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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullFollow

2008 • PG-13 • 2h 2m • Action, Adventure • Paramount Pictures

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🍅 77% 53%

65

2.78

6.2

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$100.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$317.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$786.60M

$469.50M international

Domestic legs3.17x

Budget$185M

2008 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford Starring

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Starring

Karen Allen

Karen Allen Starring

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf Starring

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone Starring

ScreenplayDavid Koepp Produced byFrank Marshall CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicJohn Williams Prod. DesignGuy Hendrix Dyas StudioParamount Pictures SeriesIndiana Jones

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 23-25 1 $100.1M — 4,260 $23,506 $125.2M

2 May 30-Jun 1 2 $44.8M −55.3% 4,264 $10,495 $215.6M

3 Jun 6-8 3 $22.8M −49.1% 4,190 $5,440 $253.0M

4 Jun 13-15 5 $14.7M −35.3% 3,804 $3,875 $276.5M

5 Jun 20-22 6 $8.5M −42.1% 3,171 $2,693 $291.0M

6 Jun 27-29 7 $5.2M −39.3% 2,556 $2,026 $300.1M

7 Jul 4-6 7 $3.8M −27.1% 2,192 $1,722 $306.4M

8 Jul 11-13 11 $2.3M −40.1% 1,664 $1,358 $310.5M

9 Jul 18-20 12 $955.8K −57.7% 757 $1,262 $312.6M

10 Jul 25-27 14 $570.8K −40.3% 477 $1,196 $313.6M

11 Aug 1-3 20 $359.3K −37.0% 332 $1,082 $314.3M

12 Aug 8-10 25 $234.5K −34.7% 262 $895 $314.7M

13 Aug 15-17 32 $191.3K −18.4% 184 $1,039 $315.1M

14 Aug 22-24 40 $118.5K −38.1% 136 $871 $315.3M

15 Aug 29-31 27 $396.7K +234.7% 303 $1,309 $315.7M

16 Sep 5-7 30 $279.5K −29.5% 304 $919 $316.2M

17 Sep 12-14 29 $202.9K −27.4% 263 $771 $316.5M

18 Sep 19-21 38 $127.7K −37.0% 206 $620 $316.7M

19 Sep 26-28 38 $141.1K +10.5% 204 $691 $316.8M

20 Oct 3-5 43 $72.3K −48.8% 128 $564 $317.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 22 #1 $25.0M — $25.0M 4,260 $5,878 1

Fri May 23 #1 $30.6M +22% $55.6M 4,260 $7,176 2

Sat May 24 #1 $36.5M +20% $92.1M 4,260 $8,576 3

Sun May 25 #1 $33.0M −10% $125.2M 4,260 $7,754 4

Mon May 26 #1 $26.8M −19% $152.0M 4,260 $6,286 5

Tue May 27 #1 $7.6M −72% $159.6M 4,260 $1,785 6

Wed May 28 #1 $6.0M −21% $165.6M 4,260 $1,418 7

Thu May 29 #1 $5.3M −13% −79% $170.9M 4,260 $1,238 8

Fri May 30 #2 $12.2M +132% −60% $183.1M 4,264 $2,865 9

Sat May 31 #1 $19.8M +62% −46% $202.9M 4,264 $4,650 10

Sun Jun 1 #1 $12.7M −36% −62% $215.6M 4,264 $2,979 11

Mon Jun 2 #2 $3.5M −72% −87% $219.2M 4,264 $827 12

Tue Jun 3 #2 $3.9M +9% −49% $223.0M 4,264 $905 13

Wed Jun 4 #2 $3.6M −6% −40% $226.7M 4,264 $853 14

Thu Jun 5 #2 $3.6M −2% −33% $230.2M 4,264 $834 15

Fri Jun 6 #4 $6.6M +86% −46% $236.8M 4,190 $1,576 16

Sat Jun 7 #3 $9.6M +45% −52% $246.4M 4,190 $2,285 17

Sun Jun 8 #3 $6.6M −31% −48% $253.0M 4,190 $1,578 18

Mon Jun 9 #4 $2.3M −65% −34% $255.3M 4,190 $557 19

Tue Jun 10 #4 $2.3M −3% −41% $257.6M 4,190 $541 20

Wed Jun 11 #4 $2.1M −6% −41% $259.8M 4,190 $509 21

Thu Jun 12 #4 $2.0M −5% −43% $261.8M 4,190 $483 22

Fri Jun 13 #5 $3.8M +85% −43% $265.5M 3,804 $986 23

Sat Jun 14 #5 $5.6M +50% −41% $271.2M 3,804 $1,477 24

Sun Jun 15 #4 $5.4M −4% −19% $276.5M 3,804 $1,411 25

Mon Jun 16 #6 $1.5M −72% −36% $278.0M 3,804 $392 26

Tue Jun 17 #6 $1.5M −3% −36% $279.5M 3,804 $382 27

Wed Jun 18 #6 $1.5M +2% −31% $281.0M 3,804 $388 28

Thu Jun 19 #6 $1.5M −1% −27% $282.4M 3,804 $386 29

Fri Jun 20 #6 $2.4M +60% −37% $284.8M 3,171 $741 30

Sat Jun 21 #6 $3.5M +51% −37% $288.3M 3,171 $1,116 31

Sun Jun 22 #6 $2.7M −25% −51% $291.0M 3,171 $835 32

Mon Jun 23 #6 $1.0M −61% −31% $292.0M 3,171 $323 33

Tue Jun 24 #7 $978.1K −5% −33% $293.0M 3,171 $308 34

Wed Jun 25 #7 $924.8K −5% −37% $293.9M 3,171 $291 35

Thu Jun 26 #5 $1.0M +10% −31% $294.9M 3,171 $319 36

Fri Jun 27 #7 $1.4M +37% −41% $296.3M 2,556 $543 37

Sat Jun 28 #6 $2.2M +58% −38% $298.5M 2,556 $857 38

Sun Jun 29 #6 $1.6M −27% −40% $300.1M 2,556 $624 39

Mon Jun 30 #7 $734.1K −54% −29% $300.8M 2,556 $287 40

Tue Jul 1 #8 $574.8K −22% −41% $301.4M 2,556 $224 41

Wed Jul 2 #9 $490.6K −15% −47% $301.9M 2,556 $191 42

Thu Jul 3 #8 $768.8K +57% −24% $302.7M 2,556 $300 43

Fri Jul 4 #7 $1.1M +46% −19% $303.8M 2,192 $511 44

Sat Jul 5 #7 $1.6M +44% −26% $305.4M 2,192 $737 45

Sun Jul 6 #8 $1.0M −36% −35% $306.4M 2,192 $473 46

Mon Jul 7 #8 $439.6K −58% −40% $306.9M 2,192 $200 47

Tue Jul 8 #8 $459.9K +5% −20% $307.3M 2,192 $209 48

Wed Jul 9 #8 $467.3K +2% −5% $307.8M 2,192 $213 49

Thu Jul 10 #8 $432.0K −8% −44% $308.2M 2,192 $197 50

Fri Jul 11 #11 $616.7K +43% −45% $308.8M 1,664 $370 51

Sat Jul 12 #9 $975.3K +58% −40% $309.8M 1,664 $586 52

Sun Jul 13 #11 $668.3K −31% −36% $310.5M 1,664 $401 53

Mon Jul 14 #11 $272.6K −59% −38% $310.8M 1,664 $163 54

Tue Jul 15 #11 $280.1K +3% −39% $311.0M 1,664 $168 55

Wed Jul 16 #11 $290.5K +4% −38% $311.3M 1,664 $174 56

Thu Jul 17 #10 $282.7K −3% −35% $311.6M 1,664 $169 57

Fri Jul 18 #13 $272.1K −4% −56% $311.9M 757 $359 58

Sat Jul 19 #12 $412.6K +52% −58% $312.3M 757 $545 59

Sun Jul 20 #13 $271.2K −34% −59% $312.6M 757 $358 60

Mon Jul 21 $114.9K −58% −58% $312.7M 757 $151 61

Tue Jul 22 $125.3K +9% −55% $312.8M 757 $165 62

Wed Jul 23 $129.9K +4% −55% $312.9M 757 $171 63

Thu Jul 24 $136.4K +5% −52% $313.1M 757 $180 64

Fri Jul 25 $157.4K +15% −42% $313.2M 477 $329 65

Sat Jul 26 $243.3K +55% −41% $313.5M 477 $510 66

Sun Jul 27 $170.1K −30% −37% $313.6M 477 $356 67

Mon Jul 28 $72.8K −57% −37% $313.7M 477 $152 68

Tue Jul 29 $82.5K +13% −34% $313.8M 477 $172 69

Wed Jul 30 $85.4K +4% −34% $313.9M 477 $179 70

Thu Jul 31 $84.9K −1% −38% $314.0M 477 $177 71

Fri Aug 1 $98.8K +16% −37% $314.1M 332 $297 72

Sat Aug 2 $157.4K +59% −35% $314.2M 332 $474 73

Sun Aug 3 $103.2K −34% −39% $314.3M 332 $310 74

Mon Aug 4 $51.9K −50% −29% $314.4M 332 $156 75

Tue Aug 5 #18 $49.5K −5% −40% $314.4M 332 $148 76

Wed Aug 6 $42.9K −13% −50% $314.5M 332 $129 77

Thu Aug 7 $39.3K −8% −54% $314.5M 332 $118 78

Fri Aug 8 $66.0K +68% −33% $314.6M 262 $251 79

Sat Aug 9 $100.0K +51% −36% $314.7M 262 $381 80

Sun Aug 10 $68.5K −31% −34% $314.7M 262 $261 81

Mon Aug 11 $32.8K −52% −37% $314.8M 262 $125 82

Tue Aug 12 $36.6K +12% −26% $314.8M 262 $139 83

Wed Aug 13 $29.4K −20% −31% $314.8M 262 $112 84

Thu Aug 14 $31.0K +5% −21% $314.9M 262 $118 85

Fri Aug 15 $54.0K +74% −18% $314.9M 184 $293 86

Sat Aug 16 $91.7K +70% −8% $315.0M 184 $498 87

Sun Aug 17 $45.6K −50% −33% $315.1M 184 $247 88

Mon Aug 18 $19.0K −58% −42% $315.1M 184 $103 89

Tue Aug 19 $29.4K +55% −20% $315.1M 184 $159 90

Wed Aug 20 $23.3K −21% −21% $315.1M 184 $126 91

Thu Aug 21 $25.5K +9% −18% $315.2M 184 $138 92

Fri Aug 22 $34.6K +36% −36% $315.2M 136 $254 93

Sat Aug 23 $50.4K +46% −45% $315.3M 136 $370 94

Sun Aug 24 $33.5K −34% −27% $315.3M 136 $246 95

Mon Aug 25 $11.5K −66% −39% $315.3M 136 $84 96

Tue Aug 26 $14.8K +28% −50% $315.3M 136 $108 97

Wed Aug 27 $12.0K −19% −49% $315.3M 136 $88 98

Thu Aug 28 $12.1K n/c −53% $315.3M 136 $88 99

Fri Aug 29 $99.4K +724% +187% $315.4M 303 $327 100

Sat Aug 30 $149.7K +51% +197% $315.6M 303 $494 101

Sun Aug 31 $147.5K −1% +341% $315.7M 303 $486 102

Mon Sep 1 #27 $110.9K −25% +861% $315.8M 303 $366 103

Tue Sep 2 $29.0K −74% +96% $315.9M 303 $95 104

Wed Sep 3 $25.1K −13% +109% $315.9M 303 $82 105

Thu Sep 4 $24.3K −3% +102% $315.9M 303 $80 106

Fri Sep 5 $79.5K +227% −20% $316.0M 304 $261 107

Sat Sep 6 $130.7K +64% −13% $316.1M 304 $429 108

Sun Sep 7 $69.3K −47% −53% $316.2M 304 $228 109

Mon Sep 8 $17.9K −74% −84% $316.2M 304 $58 110

Tue Sep 9 $23.6K +32% −18% $316.2M 304 $77 111

Wed Sep 10 $20.5K −13% −18% $316.3M 304 $67 112

Thu Sep 11 $21.4K +4% −12% $316.3M 304 $70 113

Fri Sep 12 $54.3K +154% −32% $316.3M 263 $206 114

Sat Sep 13 $95.2K +75% −27% $316.4M 263 $361 115

Sun Sep 14 $53.4K −44% −23% $316.5M 263 $203 116

Mon Sep 15 $12.1K −77% −32% $316.5M 263 $46 117

Tue Sep 16 $14.5K +20% −39% $316.5M 263 $55 118

Wed Sep 17 $13.4K −8% −35% $316.5M 263 $50 119

Thu Sep 18 $13.5K +1% −37% $316.5M 263 $51 120

Fri Sep 19 $35.1K +160% −35% $316.6M 206 $170 121

Sat Sep 20 $59.7K +70% −37% $316.6M 206 $289 122

Sun Sep 21 $33.0K −45% −38% $316.7M 206 $160 123

Mon Sep 22 $8.5K −74% −30% $316.7M 206 $41 124

Tue Sep 23 $10.2K +20% −30% $316.7M 206 $49 125

Wed Sep 24 $10.0K −2% −26% $316.7M 206 $48 126

Thu Sep 25 $9.4K −6% −31% $316.7M 206 $45 127

Fri Sep 26 $43.4K +362% +24% $316.8M 204 $212 128

Sat Sep 27 $69.7K +61% +17% $316.8M 204 $341 129

Sun Sep 28 $28.1K −60% −15% $316.8M 204 $137 130

Mon Sep 29 $7.5K −73% −11% $316.9M 204 $36 131

Tue Sep 30 $10.2K +36% n/c $316.9M 204 $50 132

Wed Oct 1 $8.5K −17% −15% $316.9M 204 $41 133

Thu Oct 2 $9.2K +8% −2% $316.9M 204 $44 134

Fri Oct 3 $23.4K +156% −46% $316.9M 128 $182 135

Sat Oct 4 $32.0K +37% −54% $316.9M 128 $249 136

Sun Oct 5 $16.9K −47% −40% $317.0M 128 $131 137

Mon Oct 6 $5.1K −70% −33% $317.0M 128 $39 138

Tue Oct 7 $5.8K +14% −44% $317.0M 128 $44 139

Wed Oct 8 $5.3K −8% −38% $317.0M 128 $41 140

Thu Oct 9 $6.3K +19% −32% $317.0M 128 $48 141

Fri Oct 10 $8.6K +38% −63% $317.0M 60 $143 142

Sat Oct 11 $13.7K +59% −57% $317.0M 60 $228 143

Sun Oct 12 $9.3K −32% −45% $317.0M 60 $155 144

Mon Oct 13 $4.1K −56% −18% $317.0M 60 $68 145

Tue Oct 14 $2.4K −42% −58% $317.0M 60 $40 146

Wed Oct 15 $2.8K +17% −46% $317.0M 60 $47 147

Thu Oct 16 $3.4K +20% −46% $317.0M 60 $56 148

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

Cumulative total$313.9M

May 22Jun 8Jun 26Jul 13Jul 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $570.8K

$100.1M

$44.8M

$22.8M

$14.7M

$8.5M

$5.2M

$3.8M

$2.3M

$955.8K

$570.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,264 → 477 −88.8%

4,260 open477 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.3%

−55.3%

W1→2

−49.1%

W2→3

−35.3%

W3→4

−42.1%

W4→5

−39.3%

W5→6

−27.1%

W6→7

−40.1%

W7→8

−57.7%

W8→9

−40.3%

W9→10

Steepest −57.7%Best hold −27.1%

Run milestones

$300M in 39 days

$100M

Day 4

May 25

$200M

Day 10

May 31

$300M

Day 39

Jun 29

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#4 Biggest Memorial Day openingsAll-time $126.9M #19 Biggest May openingsAll-time $100.1M

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