The Abyss

Name: The Abyss
Director: James Cameron
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1989
Cast: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Todd Graff, Leo Burmester

1989 • PG-13 • 2h 20m • Adventure, Drama, Mystery • 20th Century Fox

When you get there, you will understand.

🍅 75% 83%

3.72

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$55.0M

All releases

Worldwide Total

$90.5M

$35.5M international

Budget$70M

1989 Rank#20

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Cast & Crew

Full Cameron filmography

James Cameron Director

Ed Harris Starring

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Starring

Michael Biehn Starring

Written byJames Cameron Produced byGale Anne Hurd CinematographyMikael Salomon Edited byJoel Goodman, Conrad Buff, Howard E. Smith Music byAlan Silvestri Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 11-13 2 $9.3M — 1,533 $6,079 $13.0M

2 Aug 18-20 3 $7.2M −22.6% 1,538 $4,690 $24.7M

3 Aug 25-27 3 $4.7M −34.4% 1,525 $3,104 $33.0M

4 Sep 1-3 3 $5.5M +16.9% 1,532 $3,611 $40.7M

5 Sep 8-10 5 $2.9M −48.2% 1,498 $1,913 $44.5M

6 Sep 15-17 7 $2.2M −24.9% 1,361 $1,580 $47.6M

7 Sep 22-24 8 $1.5M −29.7% 1,176 $1,286 $49.7M

Weekend grossWk 7 · $1.5M

$9.3M

$7.2M

$4.7M

$5.5M

$2.9M

$2.2M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −29.7%

−22.6%

W1→2

−34.4%

W2→3

+16.9%

W3→4

−48.2%

W4→5

−24.9%

W5→6

−29.7%

W6→7

Steepest −48.2%Biggest gain +16.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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