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StargateFollow

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?

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$16.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$71.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$196.60M
$125.00M international
Domestic legs4.3x
Budget$55M
1994 rank#17

Cast & crew

Full Emmerich filmography
Roland Emmerich Roland Emmerich Director Kurt Russell Kurt Russell Starring James Spader James Spader Starring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
ScreenplayDean Devlin, Roland Emmerich Produced byJoel B. Michaels, Oliver Eberle, Dean Devlin CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub Music byDavid Arnold StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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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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