Stargate

Name: Stargate
Director: Roland Emmerich
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: 1994
Cast: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors, Alexis Cruz

1994 • PG-13 • 2h 1m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

It will take you a million light years from home. But will it bring you back?

🍅 53% 73%

3.21

7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$16.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$71.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$196.6M

$125M international

Domestic Legs4.3x

Budget$55M

1994 Rank#17

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRoland Emmerich ScreenplayDean Devlin, Roland Emmerich Produced byJoel B. Michaels, Oliver Eberle, Dean Devlin CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub Music byDavid Arnold StarringKurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors, Alexis Cruz StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 28-30 1 $16.7M — 2,033 $8,190 $16.7M

2 Nov 4-6 1 $12.4M −25.7% 2,033 $6,084 $34.5M

3 Nov 11-13 3 $8.1M −34.5% 2,033 $3,988 $46.5M

4 Nov 18-20 6 $4.4M −45.6% 2,033 $2,171 $52.9M

5 Nov 25-27 7 $4.8M +8.2% 2,033 $2,350 $60.2M

6 Dec 2-4 9 $2.3M −52.6% 1,904 $1,190 $63.3M

7 Dec 9-11 11 $1.2M −48.3% 1,484 $789 $65.1M

8 Dec 16-18 13 $695.4K −40.6% 936 $743 $66.2M

9 Dec 23-25 21 $685.4K −1.4% 775 $884 $67.3M

10 Dec 30-Jan 1 21 $777.7K +13.5% 704 $1,105 $68.6M

11 Jan 6-8 21 $504.1K −35.2% 658 $766 $69.3M

12 Jan 13-15 24 $458.9K −9.0% 413 $1,111 $70.0M

13 Jan 20-22 24 $261.8K −43.0% 396 $661 $70.3M

14 Jan 27-29 27 $212.6K −18.8% 371 $573 $70.7M

15 Feb 3-5 33 $160.3K −24.6% 224 $716 $70.9M

16 Feb 10-12 39 $113.4K −29.3% 161 $704 $71.1M

17 Feb 17-19 41 $115.7K +2.0% 139 $832 $71.2M

18 Feb 24-26 44 $88.3K −23.7% 155 $570 $71.3M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $777.7K

$16.7M

$12.4M

$8.1M

$4.4M

$4.8M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$695.4K

$685.4K

$777.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +13.5%

−25.7%

W1→2

−34.5%

W2→3

−45.6%

W3→4

+8.2%

W4→5

−52.6%

W5→6

−48.3%

W6→7

−40.6%

W7→8

−1.4%

W8→9

+13.5%

W9→10

Steepest −52.6%Biggest gain +13.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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