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The Perfect Storm

2000 PG-13 2h 10m Action, Adventure, Drama Warner Bros.

Feel its fury.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$183M
Final
Opening Weekend
$41.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.42x
Opening → Total
Budget
$140M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$329M
$146M international
2000 Rank
#6
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
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 21 $543K -14.3% $179.4M 664 $818 12
Sep 22-24 22 $521K -4.2% $180.1M 602 $865 13
Sep 29-Oct 1 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

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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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.