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2000 • PG • 1h 54m • Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

For centuries we've been looking for the origin of life on earth. We've been looking on the wrong planet.

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34

2.84

5.7

CS C-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$111.00M

$50.10M international

Domestic legs2.66x

Budget$100M

2000 rank#40

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Cast & crew

Full Palma filmography

Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma Director

Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise Starring

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins Starring

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Starring

Connie Nielsen

Connie Nielsen Starring

Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell Starring

ScreenplayJohn Thomas, Jim Thomas, Graham Yost Produced byTom Jacobson CinematographyStephen H. Burum MusicEnnio Morricone StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 10-12 1 $22.9M — 3,054 $7,483 $22.9M

2 Mar 17-19 2 $11.4M −50.2% 3,060 $3,720 $40.6M

3 Mar 24-26 4 $5.7M −49.8% 3,101 $1,844 $49.2M

4 Mar 31-Apr 2 8 $3.3M −41.9% 2,505 $1,327 $54.5M

5 Apr 7-9 12 $1.6M −53.0% 1,594 $981 $57.0M

6 Apr 14-16 17 $673.7K −56.9% 762 $884 $58.1M

7 Apr 21-23 20 $384.4K −42.9% 508 $756 $58.8M

8 Apr 28-30 32 $138.4K −64.0% 283 $488 $59.1M

9 May 5-7 44 $66.2K −52.2% 170 $389 $59.2M

10 May 19-21 27 $302.5K +357.3% 121 $2,500 $59.5M

11 Jun 16-18 19 $239.8K −20.7% 370 $648 $60.3M

12 Jun 23-25 26 $154.9K −35.4% 312 $496 $60.6M

13 Jun 30-Jul 2 44 $67.9K −56.2% 156 $435 $60.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 10 #1 $7.9M — $7.9M 3,055 $2,584 1

Sat Mar 11 #1 $9.3M +18% $17.2M 3,055 $3,051 2

Sun Mar 12 #1 $5.7M −39% $22.9M 3,055 $1,864 3

Mon Mar 13 #1 $1.7M −70% $24.6M 3,054 $562 4

Tue Mar 14 #1 $1.8M +2% $26.3M 3,054 $575 5

Wed Mar 15 #1 $1.5M −17% $27.8M 3,054 $477 6

Thu Mar 16 #1 $1.4M −1% $29.2M 3,054 $471 7

Fri Mar 17 #3 $3.0M +108% −62% $32.2M 3,054 $980 8

Sat Mar 18 #2 $5.2M +73% −44% $37.4M 2,587 $2,004 9

Sun Mar 19 #2 $3.2M −39% −44% $40.6M 3,060 $1,034 10

Mon Mar 20 #3 $790.9K −75% −54% $41.4M 3,060 $258 11

Tue Mar 21 #3 $810.5K +2% −54% $42.2M 3,060 $264 12

Wed Mar 22 #4 $664.4K −18% −54% $42.9M 3,060 $217 13

Thu Mar 23 #4 $623.0K −6% −57% $43.5M 3,060 $203 14

Fri Mar 24 #5 $1.7M +172% −43% $45.2M 3,060 $553 15

Sat Mar 25 #4 $2.8M +67% −46% $48.0M 3,060 $922 16

Sun Mar 26 #4 $1.4M −50% −56% $49.2M 3,101 $453 17

Mon Mar 27 #5 $473.0K −66% −40% $49.7M 3,101 $152 18

Tue Mar 28 #5 $515.0K +9% −36% $50.2M 3,101 $166 19

Wed Mar 29 #5 $465.0K −10% −30% $50.7M 3,101 $149 20

Thu Mar 30 #5 $459.6K −1% −26% $51.1M 3,101 $148 21

Fri Mar 31 #8 $993.8K +116% −41% $52.1M 2,460 $404 22

Sat Apr 1 #8 $1.6M +60% −44% $53.7M 2,460 $646 23

Sun Apr 2 #8 $883.0K −44% −37% $54.5M 2,505 $352 24

Mon Apr 3 #8 $233.6K −74% −51% $54.7M 2,505 $93 25

Tue Apr 4 #8 $278.7K +19% −46% $55.0M 2,505 $111 26

Wed Apr 5 #9 $237.4K −15% −49% $55.2M 2,505 $94 27

Thu Apr 6 #9 $229.6K −3% −50% $55.4M 2,505 $91 28

Sun Apr 9 #12 $386.0K — −56% $57.0M 1,594 $242 31

Mon Apr 10 #12 $94.7K −75% −59% $57.1M 1,594 $59 32

Tue Apr 11 #12 $110.9K +17% −60% $57.2M 1,594 $69 33

Wed Apr 12 #12 $98.5K −11% −58% $57.3M 1,594 $61 34

Thu Apr 13 #12 $107.9K +10% −53% $57.4M 1,594 $67 35

Sun Apr 16 #17 $182.0K — −53% $58.1M 762 $238 38

Mon Apr 17 #17 $70.3K −61% −26% $58.2M 762 $92 39

Tue Apr 18 #17 $78.3K +11% −29% $58.2M 762 $102 40

Wed Apr 19 #17 $75.0K −4% −24% $58.3M 762 $98 41

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

Cumulative total$58.3M

Mar 10Mar 19Mar 28Apr 6Apr 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $302.5K

$22.9M

$11.4M

$5.7M

$3.3M

$1.6M

$673.7K

$384.4K

$138.4K

$66.2K

$302.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,101 → 762 −75.4%

3,055 open762 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +357.3%

−50.2%

W1→2

−49.8%

W2→3

−41.9%

W3→4

−53.0%

W4→5

−56.9%

W5→6

−42.9%

W6→7

−64.0%

W7→8

−52.2%

W8→9

+357.3%

W9→10

Steepest −64.0%Biggest gain +357.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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