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Galaxy Quest

1999 • PG • 1h 42m • Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi • DreamWorks Pictures

A comedy of galactic proportions.

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$71.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$90.5M
$19.1M international
Domestic Legs10.2x
Budget$45M
1999 Rank#93
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Cast & Crew

Tim Allen Tim Allen Starring Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver Starring Alan Rickman Alan Rickman Starring Tony Shalhoub Tony Shalhoub Starring Sam Rockwell Sam Rockwell Starring
ScreenplayDavid Howard, Robert Gordon Story byDavid Howard Produced byMark Johnson, Charles Newirth CinematographyJerzy Zieliński Music byDavid Newman StudioDreamWorks Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 24-26 7 $7.0M — 2,412 $2,907 $7.0M
2 Dec 31-Jan 2 6 $9.7M +38.4% 2,442 $3,975 $27.3M
3 Jan 7-9 5 $8.0M −17.3% 2,450 $3,275 $38.5M
4 Jan 14-16 6 $8.5M +6.5% 2,450 $3,487 $48.8M
5 Jan 21-23 6 $4.5M −46.9% 2,259 $2,009 $54.3M
6 Jan 28-30 7 $3.4M −25.0% 2,209 $1,540 $58.8M
7 Feb 4-6 7 $3.3M −2.6% 1,939 $1,708 $62.9M
8 Feb 11-13 9 $2.2M −34.2% 1,589 $1,372 $65.8M
9 Feb 18-20 17 $1.6M −25.7% 1,186 $1,365 $68.0M
10 Feb 25-27 19 $738.5K −54.4% 817 $904 $69.0M
11 Mar 3-5 25 $404.5K −45.2% 525 $771 $69.6M
12 Mar 10-12 30 $217.1K −46.3% 381 $570 $69.9M
13 Mar 17-19 37 $120.4K −44.6% 171 $704 $70.1M
14 Mar 24-26 44 $86.9K −27.8% 145 $599 $70.3M
16 Apr 7-9 22 $335.0K — 503 $666 $70.7M
17 Apr 14-16 25 $227.7K −32.0% 427 $533 $71.0M
18 Apr 21-23 36 $136.9K −39.9% 306 $447 $71.2M
19 Apr 28-30 36 $121.0K −11.6% 263 $460 $71.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$69.2M
Dec 25Jan 10Jan 26Feb 10Mar 2
Weekend grossWk 10 · $738.5K
$7.0M
$9.7M
$8.0M
$8.5M
$4.5M
$3.4M
$3.3M
$2.2M
$1.6M
$738.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 2,450 → 817 −66.7%
2,410 open817 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.4%
+38.4%
W1→2
−17.3%
W2→3
+6.5%
W3→4
−46.9%
W4→5
−25.0%
W5→6
−2.6%
W6→7
−34.2%
W7→8
−25.7%
W8→9
−54.4%
W9→10
Steepest −54.4%Biggest gain +38.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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