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

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 30	#1	$13.2M		—	$13.2M	3,407	$4K	1
Sat Jul 1	#1	$14.8M	+12%	—	$28.0M	3,407	$4K	2
Sun Jul 2	#1	$13.3M	-10%	—	$41.3M	3,407	$4K	3
Mon Jul 3	#1	$12.4M	-7%	—	$53.7M	3,407	$4K	4
Tue Jul 4	#1	$9.0M	-27%	—	$62.7M	3,407	$3K	5
Wed Jul 5	#1	$5.2M	-42%	—	$68.0M	3,407	$2K	6
Thu Jul 6	#1	$5.1M	-2%	—	$73.1M	3,407	$2K	7
Fri Jul 7	#2	$7.8M	+53%	-41%	$80.9M	3,407	$2K	8
Sat Jul 8	#2	$10.6M	+36%	-28%	$91.6M	3,407	$3K	9
Sun Jul 9	#2	$8.0M	-25%	-40%	$100.2M	3,407	$2K	10
Mon Jul 10	#2	$3.1M	-61%	-75%	$103.3M	3,407	$912	11
Tue Jul 11	#2	$3.0M	-3%	-66%	$106.3M	3,407	$887	12
Wed Jul 12	#2	$2.5M	-16%	-52%	$108.9M	3,407	$740	13
Thu Jul 13	#2	$2.5M	n/c	-51%	$111.4M	3,407	$739	14
Fri Jul 14	#3	$4.7M	+85%	-40%	$116.0M	3,407	$1K	15
Sat Jul 15	#3	$7.0M	+50%	-34%	$123.1M	3,407	$2K	16
Sun Jul 16	#3	$5.0M	-30%	-38%	$128.5M	3,407	$1K	17
Mon Jul 17	#3	$1.8M	-64%	-42%	$130.3M	3,407	$529	18
Tue Jul 18	#3	$2.0M	+10%	-34%	$132.3M	3,407	$584	19
Wed Jul 19	#3	$1.8M	-10%	-29%	$134.1M	3,407	$523	20
Thu Jul 20	#3	$1.6M	-11%	-37%	$135.7M	3,407	$468	21
Fri Jul 21	#5	$2.9M	+82%	-38%	$138.6M	3,203	$904	22
Sat Jul 22	#5	$4.3M	+47%	-39%	$142.8M	3,203	$1K	23
Sun Jul 23	#5	$2.7M	-37%	-46%	$145.4M	3,203	$840	24
Mon Jul 24	#5	$1.2M	-54%	-32%	$146.6M	3,203	$384	25
Tue Jul 25	#5	$1.3M	+8%	-33%	$147.9M	3,203	$417	26
Wed Jul 26	#6	$1.3M	-2%	-26%	$149.2M	3,203	$409	27
Thu Jul 27	#5	$1.3M	-1%	-18%	$150.5M	3,203	$406	28
Fri Jul 28	#6	$2.0M	+54%	-31%	$152.5M	3,093	$648	29
Sat Jul 29	#5	$2.8M	+40%	-34%	$155.4M	3,093	$908	30
Sun Jul 30	#5	$2.4M	-13%	-10%	$158.1M	3,093	$785	31
Mon Jul 31	#5	$907K	-63%	-26%	$159.0M	3,093	$293	32
Tue Aug 1	#5	$1.0M	+11%	-25%	$160.0M	3,093	$324	33
Wed Aug 2	#5	$808K	-20%	-38%	$160.8M	3,093	$261	34
Thu Aug 3	#5	$829K	+3%	-36%	$161.5M	3,093	$268	35
Fri Aug 4	#8	$1.1M	+31%	-46%	$162.6M	2,602	$418	36
Sat Aug 5	#7	$1.4M	+31%	-49%	$164.0M	2,602	$548	37
Sun Aug 6	#8	$1.3M	-9%	-47%	$165.6M	2,602	$497	38
Mon Aug 7	#8	$578K	-55%	-36%	$166.2M	2,602	$222	39
Tue Aug 8	#8	$564K	-2%	-44%	$166.7M	2,602	$216	40
Wed Aug 9	#8	$509K	-10%	-37%	$167.2M	2,602	$195	41
Thu Aug 10	#7	$505K	-1%	-39%	$167.7M	2,602	$194	42
Fri Aug 11	#10	$683K	+35%	-37%	$168.4M	1,938	$352	43
Sat Aug 12	#10	$1.1M	+63%	-22%	$169.5M	1,938	$572	44
Sun Aug 13	#10	$806K	-27%	-38%	$170.5M	1,938	$415	45
Mon Aug 14	#10	$356K	-56%	-38%	$170.8M	1,938	$183	46
Tue Aug 15	#10	$345K	-3%	-39%	$171.2M	1,938	$178	47
Wed Aug 16	#10	$298K	-14%	-42%	$171.5M	1,938	$153	48
Thu Aug 17	#10	$314K	+6%	-38%	$171.8M	1,938	$162	49
Sun Aug 20	#13	$471K		-42%	$173.6M	1,417	$332	52
Mon Aug 21	#13	$188K	-60%	-47%	$173.8M	1,417	$132	53
Tue Aug 22	#13	$222K	+18%	-36%	$174.0M	1,417	$156	54
Wed Aug 23	#13	$188K	-15%	-37%	$174.2M	1,417	$132	55
Thu Aug 24	#13	$193K	+3%	-39%	$174.4M	1,417	$136	56
Sun Aug 27	#16	$336K		-29%	$175.6M	1,205	$278	59
Mon Aug 28	#16	$115K	-66%	-39%	$175.7M	1,205	$95	60
Tue Aug 29	#16	$150K	+31%	-32%	$175.9M	1,205	$124	61
Wed Aug 30	#16	$134K	-11%	-29%	$176.0M	1,205	$110	62
Thu Aug 31	#15	$136K	+2%	-29%	$176.1M	1,205	$113	63
Mon Sep 4	#18	$358K		+212%	$177.8M	1,004	$356	67

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 30-Jul 2	1	$41.3M	—	$41.3M	3,407	$12K	1
Jul 7-9	2	$27.1M	-34.4%	$100.2M	3,407	$8K	2
Jul 14-16	3	$17.1M	-36.8%	$128.5M	3,407	$5K	3
Jul 21-23	5	$9.7M	-43.5%	$145.4M	3,203	$3K	4
Jul 28-30	5	$7.5M	-22.3%	$158.1M	3,093	$2K	5
Aug 4-6	8	$4.0M	-47.1%	$165.6M	2,602	$2K	6
Aug 11-13	10	$2.7M	-30.9%	$170.5M	1,938	$1K	7
Aug 18-20	13	$1.8M	-34.1%	$173.6M	1,417	$1K	8
Aug 25-27	16	$1.2M	-33.4%	$175.6M	1,205	$1K	9
Sep 1-3	10	$1.3M	+11.7%	$177.5M	1,004	$1K	10
Sep 8-10	19	$634K	-53.0%	$178.7M	705	$899	11
Sep 15-17 Sydney Olympics	21	$543K	-14.3%	$179.4M	664	$818	12
Sep 22-24 Sydney Olympics	22	$521K	-4.2%	$180.1M	602	$865	13
Sep 29-Oct 1 Sydney Olympics	25	$372K	-28.5%	$180.6M	502	$741	14
Oct 6-8	30	$264K	-29.0%	$181.0M	398	$664	15
Oct 13-15	36	$151K	-42.8%	$181.2M	169	$894	16
Oct 20-22	43	$82K	-46.0%	$181.4M	138	$590	17
Oct 27-29	21	$316K	+287.9%	$181.7M	507	$623	18
Nov 3-5	22	$253K	-20.1%	$182.1M	401	$630	19
Nov 10-12	25	$177K	-30.1%	$182.3M	302	$584	20
Nov 17-19	34	$93K	-47.4%	$182.5M	266	$349	21
Nov 24-26	42	$57K	-38.9%	$182.5M	168	$337	22
Dec 1-3	48	$33K	-41.3%	$182.6M	130	$256	23

Performance Charts

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

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

StudioWarner Bros.