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Tomorrow Never Dies

1997 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • MGM / United Artists

Yesterday is a memory. Today is history. Tomorrow is in the hands of one man.

🍅 58% 53%

52

3.11

6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$25.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$125.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$339.5M

$214.2M international

Domestic Legs5.0x

Budget$110M

1997 Rank#14

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Cast & Crew

Pierce Brosnan Starring

Jonathan Pryce Starring

Michelle Yeoh Starring

Teri Hatcher Starring

Judi Dench Starring

ScreenplayBruce Feirstein Produced byMichael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli CinematographyRobert Elswit Music byDavid Arnold StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer SeriesJames Bond

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 19-21 2 $25.1M — 2,807 $8,957 $25.1M

2 Dec 26-28 2 $20.5M −18.5% 2,807 $7,296 $62.2M

3 Jan 2-4 2 $13.8M −32.6% 2,807 $4,916 $92.4M

4 Jan 9-11 5 $7.5M −45.4% 2,807 $2,685 $103.4M

5 Jan 16-18 8 $5.4M −28.4% 2,427 $2,224 $110.9M

6 Jan 23-25 10 $2.7M −49.2% 1,905 $1,440 $115.5M

7 Jan 30-Feb 1 12 $1.8M −36.0% 1,306 $1,344 $118.2M

8 Feb 6-8 13 $1.1M −39.9% 983 $1,073 $119.7M

9 Feb 13-15 19 $720.2K −31.7% 749 $962 $120.7M

10 Feb 20-22 21 $371.3K −48.4% 501 $741 $121.2M

11 Feb 27-Mar 1 24 $302.5K −18.5% 416 $727 $121.6M

12 Mar 6-8 24 $245.8K −18.7% 415 $592 $122.0M

13 Mar 13-15 28 $236.1K −4.0% 402 $587 $122.3M

14 Mar 20-22 29 $208.1K −11.9% 398 $523 $122.7M

15 Mar 27-29 26 $173.5K −16.6% 390 $445 $122.9M

16 Apr 3-5 31 $157.8K −9.0% 383 $412 $123.1M

17 Apr 10-12 35 $137.2K −13.1% 372 $369 $123.3M

18 Apr 17-19 35 $146.4K +6.7% 368 $398 $123.6M

19 Apr 24-26 34 $168.8K +15.3% 355 $476 $123.8M

20 May 1-3 25 $318.0K +88.4% 909 $350 $124.1M

21 May 8-10 23 $306.1K −3.8% 904 $339 $124.6M

22 May 15-17 24 $272.5K −11.0% 878 $310 $125.0M

23 May 22-24 31 $152.9K −43.9% 131 $1,167 $125.2M

24 May 29-31 42 $47.3K −69.1% 83 $570 $125.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 19 #2 $8.6M — $8.6M 2,807 $3,053 1

Sat Dec 20 #2 $8.6M — $17.1M 2,807 $3,053 2

Sun Dec 21 #2 $8.0M −7% $25.1M 2,807 $2,851 3

Mon Dec 22 #2 $3.7M −53% $28.9M 2,807 $1,333 4

Tue Dec 23 #2 $4.2M +12% $33.1M 2,807 $1,487 5

Wed Dec 24 #2 $2.5M −39% $35.5M 2,807 $905 6

Thu Dec 25 #2 $5.8M +130% $41.3M 2,807 $2,077 7

Fri Dec 26 #2 $7.8M +34% −9% $49.2M 2,807 $2,792 8

Sat Dec 27 #2 $7.8M — −9% $57.0M 2,807 $2,792 9

Sun Dec 28 #2 $5.2M −34% −35% $62.2M 2,807 $1,852 10

Mon Dec 29 #2 $3.5M −32% −6% $65.7M 2,807 $1,250 11

Tue Dec 30 #2 $3.7M +5% −11% $69.4M 2,807 $1,316 12

Wed Dec 31 #2 $3.8M +3% +50% $73.2M 2,807 $1,357 13

Thu Jan 1 #2 $5.0M +30% −15% $78.2M 2,807 $1,771 14

Fri Jan 2 #2 $5.2M +6% −33% $83.4M 2,807 $1,869 15

Sat Jan 3 #2 $5.7M +8% −28% $89.1M 2,807 $2,022 16

Sun Jan 4 #2 $2.9M −49% −44% $92.4M 2,807 $1,039 17

Mon Jan 5 #3 $865.0K −70% −75% $93.3M 2,807 $308 18

Tue Jan 6 #3 $1.0M +19% −72% $94.3M 2,807 $366 19

Wed Jan 7 #3 $810.3K −21% −79% $95.1M 2,807 $289 20

Thu Jan 8 #3 $753.8K −7% −85% $95.9M 2,807 $269 21

Fri Jan 9 #5 $2.1M +175% −61% $97.9M 2,807 $737 22

Sat Jan 10 #4 $3.8M +83% −33% $101.7M 2,807 $1,348 23

Sun Jan 11 #5 $1.7M −55% −42% $103.4M 2,807 $604 24

Mon Jan 12 #5 $471.8K −72% −45% $103.9M 2,807 $168 25

Tue Jan 13 #4 $622.8K +32% −39% $104.5M 2,807 $222 26

Wed Jan 14 #5 $478.8K −23% −41% $105.0M 2,807 $171 27

Thu Jan 15 #4 $503.0K +5% −33% $105.5M 2,807 $179 28

Fri Jan 16 #8 $1.3M +160% −37% $106.8M 2,427 $540 29

Sat Jan 17 #8 $2.3M +76% −39% $109.1M 2,427 $952 30

Sun Jan 18 #8 $1.6M −30% −5% $110.7M 2,427 $663 31

Mon Jan 19 #7 $938.2K −42% +99% $111.6M 2,427 $387 32

Tue Jan 20 #8 $380.0K −59% −39% $112.2M 2,472 $154 33

Wed Jan 21 #8 $277.7K −27% −42% $112.5M 2,427 $114 34

Thu Jan 22 #7 $322.7K +16% −36% $112.8M 2,427 $133 35

Fri Jan 23 #10 $695.0K +115% −47% $113.5M 1,905 $365 36

Sat Jan 24 #10 $1.4M +104% −39% $114.9M 1,905 $743 37

Sun Jan 25 #10 $482.0K −66% −70% $115.5M 1,905 $253 38

Mon Jan 26 #10 $222.1K −54% −76% $115.7M 1,905 $117 39

Tue Jan 27 #9 $249.3K +12% −34% $116.0M 1,905 $131 40

Wed Jan 28 #8 $220.9K −11% −20% $116.2M 1,905 $116 41

Thu Jan 29 #9 $220.7K — −32% $116.4M 1,905 $116 42

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

Cumulative total$116.4M

Dec 19Dec 29Jan 9Jan 19Jan 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $371.3K

$25.1M

$20.5M

$13.8M

$7.5M

$5.4M

$2.7M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$720.2K

$371.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,807 → 1,905 −32.1%

2,807 open1,905 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.4%

−18.5%

W1→2

−32.6%

W2→3

−45.4%

W3→4

−28.4%

W4→5

−49.2%

W5→6

−36.0%

W6→7

−39.9%

W7→8

−31.7%

W8→9

−48.4%

W9→10

Steepest −49.2%Best hold −18.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 23 days

$100M

Day 23

Jan 10

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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