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Independence Day

1996 PG-13 2h 25m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi 20th Century Fox

The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$306M
Final
Opening Weekend
$50.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
6.10x
Opening → Total
Budget
$75.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$817M
$511M international

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 5-7 1 $50.2M $96.1M 2,882 $17K 1
Jul 12-14 1 $35.2M -29.8% $160.3M 2,908 $12K 2
Jul 19-21 Atlanta Olympics 1 $21.3M -39.6% $199.0M 2,972 $7K 3
Jul 26-28 Atlanta Olympics 2 $13.8M -35.1% $223.1M 2,977 $5K 4
Aug 2-4 Atlanta Olympics 2 $11.0M -20.3% $241.9M 2,788 $4K 5
Aug 9-11 4 $8.7M -21.1% $256.8M 2,589 $3K 6
Aug 16-18 5 $5.8M -33.1% $267.0M 2,257 $3K 7
Aug 23-25 6 $4.7M -18.4% $274.5M 2,384 $2K 8
Aug 30-Sep 1 1 $4.4M -7.9% $280.8M 2,195 $2K 9
Sep 6-8 7 $2.8M -34.8% $285.6M 1,852 $2K 10
Sep 13-15 9 $2.1M -27.5% $288.4M 1,511 $1K 11
Sep 20-22 9 $1.6M -22.9% $290.6M 1,396 $1K 12
Sep 27-29 6 $2.6M +60.2% $293.6M 1,822 $1K 13
Oct 4-6 9 $1.5M -41.9% $295.7M 1,588 $932 14
Oct 11-13 10 $1.3M -12.4% $297.4M 1,525 $850 15
Oct 18-20 11 $1.3M +3.7% $299.2M 1,310 $1K 16
Oct 25-27 13 $1.2M -9.5% $300.9M 1,125 $1K 17
Nov 1-3 14 $1.0M -17.7% $302.3M 709 $1K 18
Nov 8-10 14 $978K -2.3% $303.6M 661 $1K 19
Nov 15-17 11 $745K -23.8% $304.7M 599 $1K 20
Nov 22-24 12 $405K -45.7% $305.4M 471 $859 21
Nov 29-Dec 1 13 $295K -27.1% $305.9M 383 $770 22
Dec 6-8 15 $92K -69.0% $306.1M 314 $291 23
Dec 13-15 15 $37K -59.8% $306.1M 150 $245 24

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byRoland Emmerich
ScreenplayRoland Emmerich, Dean Devlin
StarringWill Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia
Studio20th Century Fox