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Mercury Rising

1998 • R • 1h 51m • Action, Crime, Drama • Universal Pictures

Someone knows too much.

🍅 21% 40% MC 37 LB 2.87 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$10.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$33.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$93.2M
$60.2M international
Domestic Legs3.3x
Budget$60M
1998 Rank#61
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Cast & Crew

Bruce Willis Bruce Willis Starring Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin Starring Miko Hughes Miko Hughes Starring Chi McBride Chi McBride Starring Kim Dickens Kim Dickens Starring
ScreenplayMark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner Produced byBrian Grazer, Karen Kehela Sherwood CinematographyMichael Seresin MusicJohn Barry Prod. DesignPatrizia von Brandenstein StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 3-5 3 $10.1M — 2,386 $4,235 $10.1M
2 Apr 10-12 6 $5.5M −46.0% 2,399 $2,275 $18.8M
3 Apr 17-19 8 $3.7M −31.7% 2,213 $1,685 $24.7M
4 Apr 24-26 8 $2.2M −42.1% 1,769 $1,220 $27.9M
5 May 1-3 13 $1.3M −39.5% 1,273 $1,025 $29.8M
6 May 8-10 19 $551.2K −57.8% 848 $650 $30.8M
7 May 15-17 19 $394.5K −28.4% 526 $750 $31.4M
8 May 22-25 28 $241.8K −38.7% 308 $785 $31.7M
9 May 29-31 25 $230.3K −4.8% 387 $595 $32.0M
10 Jun 5-7 21 $228.1K −1.0% 362 $630 $32.4M
11 Jun 12-14 27 $147.5K −35.3% 261 $565 $32.6M
12 Jun 19-21 30 $117.2K −20.5% 186 $630 $32.8M
13 Jun 26-28 47 $34.6K −70.5% 68 $509 $32.9M
14 Jul 3-5 54 $24.5K −29.1% 56 $438 $32.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $228.1K
$10.1M
$5.5M
$3.7M
$2.2M
$1.3M
$551.2K
$394.5K
$241.8K
$230.3K
$228.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −1.0%
−46.0%
W1→2
−31.7%
W2→3
−42.1%
W3→4
−39.5%
W4→5
−57.8%
W5→6
−28.4%
W6→7
−38.7%
W7→8
−4.8%
W8→9
−1.0%
W9→10
Steepest −57.8%Best hold −1.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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