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The Time Machine

2002 PG-13 1h 36m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi DreamWorks Distribution

The greatest adventure THROUGH all time!

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$56.8M
Final
Opening Weekend
$22.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.51x
Opening → Total
Budget
$80.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$124M
$66.9M international
2002 Rank
#44
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 8-10 1 $22.6M $22.6M 2,944 $8K 1
Mar 15-17 4 $10.8M -52.3% $39.9M 2,958 $4K 2
Mar 22-24 7 $5.3M -50.7% $48.2M 2,809 $2K 3
Mar 29-31 13 $2.3M -57.1% $52.6M 1,748 $1K 4
Apr 5-7 18 $1.0M -54.2% $54.8M 931 $1K 5
Apr 12-14 23 $420K -59.8% $55.5M 457 $919 6
Apr 19-21 35 $153K -63.6% $55.8M 212 $722 7
Apr 26-28 26 $262K +70.8% $56.1M 299 $875 8
May 3-5 28 $216K -17.3% $56.4M 254 $851 9
May 10-12 34 $118K -45.6% $56.6M 225 $523 10
May 17-19 39 $73K -38.4% $56.7M 162 $447 11

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySimon Wells
ScreenplayJohn Logan, David Duncan
Produced byWalter F. Parkes, David Valdes
CinematographyDonald McAlpine
MusicKlaus Badelt
StarringGuy Pearce, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law, Sienna Guillory, Laura Kirk, Josh Stamberg
StudioDreamWorks Distribution