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Gladiator

2000 R 2h 35m Action, Adventure, Drama DreamWorks Distribution

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$188M
Final
Opening Weekend
$34.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
5.39x
Opening → Total
Budget
$103M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$461M
$273M international
2000 Rank
#4
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 5-7 1 $34.8M $34.8M 2,938 $12K 1
May 12-14 1 $24.6M -29.2% $73.7M 2,943 $8K 2
May 19-21 2 $19.7M -19.9% $103.1M 3,041 $6K 3
May 26-28 3 $13.4M -32.0% $123.4M 3,188 $4K 4
Jun 2-4 5 $8.4M -37.6% $139.0M 3,056 $3K 5
Jun 9-11 5 $7.1M -15.6% $150.2M 2,706 $3K 6
Jun 16-18 8 $5.4M -24.2% $159.0M 2,266 $2K 7
Jun 23-25 7 $3.9M -28.2% $165.4M 1,812 $2K 8
Jun 30-Jul 2 10 $2.4M -37.0% $169.8M 1,411 $2K 9
Jul 7-9 12 $2.0M -16.4% $174.0M 1,210 $2K 10
Jul 14-16 13 $1.6M -22.5% $176.6M 1,034 $2K 11
Jul 21-23 16 $1.1M -33.1% $178.5M 747 $1K 12
Jul 28-30 14 $875K -16.9% $180.0M 651 $1K 13
Aug 4-6 16 $494K -43.5% $181.0M 453 $1K 14
Aug 11-13 20 $343K -30.6% $181.6M 338 $1K 15
Aug 18-20 23 $297K -13.4% $182.1M 284 $1K 16
Aug 25-27 22 $451K +51.9% $182.7M 507 $889 17
Sep 1-3 14 $514K +13.9% $183.5M 507 $1K 18
Sep 8-10 24 $483K -5.9% $184.2M 583 $828 19
Sep 15-17 Sydney Olympics 22 $518K +7.3% $185.0M 737 $703 20
Sep 22-24 Sydney Olympics 26 $408K -21.2% $185.6M 522 $782 21
Sep 29-Oct 1 Sydney Olympics 29 $273K -33.0% $186.1M 407 $671 22
Oct 6-8 34 $185K -32.4% $186.4M 249 $741 23
Oct 13-15 41 $115K -37.9% $186.6M 173 $663 24
Mar 30-Apr 1 23 $457K +298.0% $187.3M 577 $791 25
Apr 6-8 37 $88K -80.7% $187.6M 157 $562 26

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRidley Scott
ScreenplayDavid Franzoni, William Nicholson, John Logan
StarringRussell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi
StudioDreamWorks Distribution