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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2003 R 1h 49m Action, Sci-Fi Warner Bros.

The Machines Will Rise.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$44.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$150M
Final
Worldwide Total
$433M
$283M international
Domestic Legs3.41x
Budget$200M
2003 Rank#9
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 4-6 1 $44.0M $72.4M 3,504 $13K 1
Jul 11-13 3 $19.5M -55.8% $110.3M 3,504 $6K 2
Jul 18-20 4 $9.3M -52.1% $127.9M 3,404 $3K 3
Jul 25-27 7 $5.1M -45.7% $137.5M 2,660 $2K 4
Aug 1-3 10 $3.0M -41.0% $142.9M 1,910 $2K 5
Aug 8-10 10 $1.6M -45.6% $146.0M 1,275 $1K 6
Aug 15-17 16 $816K -49.7% $147.6M 633 $1K 7
Aug 22-24 23 $472K -42.2% $148.5M 411 $1K 8
Aug 29-31 33 $316K -33.1% $149.0M 303 $1K 9
Sep 5-7 33 $194K -38.5% $149.4M 208 $933 10
Sep 12-14 43 $100K -48.3% $149.5M 120 $836 11
Sep 19-21 27 $305K +204.4% $149.9M 335 $911 12
Sep 26-28 36 $130K -57.5% $150.1M 281 $462 13
Oct 3-5 49 $69K -47.3% $150.3M 186 $368 14

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJonathan Mostow
ScreenplayJohn Brancato, Michael Ferris
StarringArnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, Earl Boen, David Andrews
StudioWarner Bros.