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Tomorrow Never DiesFollow

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.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$25.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$125.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$339.50M
$214.20M international
Domestic legs5.0x
Budget$110M
1997 rank#14

Cast & crew

Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan Starring Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Starring Michelle Yeoh Michelle Yeoh Starring Teri Hatcher Teri Hatcher Starring Judi Dench Judi Dench Starring James Bond Franchise Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
ScreenplayBruce Feirstein Produced byMichael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli CinematographyRobert Elswit Music byDavid Arnold StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer SeriesJames Bond

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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
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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