Name: The Perfect Storm
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2000
Rating: 5.7
Cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C. Reilly, William Fichtner

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 30	#1	$13.24M		—	$13.24M	3,407	$3.9K	1
Sat Jul 1	#1	$14.79M	+12%	—	$28.03M	3,407	$4.3K	2
Sun Jul 2	#1	$13.30M	-10%	—	$41.33M	3,407	$3.9K	3
Mon Jul 3	#1	$12.39M	-7%	—	$53.72M	3,407	$3.6K	4
Tue Jul 4	#1	$9.02M	-27%	—	$62.74M	3,407	$2.6K	5
Wed Jul 5	#1	$5.22M	-42%	—	$67.96M	3,407	$1.5K	6
Thu Jul 6	#1	$5.12M	-2%	—	$73.08M	3,407	$1.5K	7
Fri Jul 7	#2	$7.85M	+53%	-41%	$80.92M	3,407	$2.3K	8
Sat Jul 8	#2	$10.63M	+36%	-28%	$91.56M	3,407	$3.1K	9
Sun Jul 9	#2	$7.99M	-25%	-40%	$100.20M	3,407	$2.3K	10
Mon Jul 10	#2	$3.11M	-61%	-75%	$103.30M	3,407	$912	11
Tue Jul 11	#2	$3.02M	-3%	-66%	$106.33M	3,407	$887	12
Wed Jul 12	#2	$2.52M	-16%	-52%	$108.85M	3,407	$740	13
Thu Jul 13	#2	$2.52M	n/c	-51%	$111.37M	3,407	$739	14
Fri Jul 14	#3	$4.68M	+85%	-40%	$116.05M	3,407	$1.4K	15
Sat Jul 15	#3	$7.03M	+50%	-34%	$123.08M	3,407	$2.1K	16
Sun Jul 16	#3	$4.95M	-30%	-38%	$128.50M	3,407	$1.5K	17
Mon Jul 17	#3	$1.80M	-64%	-42%	$130.31M	3,407	$529	18
Tue Jul 18	#3	$1.99M	+10%	-34%	$132.30M	3,407	$584	19
Wed Jul 19	#3	$1.78M	-10%	-29%	$134.08M	3,407	$523	20
Thu Jul 20	#3	$1.59M	-11%	-37%	$135.67M	3,407	$468	21
Fri Jul 21	#5	$2.90M	+82%	-38%	$138.57M	3,203	$904	22
Sat Jul 22	#5	$4.27M	+47%	-39%	$142.84M	3,203	$1.3K	23
Sun Jul 23	#5	$2.69M	-37%	-46%	$145.35M	3,203	$840	24
Mon Jul 24	#5	$1.23M	-54%	-32%	$146.59M	3,203	$384	25
Tue Jul 25	#5	$1.34M	+8%	-33%	$147.92M	3,203	$417	26
Wed Jul 26	#6	$1.31M	-2%	-26%	$149.23M	3,203	$409	27
Thu Jul 27	#5	$1.30M	-1%	-18%	$150.54M	3,203	$406	28
Fri Jul 28	#6	$2.01M	+54%	-31%	$152.54M	3,093	$648	29
Sat Jul 29	#5	$2.81M	+40%	-34%	$155.35M	3,093	$908	30
Sun Jul 30	#5	$2.43M	-13%	-10%	$158.05M	3,093	$785	31
Mon Jul 31	#5	$907K	-63%	-26%	$158.96M	3,093	$293	32
Tue Aug 1	#5	$1.00M	+11%	-25%	$159.97M	3,093	$324	33
Wed Aug 2	#5	$808K	-20%	-38%	$160.77M	3,093	$261	34
Thu Aug 3	#5	$829K	+3%	-36%	$161.50M	3,093	$268	35
Fri Aug 4	#8	$1.09M	+31%	-46%	$162.59M	2,602	$418	36
Sat Aug 5	#7	$1.43M	+31%	-49%	$164.02M	2,602	$548	37
Sun Aug 6	#8	$1.29M	-9%	-47%	$165.58M	2,602	$497	38
Mon Aug 7	#8	$578K	-55%	-36%	$166.16M	2,602	$222	39
Tue Aug 8	#8	$564K	-2%	-44%	$166.72M	2,602	$216	40
Wed Aug 9	#8	$509K	-10%	-37%	$167.23M	2,602	$195	41
Thu Aug 10	#7	$505K	-1%	-39%	$167.74M	2,602	$194	42
Fri Aug 11	#10	$683K	+35%	-37%	$168.42M	1,938	$352	43
Sat Aug 12	#10	$1.11M	+63%	-22%	$169.53M	1,938	$572	44
Sun Aug 13	#10	$806K	-27%	-38%	$170.48M	1,938	$415	45
Mon Aug 14	#10	$356K	-56%	-38%	$170.84M	1,938	$183	46
Tue Aug 15	#10	$345K	-3%	-39%	$171.18M	1,938	$178	47
Wed Aug 16	#10	$298K	-14%	-42%	$171.48M	1,938	$153	48
Thu Aug 17	#10	$314K	+6%	-38%	$171.80M	1,938	$162	49
Sun Aug 20	#13	$471K		-42%	$173.61M	1,417	$332	52
Mon Aug 21	#13	$188K	-60%	-47%	$173.79M	1,417	$132	53
Tue Aug 22	#13	$222K	+18%	-36%	$174.02M	1,417	$156	54
Wed Aug 23	#13	$188K	-15%	-37%	$174.20M	1,417	$132	55
Thu Aug 24	#13	$193K	+3%	-39%	$174.40M	1,417	$136	56
Sun Aug 27	#16	$336K		-29%	$175.60M	1,205	$278	59
Mon Aug 28	#16	$115K	-66%	-39%	$175.72M	1,205	$95	60
Tue Aug 29	#16	$150K	+31%	-32%	$175.87M	1,205	$124	61
Wed Aug 30	#16	$134K	-11%	-29%	$176.00M	1,205	$110	62
Thu Aug 31	#15	$136K	+2%	-29%	$176.14M	1,205	$113	63
Mon Sep 4	#18	$358K		+212%	$177.85M	1,004	$356	67

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 30-Jul 2	1	$41.33M	—	$41.33M	3,407	$12.1K	1
Jul 7-9	2	$27.12M	-34.4%	$100.20M	3,407	$8.0K	2
Jul 14-16	3	$17.13M	-36.8%	$128.50M	3,407	$5.0K	3
Jul 21-23	5	$9.68M	-43.5%	$145.35M	3,203	$3.0K	4
Jul 28-30	5	$7.52M	-22.3%	$158.05M	3,093	$2.4K	5
Aug 4-6	8	$3.98M	-47.1%	$165.58M	2,602	$1.5K	6
Aug 11-13	10	$2.75M	-30.9%	$170.48M	1,938	$1.4K	7
Aug 18-20	13	$1.81M	-34.1%	$173.61M	1,417	$1.3K	8
Aug 25-27	16	$1.21M	-33.4%	$175.60M	1,205	$1.0K	9
Sep 1-3	10	$1.35M	+11.7%	$177.49M	1,004	$1.3K	10
Sep 8-10	19	$634K	-53.0%	$178.68M	705	$899	11
Sep 15-17	21	$543K	-14.3%	$179.42M	664	$818	12
Sep 22-24	22	$521K	-4.2%	$180.11M	602	$865	13
Sep 29-Oct 1	25	$372K	-28.5%	$180.63M	502	$741	14
Oct 6-8	30	$264K	-29.0%	$181.00M	398	$664	15
Oct 13-15	36	$151K	-42.8%	$181.24M	169	$894	16
Oct 20-22	43	$82K	-46.0%	$181.37M	138	$590	17
Oct 27-29	21	$316K	+287.9%	$181.72M	507	$623	18
Nov 3-5	22	$253K	-20.1%	$182.07M	401	$630	19
Nov 10-12	25	$177K	-30.1%	$182.31M	302	$584	20
Nov 17-19	34	$93K	-47.4%	$182.45M	266	$349	21
Nov 24-26	42	$57K	-38.9%	$182.54M	168	$337	22
Dec 1-3	48	$33K	-41.3%	$182.59M	130	$256	23

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byWolfgang Petersen

ScreenplayWilliam D. Wittliff

Produced byPaula Weinstein, Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz

CinematographyJohn Seale

MusicJames Horner

StarringGeorge Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C. Reilly, William Fichtner, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

StudioWarner Bros.

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