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Pitch Black

2000 • R • 1h 47m • Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller • USA Films

Don't be afraid of the dark. Be afraid of what's in the dark.

🍅 58% 77%

49

3.32

7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$39.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$53.2M

$13.9M international

Domestic Legs2.8x

Budget$23M

2000 Rank#61

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Cast & Crew

Full Twohy filmography

David Twohy Director

Vin Diesel Starring

Radha Mitchell Starring

Cole Hauser Starring

Keith David Starring

ScreenplayJim Wheat, Ken Wheat, David Twohy Produced byTom Engelman CinematographyDavid Eggby Music byGraeme Revell StudioUSA Films SeriesRiddick

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 18-20 4 $14.0M — 1,832 $7,651 $14.0M

2 Feb 25-27 5 $7.1M −49.1% 1,930 $3,698 $22.9M

3 Mar 3-5 5 $5.1M −29.0% 1,903 $2,663 $29.7M

4 Mar 10-12 10 $2.9M −41.9% 1,730 $1,701 $34.1M

5 Mar 17-19 14 $1.4M −50.8% 1,384 $1,045 $36.5M

6 Mar 24-26 18 $614.8K −57.5% 917 $670 $37.6M

7 Mar 31-Apr 2 25 $255.2K −58.5% 419 $609 $38.1M

8 Apr 7-9 43 $76.5K −70.0% 165 $463 $38.3M

9 Apr 14-16 50 $45.7K −40.3% 103 $444 $38.4M

10 Apr 21-23 68 $28.3K −38.1% 77 $367 $38.4M

11 Apr 28-30 78 $17.5K −38.0% 56 $313 $38.5M

12 May 5-7 25 $187.6K +970.1% 271 $692 $38.7M

13 May 12-14 29 $172.8K −7.9% 172 $1,005 $38.9M

14 May 19-21 41 $89.6K −48.2% 135 $664 $39.0M

15 May 26-28 52 $81.8K −8.7% 80 $1,022 $39.2M

16 Jun 2-4 64 $25.8K −68.5% 51 $505 $39.2M

17 Jun 9-11 84 $11.5K −55.4% 30 $383 $39.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 18 #3 $3.2M — $3.2M 1,830 $1,728 1

Sat Feb 19 #4 $4.5M +42% $7.7M 1,830 $2,457 2

Sun Feb 20 #4 $3.9M −13% $11.6M 1,830 $2,142 3

Mon Feb 21 #5 $1.9M −52% $13.5M 1,832 $1,032 4

Tue Feb 22 #4 $884.2K −53% $14.4M 1,832 $483 5

Wed Feb 23 #4 $716.6K −19% $15.1M 1,832 $391 6

Thu Feb 24 #4 $732.1K +2% $15.8M 1,832 $400 7

Fri Feb 25 #5 $2.1M +185% −34% $17.9M 1,930 $1,081 8

Sat Feb 26 #5 $3.1M +48% −31% $21.0M 1,930 $1,605 9

Sun Feb 27 #5 $2.0M −36% −50% $22.9M 1,930 $1,025 10

Mon Feb 28 #3 $499.4K −75% −74% $23.4M 1,930 $259 11

Tue Feb 29 #3 $515.5K +3% −42% $23.9M 1,930 $267 12

Wed Mar 1 #4 $450.0K −13% −37% $24.4M 1,930 $233 13

Thu Mar 2 #3 $457.9K +2% −37% $24.9M 1,930 $237 14

Fri Mar 3 #4 $1.4M +205% −33% $26.2M 1,905 $733 15

Sat Mar 4 #6 $2.3M +63% −27% $28.5M 1,905 $1,191 16

Sun Mar 5 #3 $1.4M −37% −27% $29.7M 1,903 $755 17

Mon Mar 6 #2 $387.7K −73% −22% $30.1M 1,903 $204 18

Tue Mar 7 #2 $404.0K +4% −22% $30.5M 1,903 $212 19

Wed Mar 8 #4 $353.3K −13% −21% $30.9M 1,903 $186 20

Thu Mar 9 #5 $350.0K −1% −24% $31.2M 1,903 $184 21

Fri Mar 10 #10 $748.0K +114% −46% $31.6M 1,730 $432 22

Sat Mar 11 #10 $1.5M +94% −36% $33.1M 1,730 $839 23

Sun Mar 12 #12 $751.0K −48% −48% $34.1M 1,730 $434 24

Mon Mar 13 #11 $251.1K −67% −35% $34.3M 1,730 $145 25

Tue Mar 14 #11 $287.4K +14% −29% $34.6M 1,730 $166 26

Wed Mar 15 #11 $252.3K −12% −29% $34.9M 1,730 $146 27

Thu Mar 16 #12 $266.2K +5% −24% $35.1M 1,730 $154 28

Sun Mar 19 #12 $397.0K — −47% $36.5M 1,384 $287 31

Mon Mar 20 #9 $136.7K −66% −46% $36.6M 1,384 $99 32

Tue Mar 21 #9 $154.7K +13% −46% $36.8M 1,384 $112 33

Wed Mar 22 #14 $109.0K −30% −57% $36.9M 1,384 $79 34

Thu Mar 23 #13 $106.0K −3% −60% $37.0M 1,384 $77 35

Sun Mar 26 #14 $151.0K — −62% $37.6M 917 $165 38

Mon Mar 27 #14 $62.1K −59% −55% $37.7M 917 $68 39

Tue Mar 28 #14 $68.2K +10% −56% $37.8M 917 $74 40

Wed Mar 29 #15 $61.0K −10% −44% $37.8M 917 $67 41

Thu Mar 30 #15 $64.6K +6% −39% $37.9M 917 $70 42

Sun Apr 2 #20 $59.0K — −61% $38.1M 419 $141 45

Tue Apr 4 #19 $27.6K — −60% $38.2M 419 $66 47

Wed Apr 5 #20 $23.6K −15% −61% $38.2M 419 $56 48

Thu Apr 6 #19 $25.8K +9% −60% $38.2M 419 $61 49

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

Cumulative total$38.2M

Feb 18Feb 28Mar 10Mar 22Apr 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $28.3K

$14.0M

$7.1M

$5.1M

$2.9M

$1.4M

$614.8K

$255.2K

$76.5K

$45.7K

$28.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,930 → 419 −78.3%

1,830 open419 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.1%

−49.1%

W1→2

−29.0%

W2→3

−41.9%

W3→4

−50.8%

W4→5

−57.5%

W5→6

−58.5%

W6→7

−70.0%

W7→8

−40.3%

W8→9

−38.1%

W9→10

Steepest −70.0%Best hold −29.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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