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The Time Machine

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

The greatest adventure THROUGH all time!

Compare to other movies
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

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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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySimon Wells
ScreenplayJohn Logan, David Duncan
StarringGuy Pearce, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law, Sienna Guillory, Laura Kirk, Josh Stamberg
StudioDreamWorks Distribution