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The World Is Not Enough movie poster

The World Is Not Enough

1999 • PG-13 • 2h 8m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

As the countdown begins for the new millennium there is still one number you can always count on.

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2.94

6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$35.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$126.9M

Final

Worldwide Total

$361.7M

$234.8M international

Domestic Legs3.6x

Budget$135M

1999 Rank#14

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Cast & Crew

Full Apted filmography

Michael Apted Director

Pierce Brosnan Starring

Robert Carlyle Starring

Denise Richards

Denise Richards Starring

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane Starring

Judi Dench Starring

ScreenplayNeal Purvis, Robert Wade, Bruce Feirstein Produced byMichael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli CinematographyAdrian Biddle Music byDavid Arnold StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer SeriesJames Bond

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 19-21 1 $35.5M — 3,163 $11,230 $35.5M

2 Nov 26-28 2 $23.2M −34.6% 3,163 $7,347 $75.5M

3 Dec 3-5 2 $10.7M −54.2% 3,163 $3,367 $90.4M

4 Dec 10-12 4 $6.2M −42.2% 3,063 $2,010 $99.4M

5 Dec 17-19 7 $4.0M −34.9% 2,625 $1,528 $105.4M

6 Dec 24-26 11 $2.7M −32.5% 1,715 $1,579 $111.3M

7 Dec 31-Jan 2 11 $2.9M +5.9% 1,712 $1,675 $117.9M

8 Jan 7-9 16 $1.8M −36.2% 1,317 $1,389 $120.8M

9 Jan 14-16 19 $1.2M −32.9% 889 $1,381 $122.7M

10 Jan 21-23 22 $703.7K −42.7% 889 $792 $123.6M

11 Jan 28-30 25 $559.1K −20.6% 857 $652 $124.4M

12 Feb 4-6 25 $647.0K +15.7% 842 $768 $125.2M

13 Feb 11-13 22 $455.4K −29.6% 768 $593 $125.8M

14 Feb 18-20 35 $220.0K −51.7% 311 $707 $126.2M

15 Feb 25-27 37 $149.3K −32.1% 265 $563 $126.4M

16 Mar 3-5 37 $135.8K −9.1% 227 $598 $126.6M

17 Mar 10-12 48 $79.9K −41.1% 191 $419 $126.7M

18 Mar 17-19 54 $55.3K −30.8% 144 $384 $126.8M

19 Mar 24-26 66 $32.7K −40.8% 98 $334 $126.9M

20 Mar 31-Apr 2 78 $15.5K −52.7% 45 $344 $126.9M

21 Apr 7-9 87 $9.7K −37.2% 34 $286 $126.9M

22 Apr 14-16 101 $3.6K −62.6% 11 $330 $126.9M

23 Apr 21-23 116 $2.9K −19.0% 10 $294 $126.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 19 #1 $12.1M — $12.1M 3,165 $3,833 1

Sat Nov 20 #1 $14.2M +17% $26.4M 3,165 $4,493 2

Sun Nov 21 #1 $8.8M −38% $35.5M 3,163 $2,772 3

Mon Nov 22 #1 $2.6M −70% $38.1M 3,163 $823 4

Tue Nov 23 #1 $3.4M +29% $41.5M 3,163 $1,063 5

Wed Nov 24 #3 $4.8M +44% $46.3M 3,163 $1,526 6

Thu Nov 25 #3 $5.7M +19% $52.1M 3,163 $1,815 7

Fri Nov 26 #2 $9.8M +71% −19% $61.9M 3,163 $3,111 8

Sat Nov 27 #2 $9.2M −7% −36% $71.1M 3,163 $2,895 9

Sun Nov 28 #3 $4.3M −53% −51% $75.5M 3,163 $1,370 10

Mon Nov 29 #3 $1.1M −75% −59% $76.6M 3,163 $338 11

Tue Nov 30 #3 $1.2M +17% −63% $77.8M 3,163 $394 12

Wed Dec 1 #3 $1.0M −20% −79% $78.8M 3,163 $317 13

Thu Dec 2 #3 $966.8K −4% −83% $79.8M 3,163 $306 14

Fri Dec 3 #2 $3.2M +230% −68% $83.0M 3,163 $1,008 15

Sat Dec 4 #2 $5.0M +55% −46% $87.9M 3,163 $1,565 16

Sun Dec 5 #2 $2.6M −47% −39% $90.4M 3,163 $835 17

Mon Dec 6 #3 $654.8K −75% −39% $91.1M 3,163 $207 18

Tue Dec 7 #2 $817.0K +25% −34% $91.9M 3,163 $258 19

Wed Dec 8 #2 $690.0K −16% −31% $92.6M 3,163 $218 20

Thu Dec 9 #2 $645.7K −6% −33% $93.3M 3,163 $204 21

Fri Dec 10 #4 $1.9M +193% −41% $95.1M 3,063 $617 22

Sat Dec 11 #4 $2.7M +42% −46% $97.8M 3,063 $876 23

Sun Dec 12 #4 $1.5M −43% −42% $99.4M 3,063 $502 24

Mon Dec 13 #4 $426.6K −72% −35% $99.8M 3,063 $139 25

Tue Dec 14 #4 $500.6K +17% −39% $100.3M 3,063 $163 26

Wed Dec 15 #4 $384.9K −23% −44% $100.8M 3,063 $126 27

Thu Dec 16 #4 $468.7K +22% −27% $101.3M 3,063 $153 28

Fri Dec 17 #7 $1.4M +207% −24% $102.7M 2,625 $548 29

Sat Dec 18 #7 $1.7M +20% −35% $104.4M 2,625 $660 30

Sun Dec 19 #7 $1.2M −31% −22% $105.4M 2,625 $454 31

Mon Dec 20 #7 $636.8K −47% +49% $106.0M 2,625 $243 32

Tue Dec 21 #7 $784.2K +23% +57% $106.8M 2,625 $299 33

Wed Dec 22 #9 $758.4K −3% +97% $107.5M 2,625 $289 34

Thu Dec 23 #9 $982.6K +30% +110% $108.5M 2,625 $374 35

Fri Dec 24 #9 $507.0K −48% −65% $109.0M 1,710 $296 36

Sun Dec 26 #11 $1.1M — −8% $111.3M — — 38

Mon Dec 27 #11 $911.2K −17% +43% $112.2M 2,625 $347 39

Tue Dec 28 #11 $957.4K +5% +22% $113.1M 2,625 $365 40

Wed Dec 29 #11 $873.1K −9% +15% $114.0M 2,625 $333 41

Thu Dec 30 #10 $951.0K +9% −3% $115.0M 2,625 $362 42

Fri Dec 31 #9 $932.0K −2% +84% $115.9M 1,715 $543 43

Sun Jan 2 #11 $932.0K — −15% $117.9M 1,712 $544 45

Mon Jan 3 #12 $394.6K −58% −57% $118.3M 1,712 $230 46

Tue Jan 4 #11 $312.0K −21% −67% $118.6M 1,712 $182 47

Wed Jan 5 #11 $253.6K −19% −71% $118.8M 1,712 $148 48

Thu Jan 6 #11 $250.1K −1% −74% $119.1M 1,712 $146 49

Fri Jan 7 #15 $503.0K +101% −46% $119.6M 1,315 $383 50

Sat Jan 8 #15 $808.0K +61% $120.4M 1,315 $614 51

Sun Jan 9 #15 $434.0K −46% −53% $120.9M 1,317 $330 52

Mon Jan 10 #15 $118.0K −73% −70% $121.0M 1,317 $90 53

Tue Jan 11 #15 $142.9K +21% −54% $121.2M 1,317 $109 54

Wed Jan 12 #16 $125.4K −12% −51% $121.3M 1,317 $95 55

Mon Jan 17 #17 $184.5K — +56% $122.7M 889 $208 60

Tue Jan 18 #18 $79.7K −57% −44% $122.7M 889 $90 61

Wed Jan 19 #18 $61.7K −23% −51% $122.8M 889 $69 62

Thu Jan 20 #18 $66.8K +8% $122.9M 889 $75 63

Tue Feb 8 #20 $52.9K — $125.3M 842 $63 82

Sun Feb 13 #20 $111.0K — $125.8M 768 $145 87

Mon Feb 14 #21 $51.4K −54% $125.9M 768 $67 88

Tue Feb 15 #20 $35.6K −31% −33% $125.9M 768 $46 89

Wed Feb 16 #20 $34.4K −3% $126.0M 768 $45 90

Thu Feb 17 #20 $35.8K +4% $126.0M 768 $47 91

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

Cumulative total$122.9M

Nov 19Dec 3Dec 17Jan 2Jan 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $703.7K

$35.5M

$23.2M

$10.7M

$6.2M

$4.0M

$2.7M

$2.9M

$1.8M

$1.2M

$703.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,165 → 889 −71.9%

3,165 open889 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.7%

−34.6%

W1→2

−54.2%

W2→3

−42.2%

W3→4

−34.9%

W4→5

−32.5%

W5→6

+5.9%

W6→7

−36.2%

W7→8

−32.9%

W8→9

−42.7%

W9→10

Steepest −54.2%Biggest gain +5.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 26 days

$100M

Day 26

Dec 14

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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