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Journey to the Center of the Earth

2008 PG 1h 33m Action, Adventure, Family Warner Bros.

Same Planet. Different World.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$21.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$102M
Final
Worldwide Total
$244M
$143M international
Domestic Legs4.84x
Budget$60.0M
2008 Rank#26
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 11-13 3 $21.0M $21.0M 2,811 $7K 1
Jul 18-20 4 $12.3M -41.3% $43.5M 2,830 $4K 2
Jul 25-27 5 $9.7M -21.3% $60.5M 2,688 $4K 3
Aug 1-3 5 $6.7M -31.4% $72.9M 2,285 $3K 4
Aug 8-10 7 $4.9M -26.9% $81.8M 1,970 $2K 5
Aug 15-17 11 $3.3M -31.3% $88.0M 1,405 $2K 6
Aug 22-24 15 $2.2M -34.6% $91.9M 1,051 $2K 7
Aug 29-31 16 $1.8M -18.9% $94.6M 801 $2K 8
Sep 5-7 17 $1.2M -30.9% $96.7M 805 $2K 9
Sep 12-14 16 $1.1M -8.0% $98.1M 751 $2K 10
Sep 19-21 18 $768K -31.8% $99.1M 675 $1K 11
Sep 26-28 20 $520K -32.4% $99.8M 510 $1K 12
Oct 3-5 31 $178K -65.7% $100.1M 210 $849 13
Oct 10-12 28 $294K +64.8% $100.5M 285 $1K 14
Oct 17-19 24 $260K -11.5% $100.8M 276 $941 15
Oct 24-26 28 $210K -19.1% $101.1M 236 $891 16
Oct 31-Nov 2 32 $149K -29.1% $101.3M 196 $761 17
Nov 7-9 35 $120K -19.7% $101.5M 163 $735 18
Nov 14-16 38 $75K -37.7% $101.6M 149 $501 19
Nov 21-23 42 $45K -39.9% $101.7M 149 $301 20

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byEric Brevig
ScreenplayMichael D. Weiss, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
Produced byBeau Flynn, Charlotte Huggins
CinematographyChuck Shuman
MusicAndrew Lockington
Prod. DesignDavid Sandefur
StarringBrendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem, Seth Meyers, Jean Michel Paré, Jane Wheeler
StudioWarner Bros.