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The Man in the Iron MaskFollow

1998 • PG-13 • 2h 12m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

For the honor of a king. And the destiny of a country. All for one.

🍅 32% 55%

49

3.16

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$57.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$183.00M

$126.00M international

Domestic legs3.3x

Budget$35M

1998 rank#33

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Cast & crew

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons Starring

John Malkovich

John Malkovich Starring

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu Starring

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne Starring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio

ScreenplayRandall Wallace Produced byRandall Wallace, Russell Smith CinematographyPeter Suschitzky Music byNick Glennie-Smith StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 13-15 2 $17.3M — 3,101 $5,570 $17.3M

2 Mar 20-22 3 $11.1M −35.9% 3,101 $3,572 $34.5M

3 Mar 27-29 4 $6.3M −42.8% 3,101 $2,043 $43.7M

4 Apr 3-5 7 $3.5M −44.6% 2,504 $1,401 $49.0M

5 Apr 10-12 13 $1.6M −54.3% 1,658 $966 $52.2M

6 Apr 17-19 17 $969.7K −39.5% 1,037 $935 $54.0M

7 Apr 24-26 22 $557.0K −42.6% 759 $734 $54.9M

8 May 1-3 24 $361.8K −35.1% 527 $686 $55.4M

9 May 8-10 26 $251.0K −30.6% 411 $611 $55.8M

10 May 15-17 30 $156.3K −37.7% 312 $501 $56.0M

11 May 22-24 29 $173.6K +11.1% 271 $641 $56.3M

12 May 29-31 35 $93.9K −45.9% 178 $528 $56.4M

13 Jun 5-7 37 $88.2K −6.1% 178 $496 $56.6M

14 Jun 12-14 40 $73.3K −17.0% 137 $535 $56.7M

15 Jun 19-21 46 $43.3K −40.9% 107 $405 $56.8M

16 Jun 26-28 49 $32.2K −25.7% 69 $466 $56.8M

17 Jul 3-5 55 $23.4K −27.3% 49 $478 $56.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 13 #1 $5.8M — $5.8M 3,101 $1,867 1

Sat Mar 14 #2 $7.0M +21% $12.8M 3,101 $2,259 2

Sun Mar 15 #2 $4.5M −36% $17.3M 3,101 $1,454 3

Mon Mar 16 #1 $1.5M −68% $18.7M 3,101 $472 4

Tue Mar 17 #1 $1.7M +14% $20.4M 3,101 $539 5

Wed Mar 18 #1 $1.5M −11% $21.9M 3,101 $478 6

Thu Mar 19 #2 $1.5M +2% $23.4M 3,101 $489 7

Fri Mar 20 #3 $3.4M +122% −42% $26.8M 3,101 $1,085 8

Sat Mar 21 #3 $4.8M +42% −32% $31.5M 3,101 $1,537 9

Sun Mar 22 #3 $2.9M −40% −36% $34.5M 3,101 $924 10

Mon Mar 23 #4 $588.1K −79% −60% $35.1M 3,101 $190 11

Tue Mar 24 #4 $830.0K +41% −50% $35.9M 3,101 $268 12

Wed Mar 25 #3 $704.9K −15% −52% $36.6M 3,101 $227 13

Thu Mar 26 #3 $721.2K +2% −52% $37.3M 3,101 $233 14

Fri Mar 27 #5 $1.9M +163% −44% $39.2M 3,101 $613 15

Sat Mar 28 #4 $2.8M +46% −42% $42.0M 3,101 $896 16

Sun Mar 29 #4 $1.6M −43% −45% $43.7M 3,101 $509 17

Mon Mar 30 #4 $403.7K −74% −31% $44.1M 3,101 $130 18

Tue Mar 31 #4 $558.1K +38% −33% $44.6M 3,101 $180 19

Wed Apr 1 #4 $465.1K −17% −34% $45.1M 3,101 $150 20

Thu Apr 2 #4 $460.0K −1% −36% $45.5M 3,101 $148 21

Fri Apr 3 #8 $1.0M +123% −46% $46.6M 2,504 $409 22

Sat Apr 4 #7 $1.5M +51% −44% $48.1M 2,504 $617 23

Sun Apr 5 #8 $833.0K −46% −47% $49.0M 2,504 $333 24

Mon Apr 6 #6 $307.6K −63% −24% $49.4M 2,504 $123 25

Tue Apr 7 #5 $398.8K +30% −29% $49.8M 2,504 $159 26

Wed Apr 8 #6 $367.1K −8% −21% $50.1M 2,504 $147 27

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$50.1M

Mar 13Mar 20Mar 26Apr 2Apr 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $156.3K

$17.3M

$11.1M

$6.3M

$3.5M

$1.6M

$969.7K

$557.0K

$361.8K

$251.0K

$156.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,101 → 2,504 −19.3%

3,101 open2,504 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.7%

−35.9%

W1→2

−42.8%

W2→3

−44.6%

W3→4

−54.3%

W4→5

−39.5%

W5→6

−42.6%

W6→7

−35.1%

W7→8

−30.6%

W8→9

−37.7%

W9→10

Steepest −54.3%Best hold −30.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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