K -17.9% $232.6M 282 $660 21
May 18-20 27 $147K -20.9% $232.8M 245 $601 22
Jun 1-3 24 $123K -16.7% $233.2M 168 $730 23
Jun 8-10 28 $108K -11.9% $233.4M 142 $760 24
Jun 15-17 34 $56K -47.8% $233.5M 109 $517 25

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Zemeckis
ScreenplayWilliam Broyles Jr.
StarringTom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth, Paul Sanchez, Lari White, Leonid Citer
Studio20th Century Fox