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The Rock

1996 • R • 2h 16m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Hollywood Pictures

Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.

🍅 76% 85% MC 58 LB 3.60 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$25.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$134.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$336.1M
$202M international
Domestic Legs5.3x
Budget$75M
1996 Rank#4
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Cast & Crew

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Michael Bay Michael Bay Director Sean Connery Sean Connery Starring Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Starring Ed Harris Ed Harris Starring Michael Biehn Michael Biehn Starring David Morse David Morse Starring
ScreenplayDavid Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, Mark Rosner Produced byDon Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer Music byNick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer StudioHollywood Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 7-9 1 $25.1M — 2,392 $10,481 $25.1M
2 Jun 14-16 2 $18.5M −26.2% 2,415 $7,666 $56.1M
3 Jun 21-23 3 $14.4M −22.2% 2,426 $5,935 $80.7M
4 Jun 28-30 5 $11.0M −23.7% 2,409 $4,559 $98.3M
5 Jul 5-7 6 $9.4M −14.5% 2,137 $4,395 $110.3M
6 Jul 12-14 8 $4.4M −53.3% 1,848 $2,372 $117.4M
7 Jul 19-21 12 $2.5M −41.9% 1,524 $1,671 $122.1M
8 Jul 26-28 17 $1.3M −49.2% 964 $1,341 $124.7M
9 Aug 2-4 18 $1.1M −18.3% 721 $1,465 $126.5M
10 Aug 9-11 18 $832.0K −21.2% 587 $1,417 $128.0M
11 Aug 16-18 22 $441.5K −46.9% 349 $1,265 $129.0M
12 Aug 23-25 28 $270.1K −38.8% 248 $1,089 $129.5M
13 Aug 30-Sep 1 21 $1.0M +286.3% 621 $1,680 $130.6M
14 Sep 6-8 19 $646.1K −38.1% 663 $975 $131.6M
15 Sep 13-15 22 $488.4K −24.4% 579 $844 $132.3M
16 Sep 20-22 24 $325.4K −33.4% 457 $712 $132.8M
17 Sep 27-29 28 $262.5K −19.4% 378 $694 $133.1M
18 Oct 4-6 31 $194.6K −25.8% 321 $606 $133.4M
19 Oct 11-13 34 $146.2K −24.9% 194 $754 $133.6M
20 Oct 18-20 33 $133.5K −8.7% 185 $722 $133.8M
21 Oct 25-27 42 $66.1K −50.5% 113 $585 $133.9M
22 Nov 1-3 47 $48.9K −26.0% 66 $741 $134.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $832.0K
$25.1M
$18.5M
$14.4M
$11.0M
$9.4M
$4.4M
$2.5M
$1.3M
$1.1M
$832.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.2%
−26.2%
W1→2
−22.2%
W2→3
−23.7%
W3→4
−14.5%
W4→5
−53.3%
W5→6
−41.9%
W6→7
−49.2%
W7→8
−18.3%
W8→9
−21.2%
W9→10
Steepest −53.3%Best hold −14.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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