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The Ice Storm

1997 • R • 1h 53m • Drama • Fox Searchlight Pictures

It was 1973, and the climate was changing.

🍅 86% 82% MC 72 LB 3.76 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$75K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic Total
$8.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$16.0M
$8.0M international
Domestic Legs10.2x
Budget$18M
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Cast & Crew

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Ang Lee Ang Lee Director Kevin Kline Kevin Kline Starring Joan Allen Joan Allen Starring Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver Starring Christina Ricci Christina Ricci Starring Tobey Maguire Tobey Maguire Starring
ScreenplayJames Schamus Produced byAng Lee, James Schamus, Ted Hope CinematographyFrederick Elmes MusicMychael Danna Prod. DesignMark Friedberg StudioFox Searchlight Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 26-28 37 $75.2K — 3 $25,061 $75.2K
2 Oct 3-5 32 $100.4K +33.5% 3 $33,458 $237.0K
3 Oct 10-12 36 $84.5K −15.8% 3 $28,162 $365.8K
4 Oct 17-19 23 $323.5K +282.9% 22 $14,705 $743.5K
5 Oct 24-26 23 $328.2K +1.5% 23 $14,271 $1.2M
6 Oct 31-Nov 2 22 $451.6K +37.6% 46 $9,818 $1.7M
7 Nov 7-9 20 $565.3K +25.2% 67 $8,437 $2.5M
8 Nov 14-16 19 $785.9K +39.0% 154 $5,103 $3.4M
9 Nov 21-23 17 $676.9K −13.9% 217 $3,120 $4.4M
10 Nov 28-30 18 $769.6K +13.7% 230 $3,346 $5.4M
11 Dec 5-7 17 $507.1K −34.1% 223 $2,274 $6.1M
12 Dec 12-14 23 $302.2K −40.4% 170 $1,778 $6.6M
13 Dec 19-21 24 $148.1K −51.0% 106 $1,397 $6.8M
14 Dec 26-28 33 $109.2K −26.3% 70 $1,559 $7.0M
15 Jan 2-4 33 $125.6K +15.1% 73 $1,721 $7.2M
16 Jan 9-11 32 $120.8K −3.8% 64 $1,888 $7.4M
17 Jan 16-19 39 $100.4K −16.9% 63 $1,594 $7.6M
18 Jan 23-25 40 $76.6K −23.7% 69 $1,110 $7.7M
19 Jan 30-Feb 1 48 $74.5K −2.8% 57 $1,307 $7.8M
20 Feb 6-8 54 $49.9K −33.1% 54 $924 $7.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$304.3K
Sep 27Sep 30Oct 4Oct 7Oct 10
Weekend grossWk 10 · $769.6K
$75.2K
$100.4K
$84.5K
$323.5K
$328.2K
$451.6K
$565.3K
$785.9K
$676.9K
$769.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3 → 3 +0.0%
3 open3 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +13.7%
+33.5%
W1→2
−15.8%
W2→3
+282.9%
W3→4
+1.5%
W4→5
+37.6%
W5→6
+25.2%
W6→7
+39.0%
W7→8
−13.9%
W8→9
+13.7%
W9→10
Steepest −15.8%Biggest gain +282.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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