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Erin Brockovich

2000 R 2h 11m Biography, Drama Universal Pictures

She brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$126M
Final
Opening Weekend
$28.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.46x
Opening → Total
Budget
$52.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$137M
$11.9M international
2000 Rank
#13
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 17-19 1 $28.1M $28.1M 2,848 $10K 1
Mar 24-26 1 $18.5M -34.1% $55.9M 2,851 $7K 2
Mar 31-Apr 2 1 $13.8M -25.6% $75.8M 2,908 $5K 3
Apr 7-9 2 $9.8M -28.9% $89.6M 3,004 $3K 4
Apr 14-16 4 $7.0M -28.3% $99.3M 3,070 $2K 5
Apr 21-23 6 $5.5M -21.8% $107.4M 3,056 $2K 6
Apr 28-30 9 $3.6M -34.2% $112.9M 2,498 $1K 7
May 5-7 11 $2.2M -39.7% $116.0M 1,942 $1K 8
May 12-14 13 $1.7M -21.2% $118.5M 1,491 $1K 9
May 19-21 15 $1.1M -35.9% $120.2M 952 $1K 10
May 26-28 8 $862K -22.0% $121.3M 798 $1K 11
Jun 2-4 13 $616K -28.5% $122.4M 737 $835 12
Jun 9-11 13 $527K -14.4% $123.2M 643 $820 13
Jun 16-18 17 $332K -37.0% $123.8M 485 $685 14
Jun 23-25 21 $269K -19.0% $124.3M 411 $655 15
Jun 30-Jul 2 26 $186K -30.8% $124.6M 291 $640 16
Jul 7-9 32 $146K -21.4% $124.9M 242 $604 17
Jul 14-16 31 $131K -10.3% $125.1M 202 $649 18
Jul 21-23 38 $91K -30.5% $125.3M 172 $530 19
Jul 28-30 41 $78K -14.1% $125.4M 145 $540 20
Aug 4-6 49 $55K -29.3% $125.5M 119 $465 21

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Soderbergh
ScreenplaySusannah Grant
Produced byDanny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
CinematographyEd Lachman
MusicThomas Newman
Prod. DesignPhilip Messina
StarringJulia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger, Cherry Jones, Veanne Cox
StudioUniversal Pictures