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The Day After Tomorrow

2004 PG-13 2h 4m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi 20th Century Fox

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Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$187M
Final
Opening Weekend
$68.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.72x
Opening → Total
Budget
$125M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$553M
$366M international
2004 Rank
#7
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 28-30 2 $68.7M $68.7M 3,425 $20K 1
Jun 4-6 3 $27.9M -59.5% $128.5M 3,444 $8K 2
Jun 11-13 6 $14.5M -47.8% $153.1M 3,210 $5K 3
Jun 18-20 8 $8.1M -44.3% $167.3M 2,667 $3K 4
Jun 25-27 11 $4.8M -41.3% $175.6M 2,212 $2K 5
Jul 2-4 12 $2.0M -57.2% $179.5M 1,518 $1K 6
Jul 9-11 16 $1.1M -47.0% $182.1M 728 $1K 7
Jul 16-18 18 $617K -42.8% $183.3M 487 $1K 8
Jul 23-25 21 $464K -24.8% $184.1M 374 $1K 9
Jul 30-Aug 1 26 $294K -36.6% $184.7M 296 $994 10
Aug 6-8 25 $324K +9.9% $185.2M 298 $1K 11
Aug 13-15 Athens Olympics 28 $230K -28.9% $185.7M 263 $875 12
Aug 20-22 Athens Olympics 33 $207K -10.0% $186.0M 233 $889 13
Aug 27-29 Athens Olympics 40 $107K -48.5% $186.2M 178 $600 14
Sep 3-5 43 $97K -9.2% $186.3M 129 $752 15
Sep 17-19 47 $87K -10.1% $186.6M 184 $473 16

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRoland Emmerich
ScreenplayRoland Emmerich, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
StarringDennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward
Studio20th Century Fox