Name: The Terminator
Director: James Cameron
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Released: 1984
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen

Cast & crew

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Linda Hamilton Starring

Paul Winfield Starring

Lance Henriksen Starring Terminator Franchise Orion Pictures Studio

ScreenplayJames Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd Produced byGale Anne Hurd CinematographyAdam Greenberg Music byBrad Fiedel StudioOrion Pictures SeriesTerminator

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 26-28 1 $4.0M — 1,005 $4,001 $4.0M

2 Nov 2-4 1 $4.2M +4.9% 1,112 $3,794 $9.8M

3 Nov 9-11 2 $3.2M −24.4% 960 $3,325 $14.5M

4 Nov 16-18 4 $2.8M −10.8% 1,016 $2,803 $18.9M

5 Nov 23-25 3 $3.9M +38.1% 1,017 $3,868 $25.2M

6 Nov 30-Dec 2 2 $3.0M −24.4% 1,032 $2,883 $29.1M

7 Dec 7-9 4 $1.4M −51.6% 1,023 $1,407 $31.3M

8 Dec 14-16 8 $956.0K −33.6% 938 $1,019 $32.8M

9 Dec 21-23 14 $722.3K −24.4% 551 $1,311 $34.0M

11 Jan 4-6 14 $702.0K — 643 $1,092 $35.0M

12 Jan 11-13 18 $521.1K −25.8% 595 $876 $35.8M

13 Jan 18-20 20 $377.8K −27.5% 533 $709 $36.4M

14 Jan 25-27 20 $352.2K −6.8% 408 $863 $37.0M

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

Weekend grossWk 9 · $722.3K

$4.0M

$4.2M

$3.2M

$2.8M

$3.9M

$3.0M

$1.4M

$956.0K

$722.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −24.4%

+4.9%

W1→2

−24.4%

W2→3

−10.8%

W3→4

+38.1%

W4→5

−24.4%

W5→6

−51.6%

W6→7

−33.6%

W7→8

−24.4%

W8→9

Steepest −51.6%Biggest gain +38.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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