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Journey to the Center of the Earth

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

Same Planet. Different World.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$102M
Final
Opening Weekend
$21.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.84x
Opening → Total
Budget
$60.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$244M
$143M international
2008 Rank
#26
Domestic

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 Beijing Olympics 7 $4.9M -26.9% $81.8M 1,970 $2K 5
Aug 15-17 Beijing Olympics 11 $3.3M -31.3% $88.0M 1,405 $2K 6
Aug 22-24 Beijing Olympics 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

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byEric Brevig
ScreenplayMichael D. Weiss, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
StarringBrendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem, Seth Meyers, Jean Michel Paré, Jane Wheeler
StudioWarner Bros.