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Godzilla

1998 • PG-13 • 2h 19m • Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller • Sony Pictures

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32

2.30

5.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$44M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$136.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$376M

$239.7M international

Domestic Legs3.1x

Budget$125M

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Cast & Crew

Full Emmerich filmography

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich Director

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick Starring

Jean Reno Starring

Hank Azaria Starring

Kevin Dunn Starring

ScreenplayDean Devlin, Roland Emmerich Produced byDean Devlin CinematographyUeli Steiger Music byDavid Arnold StudioSony Pictures SeriesGodzilla

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 22-24 1 $44.0M — 3,310 $13,307 $58.5M

2 May 29-31 1 $18.0M −59.1% 3,310 $5,444 $99.3M

3 Jun 5-7 3 $9.7M −46.1% 3,310 $2,934 $114.0M

4 Jun 12-14 5 $6.2M −36.1% 3,310 $1,874 $123.7M

5 Jun 19-21 8 $3.0M −51.9% 2,337 $1,275 $129.2M

6 Jun 26-28 12 $1.5M −51.1% 1,855 $786 $132.4M

7 Jul 3-5 13 $813.1K −44.2% 1,162 $700 $134.0M

8 Jul 10-12 23 $202.2K −75.1% 450 $449 $134.7M

9 Jul 17-19 31 $105.3K −47.9% 260 $405 $134.9M

10 Jul 24-26 40 $55.5K −47.3% 175 $317 $135.0M

11 Jul 31-Aug 2 53 $27.0K −51.4% 94 $287 $135.0M

12 Aug 7-9 59 $20.2K −25.0% 74 $273 $135.1M

13 Aug 14-16 57 $19.7K −2.7% 50 $393 $135.1M

14 Aug 21-23 29 $268.1K +1,263.0% 563 $476 $135.4M

15 Aug 28-30 36 $200.8K −25.1% 501 $401 $135.7M

16 Sep 4-6 37 $170.4K −15.1% 379 $450 $135.9M

17 Sep 11-13 43 $83.6K −50.9% 337 $248 $136.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue May 19 #1 $4.1M — $4.1M — —

Wed May 20 #1 $8.4M +106% $12.5M 3,310 $2,545 1

Thu May 21 #1 $6.0M −29% $18.5M 3,310 $1,819 2

Fri May 22 #1 $12.5M +108% $31.0M 3,310 $3,777 3

Sat May 23 #1 $16.9M +35% $47.9M 3,310 $5,104 4

Sun May 24 #1 $14.7M −13% $62.6M 3,310 $4,426 5

Mon May 25 #1 $11.7M −20% $74.3M 3,310 $3,529 6

Tue May 26 #1 $2.8M −76% $77.1M 3,310 $848 7

Wed May 27 #1 $2.1M −25% −75% $79.2M 3,310 $638 8

Thu May 28 #1 $2.1M +1% −65% $81.3M 3,310 $644 9

Fri May 29 #2 $4.5M +112% −64% $85.8M 3,310 $1,364 10

Sat May 30 #1 $7.9M +75% −53% $93.7M 3,310 $2,390 11

Sun May 31 #1 $5.5M −30% −62% $99.3M 3,310 $1,674 12

Mon Jun 1 #2 $1.3M −76% −89% $100.6M 3,310 $400 13

Tue Jun 2 #2 $1.3M +1% −52% $102.0M 3,310 $405 14

Wed Jun 3 #2 $1.1M −18% −48% $103.1M 3,310 $334 15

Thu Jun 4 #2 $1.2M +9% −43% $104.3M 3,310 $364 16

Fri Jun 5 #4 $2.5M +110% −44% $106.8M 3,310 $766 17

Sat Jun 6 #3 $4.5M +76% −44% $111.3M 3,310 $1,344 18

Sun Jun 7 #3 $3.0M −32% −46% $114.3M 3,310 $911 19

Mon Jun 8 #4 $828.6K −73% −37% $114.8M 3,310 $250 20

Tue Jun 9 #4 $927.1K +12% −31% $115.8M 3,310 $280 21

Wed Jun 10 #4 $774.0K −17% −30% $116.5M 3,310 $234 22

Thu Jun 11 #4 $907.5K +17% −25% $117.5M 3,310 $274 23

Fri Jun 12 #5 $1.7M +82% −35% $119.1M 3,310 $500 24

Sat Jun 13 #4 $2.9M +78% −34% $122.1M 3,310 $890 25

Sun Jun 14 #4 $1.9M −34% −36% $123.7M 3,310 $584 26

Mon Jun 15 #6 $672.4K −65% −19% $124.3M 3,310 $203 27

Tue Jun 16 #6 $684.4K +2% −26% $125.0M 3,310 $207 28

Wed Jun 17 #6 $612.6K −11% −21% $125.6M 3,310 $185 29

Thu Jun 18 #6 $603.2K −2% −34% $126.2M 3,310 $182 30

Fri Jun 19 #8 $834.7K +38% −50% $127.1M 2,337 $357 31

Sat Jun 20 #8 $1.2M +42% −60% $128.2M 2,337 $507 32

Sun Jun 21 #6 $962.0K −19% −50% $129.2M 2,337 $412 33

Mon Jun 22 #8 $407.9K −58% −39% $129.6M 2,337 $175 34

Tue Jun 23 #8 $476.2K +17% −30% $130.1M 2,337 $204 35

Wed Jun 24 #8 $423.8K −11% −31% $130.5M 2,337 $181 36

Thu Jun 25 #9 $415.7K −2% −31% $130.9M 2,337 $178 37

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

Cumulative total$130.9M

May 19May 28Jun 7Jun 16Jun 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $55.5K

$44.0M

$18.0M

$9.7M

$6.2M

$3.0M

$1.5M

$813.1K

$202.2K

$105.3K

$55.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,310 → 2,337 −29.4%

3,310 open2,337 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.3%

−59.1%

W1→2

−46.1%

W2→3

−36.1%

W3→4

−51.9%

W4→5

−51.1%

W5→6

−44.2%

W6→7

−75.1%

W7→8

−47.9%

W8→9

−47.3%

W9→10

Steepest −75.1%Best hold −36.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 13 days

$100M

Day 13

Jun 1

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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