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The Iron Giant

1999 • PG • 1h 26m • Animation, Adventure, Family • Warner Bros. Pictures

It came from outer space!

🍅 96% 90% MC 85 LB 4.29 IMDb 8.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$5.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$23.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$31.7M
$8.2M international
Domestic Legs4.1x
Budget$50M
1999 Rank#85
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Cast & Crew

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Brad Bird Brad Bird Director Cloris Leachman Cloris Leachman Starring Eli Marienthal Eli Marienthal Starring Vin Diesel Vin Diesel Starring Harry Connick Jr. Harry Connick Jr. Starring Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston Starring
ScreenplayTim McCanlies Produced byAllison Abbate Music byMichael Kamen StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 6-8 9 $5.7M — 2,179 $2,631 $5.8M
2 Aug 13-15 10 $3.7M −34.6% 2,179 $1,720 $12.5M
3 Aug 20-22 12 $2.3M −38.1% 1,943 $1,194 $16.7M
4 Aug 27-29 18 $1.0M −56.3% 1,302 $780 $18.8M
5 Sep 3-5 18 $1.5M +45.5% 1,289 $1,146 $20.7M
6 Sep 10-12 22 $444.5K −69.9% 1,006 $442 $21.3M
7 Sep 17-19 24 $321.6K −27.7% 681 $472 $21.7M
8 Sep 24-26 25 $241.1K −25.0% 529 $456 $22.0M
9 Oct 1-3 32 $138.9K −42.4% 351 $396 $22.2M
10 Oct 8-10 23 $259.6K +86.9% 634 $410 $22.5M
11 Oct 15-17 30 $147.0K −43.4% 480 $306 $22.7M
12 Oct 22-24 42 $90.2K −38.6% 351 $257 $22.9M
13 Oct 29-31 50 $45.8K −49.2% 273 $168 $22.9M
14 Nov 5-7 46 $78.3K +70.9% 226 $346 $23.0M
15 Nov 12-14 51 $62.8K −19.7% 179 $351 $23.1M
16 Nov 19-21 56 $45.9K −26.9% 144 $319 $23.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$21.3M
Aug 6Aug 13Aug 21Aug 28Sep 12
Weekend grossWk 10 · $259.6K
$5.7M
$3.7M
$2.3M
$1.0M
$1.5M
$444.5K
$321.6K
$241.1K
$138.9K
$259.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 2,179 → 1,006 −53.8%
2,179 open1,006 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +86.9%
−34.6%
W1→2
−38.1%
W2→3
−56.3%
W3→4
+45.5%
W4→5
−69.9%
W5→6
−27.7%
W6→7
−25.0%
W7→8
−42.4%
W8→9
+86.9%
W9→10
Steepest −69.9%Biggest gain +86.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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