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The Fifth Element

1997 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Sony Pictures

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🍅 70% 87% MC 52 LB 3.77 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$17M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$63.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$263.9M
$200.3M international
Domestic Legs3.7x
Budget$95M
1997 Rank#24
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Cast & Crew

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Luc Besson Luc Besson Director Bruce Willis Bruce Willis Starring Gary Oldman Gary Oldman Starring Ian Holm Ian Holm Starring Chris Tucker Chris Tucker Starring Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich Starring
ScreenplayLuc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Produced byPatrice Ledoux CinematographyThierry Arbogast Music byÉric Serra StudioSony Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 9-11 1 $17.0M — 2,500 $6,813 $17.0M
2 May 16-18 1 $11.4M −33.0% 2,500 $4,564 $34.2M
3 May 23-25 3 $8.0M −29.7% 2,500 $3,209 $46.0M
4 May 30-Jun 1 5 $4.0M −49.7% 2,500 $1,613 $51.5M
5 Jun 6-8 8 $2.1M −48.4% 1,957 $1,062 $55.4M
6 Jun 13-15 8 $1.5M −28.6% 1,560 $951 $57.9M
7 Jun 20-22 9 $865.0K −41.7% 1,066 $811 $59.8M
8 Jun 27-29 12 $372.0K −57.0% 662 $562 $60.7M
9 Jul 4-6 21 $147.4K −60.4% 202 $730 $61.0M
10 Jul 11-13 25 $103.0K −30.1% 185 $557 $61.1M
11 Jul 18-20 30 $100.3K −2.6% 173 $580 $61.3M
12 Jul 25-27 18 $420.7K +319.5% 673 $625 $61.8M
13 Aug 1-3 22 $327.8K −22.1% 600 $546 $62.3M
14 Aug 8-10 28 $165.8K −49.4% 345 $480 $62.7M
15 Aug 15-17 35 $133.9K −19.2% 272 $492 $63.0M
16 Aug 22-24 39 $114.2K −14.7% 176 $649 $63.1M
17 Aug 29-31 46 $58.0K −49.2% 90 $644 $63.2M
18 Sep 5-7 43 $51.2K −11.8% 84 $609 $63.3M
19 Sep 12-14 43 $52.9K +3.3% 78 $678 $63.4M
20 Sep 19-21 46 $43.9K −17.0% 59 $744 $63.4M
21 Sep 26-28 52 $34.5K −21.5% 40 $862 $63.5M
22 Oct 3-5 57 $21.8K −36.7% 27 $808 $63.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $103.0K
$17.0M
$11.4M
$8.0M
$4.0M
$2.1M
$1.5M
$865.0K
$372.0K
$147.4K
$103.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.1%
−33.0%
W1→2
−29.7%
W2→3
−49.7%
W3→4
−48.4%
W4→5
−28.6%
W5→6
−41.7%
W6→7
−57.0%
W7→8
−60.4%
W8→9
−30.1%
W9→10
Steepest −60.4%Best hold −28.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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