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Deep Impact

1998 • PG-13 • 2h 0m • Action, Drama, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

Oceans rise. Cities fall. Hope survives.

🍅 45% 43%

40

2.97

6.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$41.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$140.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$349.5M

$209M international

Domestic Legs3.4x

Budget$80M

1998 Rank#7

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Cast & Crew

Full Leder filmography

Mimi Leder Director

Robert Duvall Starring

Téa Leoni Starring

Elijah Wood Starring

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave Starring

Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell Starring

ScreenplayBruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, David Brown CinematographyDietrich Lohmann Music byJames Horner StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 8 1 $41.2M — 3,156 $13,039 $41.2M

2 May 15 1 $23.3M −43.0% 3,192 $7,289 $74.0M

3 May 22 2 $19.4M −17.0% 3,250 $5,964 $98.9M

4 May 29 3 $10.1M −48.0% 3,280 $3,073 $112.0M

5 Jun 5 5 $6.7M −34.0% 3,280 $2,029 $122.0M

6 Jun 12 7 $4.4M −34.0% 2,624 $1,679 $128.7M

7 Jun 19 9 $2.7M −39.0% 1,972 $1,362 $133.1M

8 Jun 26 11 $1.6M −40.0% 1,617 $993 $135.8M

9 Jul 3 14 $779.8K −51.0% 1,116 $699 $137.2M

10 Jul 10 19 $352.2K −55.0% 602 $585 $137.9M

11 Jul 17 28 $128.5K −64.0% 304 $423 $138.1M

12 Jul 24 35 $71.3K −44.0% 178 $401 $138.3M

13 Jul 31 52 $33.3K −53.0% 103 $323 $138.3M

14 Aug 7 20 $583.1K +1,651.0% 634 $920 $138.9M

15 Aug 14 21 $406.5K −30.0% 586 $694 $139.7M

16 Aug 21 32 $215.5K −47.0% 515 $419 $140.1M

17 Aug 28 48 $100.1K −54.0% 382 $262 $140.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 8 #1 $13.2M — $13.2M 3,156 $4,182 1

Sat May 9 #1 $15.9M +21% $29.1M 3,156 $5,048 2

Sun May 10 #1 $11.1M −30% $41.2M 3,156 $3,511 3

Mon May 11 #1 $3.0M −73% $44.2M 3,156 $952 4

Tue May 12 #1 $2.7M −9% $46.9M 3,156 $864 5

Wed May 13 #1 $2.2M −19% $49.1M 3,156 $700 6

Thu May 14 #1 $1.6M −25% $50.7M 3,156 $523 7

Fri May 15 #2 $3.9M +134% −71% $54.6M 3,192 $1,208 8

Sat May 16 #1 $10.3M +167% −35% $64.9M 3,192 $3,228 9

Sun May 17 #1 $6.1M −41% −45% $74.0M 3,192 $1,910 10

Mon May 18 #1 $1.8M −71% −41% $75.7M 3,192 $551 11

Tue May 19 #2 $1.3M −25% −51% $77.1M 3,192 $416 12

Wed May 20 #3 $1.1M −14% −48% $78.2M 3,192 $359 13

Thu May 21 #2 $1.3M +16% −20% $79.5M 3,192 $416 14

Fri May 22 #2 $4.0M +200% +3% $83.5M 3,250 $1,225 15

Sat May 23 #2 $6.1M +54% −41% $89.6M 3,250 $1,881 16

Sun May 24 #2 $5.3M −14% −14% $94.9M 3,250 $1,622 17

Mon May 25 #2 $3.7M −30% +110% $98.9M 3,250 $1,139 18

Tue May 26 #2 $1.1M −70% −17% $100.0M 3,250 $341 19

Wed May 27 #3 $918.6K −17% −20% $100.9M 3,250 $283 20

Thu May 28 #3 $975.0K +6% −27% $101.9M 3,250 $300 21

Fri May 29 #3 $2.7M +177% −32% $104.6M 3,280 $825 22

Sat May 30 #3 $4.7M +73% −23% $109.3M 3,280 $1,428 23

Sun May 31 #3 $2.6M −45% −51% $112.0M 3,280 $785 24

Mon Jun 1 #3 $811.8K −68% −78% $112.8M 3,280 $247 25

Tue Jun 2 #3 $852.3K +5% −23% $113.7M 3,280 $260 26

Wed Jun 3 #4 $746.4K −12% −19% $114.4M 3,280 $228 27

Thu Jun 4 #3 $892.5K +20% −8% $115.3M 3,280 $272 28

Fri Jun 5 #5 $1.8M +106% −32% $117.1M 3,280 $559 29

Sat Jun 6 #5 $3.1M +67% −35% $120.2M 3,280 $934 30

Sun Jun 7 #5 $1.6M −47% −37% $122.0M 3,280 $493 31

Mon Jun 8 #6 $558.1K −66% −31% $122.5M 3,280 $170 32

Tue Jun 9 #6 $612.6K +10% −28% $123.1M 3,280 $187 33

Wed Jun 10 #6 $515.8K −16% −31% $123.6M 3,280 $157 34

Thu Jun 11 #6 $630.6K +22% −29% $124.3M 3,280 $192 35

Fri Jun 12 #8 $1.2M +85% −37% $125.4M 2,624 $444 36

Sat Jun 13 #7 $2.1M +81% −31% $127.5M 2,624 $802 37

Sun Jun 14 #8 $1.1M −49% −34% $128.7M 2,624 $406 38

Mon Jun 15 #9 $425.7K −60% −24% $129.1M 2,624 $162 39

Tue Jun 16 #9 $447.0K +5% −27% $129.6M 2,624 $170 40

Wed Jun 17 #9 $406.5K −9% −21% $130.0M 2,624 $155 41

Thu Jun 18 #9 $402.1K −1% −36% $130.4M 2,624 $153 42

Fri Jun 19 #9 $789.8K +96% −32% $131.2M 1,972 $401 43

Sat Jun 20 #9 $1.1M +42% −47% $132.3M 1,972 $568 44

Sun Jun 21 #10 $673.0K −40% −37% $133.1M 1,972 $341 45

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

Cumulative total$133.1M

May 8May 19May 30Jun 10Jun 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $352.2K

$41.2M

$23.3M

$19.4M

$10.1M

$6.7M

$4.4M

$2.7M

$1.6M

$779.8K

$352.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,280 → 1,972 −39.9%

3,156 open1,972 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.0%

−43.0%

W1→2

−17.0%

W2→3

−48.0%

W3→4

−34.0%

W4→5

−34.0%

W5→6

−39.0%

W6→7

−40.0%

W7→8

−51.0%

W8→9

−55.0%

W9→10

Steepest −55.0%Best hold −17.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 19 days

$100M

Day 19

May 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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