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Cutthroat IslandFollow

1995 • PG-13 • 2h 4m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Be bold. Be brave. Be prepared.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$10.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$18.50M
$8.50M international
Domestic legs4.2x
Budget$92M
1995 rank#141

Cast & crew

Full Harlin filmography
Renny Harlin Renny Harlin Director Geena Davis Geena Davis Starring Matthew Modine Matthew Modine Starring Frank Langella Frank Langella Starring Maury Chaykin Maury Chaykin Starring Patrick Malahide Patrick Malahide Starring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
ScreenplayRobert King, Marc Norman Produced byRenny Harlin, Joel B. Michaels, Laurence Mark, James Gorman CinematographyPeter Levy Music byJohn Debney StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 22-24 11 $2.4M — 1,619 $1,465 $2.4M
2 Dec 29-31 15 $2.8M +19.5% 1,619 $1,751 $7.2M
3 Jan 5-7 18 $775.4K −72.6% 1,085 $715 $8.8M
4 Jan 12-14 33 $192.0K −75.2% 210 $914 $9.3M
5 Jan 19-21 31 $190.7K −0.7% 321 $594 $9.5M
6 Jan 26-28 38 $132.7K −30.4% 378 $351 $9.7M
7 Feb 2-4 45 $79.6K −40.0% 320 $249 $9.8M
Weekend grossWk 7 · $79.6K
$2.4M
$2.8M
$775.4K
$192.0K
$190.7K
$132.7K
$79.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −40.0%
+19.5%
W1→2
−72.6%
W2→3
−75.2%
W3→4
−0.7%
W4→5
−30.4%
W5→6
−40.0%
W6→7
Steepest −75.2%Biggest gain +19.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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