Name: Poseidon
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 2006
Rating: 4.7
Cast: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri May 12	#2	$7.39M		—	$7.39M	3,555	$2.1K	1
Sat May 13	#2	$8.33M	+13%	—	$15.73M	3,555	$2.3K	2
Sun May 14	#2	$6.43M	-23%	—	$22.16M	3,555	$1.8K	3
Mon May 15	#2	$1.56M	-76%	—	$23.72M	3,555	$440	4
Tue May 16	#2	$1.48M	-5%	—	$25.20M	3,555	$415	5
Wed May 17	#2	$1.19M	-19%	—	$26.39M	3,555	$335	6
Thu May 18	#2	$1.19M	n/c	—	$27.58M	3,555	$334	7
Fri May 19	#4	$2.90M	+144%	-61%	$30.48M	3,555	$815	8
Sat May 20	#4	$3.86M	+33%	-54%	$34.34M	3,555	$1.1K	9
Sun May 21	#4	$2.47M	-36%	-62%	$36.80M	3,555	$693	10
Mon May 22	#4	$821K	-67%	-47%	$37.62M	3,555	$231	11
Tue May 23	#4	$644K	-22%	-56%	$38.27M	3,555	$181	12
Wed May 24	#4	$611K	-5%	-49%	$38.88M	3,555	$171	13
Thu May 25	#4	$764K	+25%	-36%	$39.64M	3,555	$214	14
Fri May 26	#5	$1.69M	+122%	-42%	$41.34M	3,245	$521	15
Sat May 27	#5	$2.09M	+23%	-46%	$43.42M	3,245	$643	16
Sun May 28	#5	$1.87M	-11%	-24%	$45.29M	3,245	$575	17
Mon May 29	#5	$1.44M	-23%	+75%	$46.73M	3,245	$442	18
Tue May 30	#5	$511K	-64%	-21%	$47.24M	3,245	$157	19
Wed May 31	#5	$500K	-2%	-18%	$47.74M	3,245	$154	20
Thu Jun 1	#5	$525K	+5%	-31%	$48.27M	3,245	$161	21
Fri Jun 2	#6	$1.00M	+91%	-41%	$49.27M	2,720	$368	22
Sat Jun 3	#6	$1.51M	+51%	-28%	$50.78M	2,720	$555	23
Sun Jun 4	#6	$981K	-35%	-48%	$51.76M	2,720	$360	24
Mon Jun 5	#6	$326K	-67%	-77%	$52.09M	2,720	$119	25
Tue Jun 6	#7	$383K	+17%	-25%	$52.47M	2,720	$140	26
Wed Jun 7	#8	$310K	-19%	-38%	$52.78M	2,720	$113	27
Thu Jun 8	#8	$315K	+2%	-40%	$53.09M	2,720	$115	28
Fri Jun 9	#10	$551K	+75%	-45%	$53.65M	1,724	$319	29
Sat Jun 10	#10	$766K	+39%	-49%	$54.41M	1,724	$444	30
Sun Jun 11	#10	$516K	-33%	-47%	$54.93M	1,724	$299	31
Mon Jun 12	#9	$242K	-53%	-26%	$55.17M	1,724	$140	32
Tue Jun 13	#10	$238K	-2%	-38%	$55.41M	1,724	$138	33
Wed Jun 14	#10	$243K	+2%	-22%	$55.65M	1,724	$140	34
Thu Jun 15	#10	$226K	-7%	-28%	$55.88M	1,724	$131	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 12-14	2	$22.16M	—	$22.16M	3,555	$6.2K	1
May 19-21	4	$9.22M	-58.4%	$36.80M	3,555	$2.6K	2
May 26-28	5	$5.65M	-38.7%	$45.29M	3,245	$1.7K	3
Jun 2-4	6	$3.49M	-38.2%	$51.76M	2,720	$1.3K	4
Jun 9-11	10	$1.83M	-47.5%	$54.93M	1,724	$1.1K	5
Jun 16-18	14	$633K	-65.5%	$56.51M	730	$867	6
Jun 23-25	17	$427K	-32.5%	$57.33M	337	$1.3K	7
Jun 30-Jul 2	16	$1.10M	+156.4%	$58.80M	340	$3.2K	8
Jul 7-9	17	$484K	-55.9%	$59.78M	180	$2.7K	9
Jul 14-16	24	$257K	-46.9%	$60.16M	302	$850	10
Jul 21-23	31	$133K	-48.1%	$60.42M	231	$577	11
Jul 28-30	37	$78K	-41.8%	$60.57M	158	$491	12

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byWolfgang Petersen

ScreenplayMark Protosevich

Produced byWolfgang Petersen, Duncan Henderson, Mike Fleiss, Akiva Goldsman

CinematographyJohn Seale

MusicKlaus Badelt

StarringJosh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Mía Maestro

StudioWarner Bros.

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