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Mars Attacks!Follow

1996 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Comedy, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

Nice planet. We'll take it!

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$9.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$37.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$101.40M
$63.60M international
Domestic legs4.0x
Budget$80M
1996 rank#47

Cast & crew

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Tim Burton Tim Burton Director Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson Starring Glenn Close Glenn Close Starring Annette Bening Annette Bening Starring Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan Starring Danny DeVito Danny DeVito Starring Warner Bros. Studio
ScreenplayJonathan Gems Produced byTim Burton, Larry J. Franco CinematographyPeter Suschitzky Music byDanny Elfman StudioWarner Bros.

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 13-15 2 $9.4M — 1,955 $4,800 $9.4M
2 Dec 20-22 7 $4.7M −50.2% 1,955 $2,391 $16.7M
3 Dec 27-29 8 $5.1M +8.6% 1,955 $2,596 $25.8M
4 Jan 3-5 9 $3.4M −32.4% 1,901 $1,806 $33.8M
5 Jan 10-12 18 $1.0M −70.7% 1,022 $984 $35.5M
6 Jan 17-19 29 $359.3K −64.3% 390 $921 $36.2M
7 Jan 24-26 39 $100.4K −72.1% 158 $635 $36.3M
8 Jan 31-Feb 2 45 $68.9K −31.4% 104 $662 $36.4M
9 Feb 7-9 58 $38.0K −44.9% 82 $463 $36.5M
10 Feb 14-16 29 $364.6K +860.2% 406 $898 $36.9M
11 Feb 21-23 30 $239.7K −34.3% 379 $632 $37.2M
12 Feb 28-Mar 2 29 $193.2K −19.4% 327 $591 $37.5M
13 Mar 7-9 34 $121.2K −37.3% 232 $522 $37.7M
14 Mar 14-16 42 $72.2K −40.4% 167 $432 $37.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $364.6K
$9.4M
$4.7M
$5.1M
$3.4M
$1.0M
$359.3K
$100.4K
$68.9K
$38.0K
$364.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +860.2%
−50.2%
W1→2
+8.6%
W2→3
−32.4%
W3→4
−70.7%
W4→5
−64.3%
W5→6
−72.1%
W6→7
−31.4%
W7→8
−44.9%
W8→9
+860.2%
W9→10
Steepest −72.1%Biggest gain +860.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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