National Treasure (2004)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $173,005,002Details
International Box Office $158,318,408Details
Worldwide Box Office $331,323,410
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$35,142,554 (20.3% of total gross)
Legs:4.92 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:52.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$100,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,017 opening theaters/3,243 max. theaters, 9.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $292,378,444

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 318 $173,005,002
All Time International Box Office (Rank 601-700) 666 $158,318,408
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) 482 $331,323,410
All Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 81 $173,005,002
All Time International Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 101-200) 117 $158,318,408
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 98 $331,323,410

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 19th, 2004 (Wide) by Walt Disney
International Releases: November 26th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: May 3rd, 2005 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for action violence and some scary images
Running Time: 130 minutes
Franchise: National Treasure
Comparisons: vs. Ocean's Twelve
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Keywords: Treasure Hunters, Chase Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer, Junction Entertainment, Saturn Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 9th Monday 52 $637,859 Jan 17, 2005 60
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 282 $5,809,759 Jan 14, 2005 59
Biggest 8th Saturday 78 $2,047,826 Jan 8, 2005 51
Biggest 7th Sunday 98 $1,673,504 Jan 2, 2005 45
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 231 $6,768,112 Dec 31, 2004 45
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 262 $12,315,565 Dec 31, 2004 45
Biggest 7th Saturday 88 $2,726,816 Jan 1, 2005 44
Biggest 7th Friday 29 $2,700,000 Dec 31, 2004 43
Biggest 6th Thursday 21 $1,800,000 Dec 30, 2004 42
Biggest 6th Wednesday 23 $1,646,000 Dec 29, 2004 41
Biggest 6th Tuesday 36 $1,600,000 Dec 28, 2004 40
Biggest 6th Monday 52 $1,524,000 Dec 27, 2004 39
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 377 $7,213,931 Dec 24, 2004 38
Biggest 5th Thursday 74 $1,300,000 Dec 23, 2004 35
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 29 $32,156,917 Nov 26, 2004 10
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 31 $58,514,202 Nov 26, 2004 10
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 32 $45,614,917 Nov 26, 2004 10
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 26 $67,283,846 Nov 26, 2004 10
Biggest 1st Thursday 99 $7,810,000 Nov 25, 2004 7
Biggest Domestic November Weekend 89 $35,142,554 Nov 19, 2004 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 19, 2004 1 $35,142,554   3,017 $11,648   $35,142,554 1
Nov 26, 2004 1 $32,156,917 -8% 3,243 $9,916   $87,270,875 2
Dec 3, 2004 1 $17,004,967 -47% 3,243 $5,244   $110,113,345 3
Dec 10, 2004 3 $9,832,622 -42% 3,203 $3,070   $124,071,959 4
Dec 17, 2004 6 $6,022,564 -39% 2,772 $2,173   $132,748,249 5
Dec 24, 2004 11 $3,964,473 -34% 2,201 $1,801   $141,064,753 6
Dec 31, 2004 6 $6,768,112 +71% 2,282 $2,966   $154,522,305 7
Jan 7, 2005 8 $4,250,658 -37% 2,177 $1,953   $160,521,536 8
Jan 14, 2005 12 $2,657,763 -37% 1,610 $1,651   $164,221,316 9
Jan 21, 2005 16 $1,277,550 -52% 1,071 $1,193   $166,525,706 10
Jan 28, 2005 19 $781,644 -39% 644 $1,214   $167,681,143 11
Feb 4, 2005 18 $488,004 -38% 458 $1,066   $168,373,373 12
Feb 11, 2005 21 $367,107 -25% 332 $1,106   $168,888,982 13
Feb 18, 2005 26 $278,455 -24% 249 $1,118   $169,312,632 14
Feb 25, 2005 32 $179,567 -36% 173 $1,038   $169,616,657 15
Mar 4, 2005 35 $116,274 -35% 133 $874   $169,785,954 16
Mar 11, 2005 25 $321,005 +176% 319 $1,006   $170,149,988 17
Mar 18, 2005 24 $307,485 -4% 310 $992   $170,642,906 18
Mar 25, 2005 23 $303,690 -1% 293 $1,036   $171,149,503 19
Apr 1, 2005 22 $258,085 -15% 284 $909   $171,587,041 20
Apr 8, 2005 23 $218,231 -15% 264 $827   $171,896,717 21
Apr 15, 2005 24 $194,239 -11% 251 $774   $172,158,904 22
Apr 22, 2005 27 $190,608 -2% 232 $822   $172,416,455 23
Apr 29, 2005 29 $162,603 -15% 211 $771   $172,645,016 24
May 6, 2005 31 $111,175 -32% 165 $674   $172,818,622 25
May 13, 2005 36 $72,652 -35% 137 $530   $172,918,648 26
May 20, 2005 43 $34,482 -53% 98 $352   $172,975,674 27
May 27, 2005 61 $10,274 -70% 32 $321   $173,001,206 28

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 19, 2004 1 $11,000,000     3,017 $3,646   $11,000,000 1
Nov 20, 2004 1 $14,588,162 +33%   3,017 $4,835   $25,707,235 2
Nov 21, 2004 1 $9,435,319 -35%   3,017 $3,127   $35,142,554 3
Nov 22, 2004 1 $2,987,000 -68%   3,017 $990   $38,129,000 4
Nov 23, 2004 1 $3,527,000 +18%   3,017 $1,169   $41,656,000 5
Nov 24, 2004 1 $5,648,000 +60%   3,243 $1,742   $47,304,000 6
Nov 25, 2004 1 $7,810,000 +38%   3,243 $2,408   $55,113,958 7
Nov 26, 2004 1 $12,949,150 +66% +18% 3,243 $3,993   $68,063,108 8
Nov 27, 2004 1 $12,689,604 -2% -13% 3,243 $3,913   $80,752,712 9
Nov 28, 2004 1 $6,518,163 -49% -31% 3,243 $2,010   $87,270,875 10
Nov 29, 2004 1 $1,609,000 -75% -46% 3,243 $496   $88,880,000 11
Nov 30, 2004 1 $1,506,000 -6% -57% 3,243 $464   $90,386,000 12
Dec 1, 2004 1 $1,367,000 -9% -76% 3,243 $422   $91,753,000 13
Dec 2, 2004 1 $1,355,000 -1% -83% 3,243 $418   $93,108,378 14
Dec 3, 2004 1 $5,000,000 +269% -61% 3,243 $1,542   $98,100,000 15
Dec 4, 2004 1 $7,666,947 +53% -40% 3,243 $2,364   $105,837,303 16
Dec 5, 2004 1 $4,276,042 -44% -34% 3,243 $1,319   $110,113,345 17
Dec 6, 2004 1 $1,107,000 -74% -31% 3,243 $341   $111,221,000 18
Dec 7, 2004 1 $1,128,000 +2% -25% 3,243 $348   $112,349,000 19
Dec 8, 2004 3 $959,000 -15% -30% 3,243 $296   $113,308,000 20
Dec 9, 2004 3 $932,000 -3% -31% 3,243 $287   $114,239,000 21
Dec 10, 2004 4 $2,600,000 +179% -48% 3,203 $812   $116,800,000 22
Dec 11, 2004 3 $4,546,231 +75% -41% 3,203 $1,419   $121,684,824 23
Dec 12, 2004 4 $2,387,135 -47% -44% 3,203 $745   $124,071,959 24
Dec 13, 2004 4 $611,000 -74% -45% 3,203 $191   $124,683,000 25
Dec 14, 2004 4 $659,000 +8% -42% 3,203 $206   $125,343,000 26
Dec 15, 2004 4 $671,000 +2% -30% 3,203 $209   $126,014,000 27
Dec 16, 2004 4 $712,000 +6% -24% 3,203 $222   $126,726,000 28
Dec 17, 2004 6 $1,700,000 +139% -35% 2,772 $613   $128,400,000 29
Dec 18, 2004 6 $2,570,044 +51% -43% 2,772 $927   $131,013,521 30
Dec 19, 2004 6 $1,734,728 -33% -27% 2,772 $626   $132,748,249 31
Dec 20, 2004 5 $1,008,000 -42% +65% 2,772 $364   $133,756,000 32
Dec 21, 2004 6 $1,115,000 +11% +69% 2,772 $402   $134,871,000 33
Dec 22, 2004 7 $934,000 -16% +39% 2,478 $377   $135,806,000 34
Dec 23, 2004 5 $1,300,000 +39% +83% 2,772 $469   $137,106,000 35
Dec 24, 2004 5 $900,000 -31% -47% 2,772 $325   $138,006,000 36
Dec 25, 2004 11 $1,420,368 +58% -45% 2,772 $512   $139,426,368 37
Dec 26, 2004 11 $1,653,892 +16% -5% 2,772 $597   $141,064,753 38
Dec 27, 2004 9 $1,524,000 -8% +51% 2,772 $550   $142,589,000 39
Dec 28, 2004 8 $1,600,000 +5% +43% 2,201 $727   $144,189,000 40
Dec 29, 2004 7 $1,646,000 +3% +76% 2,201 $748   $145,835,000 41
Dec 30, 2004 7 $1,800,000 +9% +38% 2,201 $818   $147,600,000 42
Dec 31, 2004 6 $2,700,000 +50% +200% 2,282 $1,183   $150,300,000 43
Jan 1, 2005 6 $2,726,816 +1% +92% 2,282 $1,195   $152,848,801 44
Jan 2, 2005 7 $1,673,504 -39% +1% 2,282 $733   $154,522,305 45
Jan 3, 2005 7 $651,000 -61% -57% 2,282 $285   $155,173,000 46
Jan 4, 2005 9 $381,000 -41% -76% 2,282 $167   $155,554,000 47
Jan 5, 2005 8 $333,000 -13% -80% 2,282 $146   $155,887,000 48
Jan 6, 2005 8 $384,000 +15% -79% 2,282 $168   $156,271,000 49
Jan 7, 2005 9 $1,000,000 +160% -63% 2,177 $459   $157,300,000 50
Jan 8, 2005 7 $2,047,826 +105% -25% 2,177 $941   $159,567,812 51
Jan 9, 2005 8 $953,724 -53% -43% 2,177 $438   $160,521,536 52
Jan 10, 2005 9 $248,000 -74% -62% 2,177 $114   $160,769,000 53
Jan 11, 2005 9 $281,000 +13% -26% 2,177 $129   $161,050,000 54
Jan 12, 2005 9 $248,000 -12% -26% 2,177 $114   $161,298,000 55
Jan 13, 2005 8 $265,000 +7% -31% 2,177 $122   $161,564,000 56
Jan 14, 2005 13 $500,000 +89% -50% 1,610 $311   $162,100,000 57
Jan 15, 2005 12 $1,170,468 +134% -43% 1,610 $727   $163,466,751 58
Jan 16, 2005 12 $754,565 -36% -21% 1,610 $469   $164,221,316 59
Jan 17, 2005 11 $637,859 -15% +157% 1,610 $396   $164,859,175 60
Feb 21, 2005 24 $65,739     249 $264   $169,378,371 95
May 30, 2005 52 $3,796     32 $119   $173,005,002 193

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 19, 2004 1 $55,113,958   3,017 $18,268   $55,113,958 1
Nov 26, 2004 1 $37,994,420 -31% 3,243 $11,716   $93,108,378 2
Dec 3, 2004 1 $21,130,959 -44% 3,243 $6,516   $114,239,337 3
Dec 10, 2004 4 $12,486,348 -41% 3,203 $3,898   $126,725,685 4
Dec 17, 2004 6 $10,374,595 -17% 2,772 $3,743   $137,100,280 5
Dec 24, 2004 9 $10,653,913 +3% 2,201 $4,840   $147,754,193 6
Dec 31, 2004 6 $8,516,685 -20% 2,282 $3,732   $156,270,878 7
Jan 7, 2005 8 $5,292,675 -38% 2,177 $2,431   $161,563,553 8
Jan 14, 2005 12 $3,684,603 -30% 1,610 $2,289   $165,248,156 9
Jan 21, 2005 17 $1,651,343 -55% 1,071 $1,542   $166,899,499 10
Jan 28, 2005 19 $985,870 -40% 644 $1,531   $167,885,369 11
Feb 4, 2005 18 $636,506 -35% 458 $1,390   $168,521,875 12
Feb 11, 2005 20 $512,302 -20% 332 $1,543   $169,034,177 13
Feb 18, 2005 26 $402,913 -21% 249 $1,618   $169,437,090 14
Feb 25, 2005 33 $232,590 -42% 173 $1,344   $169,669,680 15
Mar 4, 2005 35 $159,303 -32% 133 $1,198   $169,828,983 16
Mar 11, 2005 24 $506,438 +218% 319 $1,588   $170,335,421 17
Mar 18, 2005 22 $510,392 +1% 310 $1,646   $170,845,813 18
Mar 25, 2005 24 $483,143 -5% 293 $1,649   $171,328,956 19
Apr 1, 2005 22 $349,530 -28% 284 $1,231   $171,678,486 20
Apr 8, 2005 24 $286,179 -18% 264 $1,084   $171,964,665 21
Apr 15, 2005 23 $261,182 -9% 251 $1,041   $172,225,847 22
Apr 22, 2005 27 $256,566 -2% 232 $1,106   $172,482,413 23
Apr 29, 2005 28 $225,034 -12% 211 $1,067   $172,707,447 24
May 6, 2005 34 $138,549 -38% 165 $840   $172,845,996 25
May 13, 2005 37 $95,196 -31% 137 $695   $172,941,192 26
May 20, 2005 42 $49,740 -48% 98 $508   $172,990,932 27
May 27, 2005 64 $14,070 -72% 32 $440   $173,005,002 28

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/26/2004 $1,499,870 277 277 1,320 $4,868,167 9/4/2020
 
Rest of World $153,450,241
 
International Total$158,318,408 9/4/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
May 25, 20084181,182 181,182$2,976,820$2,976,820160
Jun 1, 20081549,454-73% 230,636$812,529$3,789,349161
Jun 8, 20082639,468-20% 270,104$603,750$4,393,099162
Jun 15, 20082254,086+37% 324,190$875,652$5,268,751163

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Mar 7, 20101312,854 12,854$269,797$269,797253

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Leading Cast

Nicolas Cage    Benjamin Franklin Gates

Supporting Cast

Hunter Gomez    Young Ben Gates
Diane Kruger    Dr. Abigail Chase
Justin Bartha    Riley Poole
Sean Bean    Ian Howe
Jon Voight    Patrick Gates
Harvey Keitel    Sadusky
Christopher Plummer    John Adams Gates
Mark Pellegrino    Johnson
Stewart Finlay McLennan    Powell

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Jon Turteltaub    Director
Jim Kouf    Screenwriter
Cormac Wibberley    Screenwriter
Marianne Wibberley    Screenwriter
Jim Kouf    Story Creator
Oren Aviv    Story Creator
Charles Segars    Story Creator
Jerry Bruckheimer    Producer
Jon Turteltaub    Producer
Mike Stenson    Executive Producer
Chad Oman    Executive Producer
Christina Steinberg    Executive Producer
Barry Waldman    Executive Producer
Oren Aviv    Executive Producer
Charles Segars    Executive Producer
Caleb Deschanel    Cinematographer
William Goldenberg    Editor
Trevor Rabin    Composer
Bob Badami    Music Supervisor
Norris Spencer    Production Designer
Geoff Hubbard    Supervising Art Director
Larry Hubbs    Art Director
Anne D. McCulley    Set Decorator
Randall Wilkins    Set Designer
Judianna Makovsky    Costume Designer
William B. Kaplan    Sound Mixer
George Watters II    Supervising Sound Editor
Nathan McGuinness    Visual Effects Supervisor
Marc Varisco    Visual Effects Supervisor
Benjamin Melniker    Associate Producer
Michael E. Uslan    Associate Producer
Pat Sandston    Associate Producer
Geoff Hansen    Assistant Director
Mic Rodgers    Second Unit Director
Philip G. Atwell    Second Unit Director
Eric Engler    Second Unit Camera
Christopher Tuck    Stunt Coordinator
Avy Kaufman    Casting Director
Paul Linford    Additional Music
Jeanette Surga    Music Editor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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June 1st, 2008

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DVD Releases for May 20, 2008

May 20th, 2008

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December 18th, 2007

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June 18th, 2005

Be Cool opened atop a depressed home market $9.61 million in combined rentals. The film also topped the DVD sales charts, which is welcome relief to the studio after the film's disappointing theatrical box office. More...

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June 11th, 2005

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June 4th, 2005

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National Threepeat

May 28th, 2005

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May 21st, 2005

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May 14th, 2005

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May 2nd, 2005

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April 24th, 2005

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April 17th, 2005

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Cool Reception

April 10th, 2005

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France's $5 Million Baby

April 3rd, 2005

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March 23rd, 2005

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French Film Finishes Fifth

February 20th, 2005

Iznogoud: Calife a la place du calife, a movie based on a Asterix and Obelix spin off of sorts, dominated the French box office taking in $7.1 million, more than double the second place film and more than a third of the top ten total. It is also enough to push it into the Top Five on the international scene, dropping Finding Neverland into sixth place. Unfortunately, like the several films made in the Asterix and Obelix series, this one is unlikely to make much of an impact outside the French speaking markets. More...

Fockers are Fabulous

February 9th, 2005

A higher than expected opening in Spain and a lower than expected decline in the U.K. allowed Meet the Fockers to retain top spot on the international charts. The film opened first in a handful of markets, including a $4.7 million opening in Spain on 356 screens, $377,000 in Denmark, $352,000 in Taiwan and $275,000 in Israel. Its most prolific market continues to be the U.K. where the film brought in $8.5 million during its second weekend there; that's a 42% drop-off, which is a little high for the market, but not as high as expected given its huge start last weekend. That one market represented more than half of its weekend total of $16.3 million on 1700 screens in 28 markets for a running tally of $82.9 million. More...

Fockers Flatten Competition

February 2nd, 2005

Meet the Fockers open in the U.K. over the weekend with an astounding $14.8 million on 456, which is more than four times the original's earnings there in 2000. That figure was also more than 8 times the second place film , and more than half the market's total box office. Add in a handful of openings in other, mostly smaller markets and the film brought in $19.2 million on 1,700 screens in 15 markets for a $58.8 million total so far. More...

Ocean Steals International Box Office Crown Back

January 26th, 2005

The International Box Office Race is certainly interesting, as Ocean's Twelve recaptured the lead this weekend with $14.4 million on 4,600 screens in 58 markets and now sits at $170.4 million internationally and $292.8 million worldwide. A large chunk of that total came from Japan, where the film earned $6.8 million (including sneak peaks) on 510 screens, while ending Howl's Moving Castle's nine week reign on top. While this was a strong performance, it was 20% lower that the original's debut in the same market. More...

Alexander Reigns over International Audiences

January 19th, 2005

After a massive opening last week in Spain, Alexander took top spot on the international charts thanks to a strong opening in Italy, Brazil and Hong Kong. The film managed first place in all three markets with $3.87 million on 446 screens in Italy, $906,900 on 193 screens in Brazil and $275,244 on 30 screens in Hong Kong. Holdovers were not as kind to the Sword and Sandal epic as it dropped nearly 50% in the U.K., Spain and France. Overall the film brought in $14.5 million on 3600 screens in 51 markets for a running tally of $88 million. And while the film will easily cross $100 million internationally, which is roughly 3 times its domestic figure, it has to be looked at as a disappointment financially. More...

Twelve Takes Top Spot

January 12th, 2005

The race for first in the international marketplace continued to be close with three films within a couple million of each other. Leading the way was Ocean's Twelve with $17.5 million on 5200 screens in 54 markets; the film's international total now sits at $137 million, slightly more than half of what Ocean's Eleven finished with. The heist film did open well in several markets, which mostly balances out severe drop-offs due to the post-holiday. For instance, the film opened well in South Korea with $2.1 million on 150 screens and debuted in first place in Argentina, ($500,000), Portugal, (with $720,000) and in the Philippines, ($370,000.) More...

Flip-Flop at the Top

January 5th, 2005

Like last week, this week's international box office race was very close, but unlike last week, The Incredibles were able to reclaim the crown over Ocean's Twelve. The holidays helped the box office climb in several markets and overall the film earned $23.2 million on 6800 screens in 49 markets and now sits a week away from $300 million with $286.8 million international box office. More...

Will 2004 End in a Whimper?

December 31st, 2004

It's the last day of 2004 tonight so you could either call this the last weekend of 2004 or the first weekend of 2005. There needed to be roughly $264 million in box office business since Sunday for 2004 to beat 2003, and while Monday's figures were ok, they've been slipping during the week and will most likely put 2003's $9.158 billion out of reach. As for the predictions this weekend, there should be almost no change in the top five but the overall box office should climb from last weekend. More...

Local Flicks Compete for International Crown

December 29th, 2004

Ocean's Twelve opening in another two markets, (Mexico and Belgium) helped the heist film finish first on the international charts with $22.6 million on 5,183 screens in 46 markets. The film opened well in Belgium where it easily took first place with $1.2 million on just 75 screens. That's up nearly 40% compared to the the original, but down nearly 10% in Euros. In Mexico the film could only manage $1.8 million on 550 screens for a rather limp per screen average. However, in most markets the film is not holding up as well as the studio would have liked. For instance, in Germany the film dropped by more than 50%, in France the decline was 44%. The only exception appears to be Italy where holidays and a serious boost to screen count helped the film climb 33% to $2.9 million over the weekend. More...

International Box Office Stolen!

December 22nd, 2004

For the first time in many weeks there was a real race for top spot on the international charts, also, for the first time in many weeks The Incredibles didn't win that race. Boosted by debuts in 22 additional markets, Ocean's Twelve took top spot with $28.9 million on 3900 screens in 27 markets for a early total of $35.2 million. Compared to the original the results are mixed. IN many places it is a lot lower when compared in local currency, but thanks to the Dollar's extended losing streak, it's much higher in American funds. For instance, the film opened in first place in France with 5.7 million Euros, down 16% from its predecessor, however, that's $7.5 million in American funds, a increase of 28%. Other highlights include $5.3 million in Germany, $3.5 million in Spain, $2.2 million in Italy and $1.4 million in both Holland and Switzerland and just shy of $1 million in Sweden. The film remained in first place in Australia despite dropping 50% at the box office to just $1.8 million. More...

Competition Can't Stop the Supers

December 15th, 2004

Several films made their international debuts this weekend, but that didn't stop The Incredibles from taking top spot on the international box office, again. This weekend the film brought in an addition $32.1 million on 6,343 screens in 37 markets to lift its international tally to $152.1 million so far. The films busiest weekend in terms of raw dollars was the $5.7 million it earned in Germany, but with a theatre count of more than 1000, that wasn't as strong as the studio would have liked. The film did break the record for biggest opening for an animated movie with $1.7 million in Brazil. The film also opened first in Switzerland with $1.2 million, Austria with $931,000 and South Africa with $310,000. More...

Ocean Runs Deep, Blade Franchise Staked

December 13th, 2004

The two wide openings fell short of expectations, but by a combined margin just several million dollars, even so, this weekend was nearly 23% ahead of last weekend. And comparing it to last year's trio of disappointing wide releases results in a 19% increase. And while 2004 now sits 2.4% ahead of 2003 with $8.52 billion, that margin could evaporate as there's no sure thing, $300 million monster hit left to be released this year. More...

Sequels Start off Lucrative Holiday Season

December 10th, 2004

Two movies open wide this weekend, both looking to attract the same audience. In the end both films will suffer because of this, but both films should also do well enough to earn a profit while jumpstarting the box office. More...

Heroes Hit $100 Million

December 8th, 2004

A few big opening and very strong holdovers helped The Incredibles continue its torrid pace with $36.3 million in 24 markets, lifting its international tally to $104.6 million. It was the 16th film to cross that mark this year, and one of two films to do so this weekend. The film's biggest opening of the weekend was in Japan where it took in $7.3 million to finish in second place to local phenomenon, Howl's Moving Castle. Ironically, out of all the new openings, Japan was the only market where the film failed to open in first place. The biggest holdover was in the U.K. where the film took in another $8.1 million, down just 29%, and now sits just shy of $30 million there. The film was equally strong in other major markets: France, ($6.5 million, down 29%); Italy, ($4.4 million, down 19%); Spain, ($3.7 million, down 33%.) With major openings in Germany, among other markets, the film looks like it will keep up this torrid pace for quite some time, perhaps hitting $200 million before Christmas. More...

Closer Closes in the Top Five

December 6th, 2004

As expected, there was a big drop at the box office over the weekend, but there were a couple of surprises as the semi-limited release, Closer, out performed expectations to finish in fifth place. Overall the box office dropped to $87 million over the weekend, that's a massive 46% drop from last week, but more importantly, a nearly 11% drop from last year. That dropped 2004's lead over 2003 to just 2.2%, but things should pick up this week with the Wednesday release of Blade: Trinity and the Friday release of Ocean's Twelve. More...

The Calm Before the Winter Storm

December 3rd, 2004

The first weekend in December follows one of the busiest weekends of the year, and the studios are usually reluctant to put out their A-List material. This year it's an extreme example as there are no wide releases and while one of the limited releases has a reasonable shot at earning a place in the top 10, there will probably be no change in the top five, other than massive drops in box office dollars. Because of this, this week's column will be shorter than usual. More...

Incredibles have a Super Weekend

December 1st, 2004

With a nearly 3-1 lead over its nearest competitor, The Incredibles took top spot on the International Box Office charts this week with $44.3 million on 4,362 screens in 22 markets for a running tally of $59.1 million. The film opened number one in all twelve markets and in a few of the markets the film debuted in this week it was able to break the record for biggest debut by an animated films. However, in others it fell short to either Finding Nemo, (France) or Shrek 2 (the U.K. and Spain.) Its biggest single market was the U.K., where the brought in $18.1 million, including sneak peaks, which was a Disney record. Other highlights include $9.2 million in France, $5.6 million in Spain, $5.4 million in Italy, and $1.3 million in Belgium. Considering the results so far it should challenge for supremacy among the elite animated films and $400 million to $500 million isn't out of the question. More...

Leftovers for Thanksgiving

November 29th, 2004

It was the leftovers that ruled Thanksgiving weekend as neither of the new films could meet expectations. That helped the some of the holdovers excel, but not enough for any big gains over the weekend. Comparing the 3-day weekend we see gains of just 7.0% from last weekend and 0.25% from last year. Over the 5-day weekend, this year was up a mere 0.55% from last year. Year to date, 2004 know sits at $8.277 billion at the box office, up approximately 2.4% from the same point in 2003. More...

Will there be any Thanksgiving Turkeys at the Box Office?

November 24th, 2004

Thanksgiving long weekend is one of the busiest long weekends of the year and is usually a boon to new releases and family films. And while the later should do well, the former could struggle as they are both being savaged by critics. More...

Nothing Bad About this Result

November 23rd, 2004

Bad Education took top spot on a per theatre chart loaded down with Oscar hopefuls. The latest offering from acclaimed director, Pedro Almodovar, earned nearly $150,000 in just three theatres for an average of $49,123. Coming in second place with $18,090 in its lone theatre was Days of Being Wild, a Hong Kong film from the early 90s. Three and four on the list were last week's one and two as Kinsey beat out Finding Neverland $16,048 to $14,680. The only other film to make it to the $10,000 club was the overall box office champ, National Treasure with $11,648. More...

Treasure Hunters find Gold

November 22nd, 2004

Not only did we have a new winning at the box office, it wasn't the film expected to challenge for top spot. More importantly, there was a significant increase at the box office both from last weekend (3.5%) and especially from last year (11.7%.) Year to Date 2004 extends its lead to 2.4%, $8.0 billion to $7.8 billion. More...

Hidden Treasure at the Box Office

November 19th, 2004

Two new films open this weekend, but The Incredibles still look almost unbeatable at the box office with the primary competition coming from a certain yellow sponge. I think I feel a song coming one ...
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Movie Websites Launches for November 12 - November 18

November 18th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner Electra - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

2004 Preview: November

November 1st, 2004

Award season kicks into high gear and the Thanksgiving Holiday means one thing: Christmas movies. Christmas In November movies are becoming frustratingly common these days and this year is no different, with two such movies coming out. There are also a few more award season hopefuls that span the whole spectrum of box office possibilities. More...

Movie Websites Launches for October 8 - October 14

October 14th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner A Very Long Engagement - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for July 16 - July 22

July 22nd, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Aliens vs. Predator - Offical Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

New Movie Release Dates

November 21st, 2003



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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$35,142,554 (20.3% of total gross)
Legs:4.92 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:52.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$100,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,017 opening theaters/3,243 max. theaters, 9.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $292,378,444

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 318 $173,005,002
All Time International Box Office (Rank 601-700) 666 $158,318,408
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) 482 $331,323,410
All Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 81 $173,005,002
All Time International Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 101-200) 117 $158,318,408
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies 98 $331,323,410

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 19th, 2004 (Wide) by Walt Disney
International Releases: November 26th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: May 3rd, 2005 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for action violence and some scary images
Running Time: 130 minutes
Franchise: National Treasure
Comparisons: vs. Ocean's Twelve
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Keywords: Treasure Hunters, Chase Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer, Junction Entertainment, Saturn Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 9th Monday 52 $637,859 Jan 17, 2005 60
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 282 $5,809,759 Jan 14, 2005 59
Biggest 8th Saturday 78 $2,047,826 Jan 8, 2005 51
Biggest 7th Sunday 98 $1,673,504 Jan 2, 2005 45
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 231 $6,768,112 Dec 31, 2004 45
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 262 $12,315,565 Dec 31, 2004 45
Biggest 7th Saturday 88 $2,726,816 Jan 1, 2005 44
Biggest 7th Friday 29 $2,700,000 Dec 31, 2004 43
Biggest 6th Thursday 21 $1,800,000 Dec 30, 2004 42
Biggest 6th Wednesday 23 $1,646,000 Dec 29, 2004 41
Biggest 6th Tuesday 36 $1,600,000 Dec 28, 2004 40
Biggest 6th Monday 52 $1,524,000 Dec 27, 2004 39
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 377 $7,213,931 Dec 24, 2004 38
Biggest 5th Thursday 74 $1,300,000 Dec 23, 2004 35
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 29 $32,156,917 Nov 26, 2004 10
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 31 $58,514,202 Nov 26, 2004 10
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 32 $45,614,917 Nov 26, 2004 10
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 26 $67,283,846 Nov 26, 2004 10
Biggest 1st Thursday 99 $7,810,000 Nov 25, 2004 7
Biggest Domestic November Weekend 89 $35,142,554 Nov 19, 2004 3

Leading Cast

Nicolas Cage    Benjamin Franklin Gates

Supporting Cast

Hunter Gomez    Young Ben Gates
Diane Kruger    Dr. Abigail Chase
Justin Bartha    Riley Poole
Sean Bean    Ian Howe
Jon Voight    Patrick Gates
Harvey Keitel    Sadusky
Christopher Plummer    John Adams Gates
Mark Pellegrino    Johnson
Stewart Finlay McLennan    Powell

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Jon Turteltaub    Director
Jim Kouf    Screenwriter
Cormac Wibberley    Screenwriter
Marianne Wibberley    Screenwriter
Jim Kouf    Story Creator
Oren Aviv    Story Creator
Charles Segars    Story Creator
Jerry Bruckheimer    Producer
Jon Turteltaub    Producer
Mike Stenson    Executive Producer
Chad Oman    Executive Producer
Christina Steinberg    Executive Producer
Barry Waldman    Executive Producer
Oren Aviv    Executive Producer
Charles Segars    Executive Producer
Caleb Deschanel    Cinematographer
William Goldenberg    Editor
Trevor Rabin    Composer
Bob Badami    Music Supervisor
Norris Spencer    Production Designer
Geoff Hubbard    Supervising Art Director
Larry Hubbs    Art Director
Anne D. McCulley    Set Decorator
Randall Wilkins    Set Designer
Judianna Makovsky    Costume Designer
William B. Kaplan    Sound Mixer
George Watters II    Supervising Sound Editor
Nathan McGuinness    Visual Effects Supervisor
Marc Varisco    Visual Effects Supervisor
Benjamin Melniker    Associate Producer
Michael E. Uslan    Associate Producer
Pat Sandston    Associate Producer
Geoff Hansen    Assistant Director
Mic Rodgers    Second Unit Director
Philip G. Atwell    Second Unit Director
Eric Engler    Second Unit Camera
Christopher Tuck    Stunt Coordinator
Avy Kaufman    Casting Director
Paul Linford    Additional Music
Jeanette Surga    Music Editor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

DVD Sales - Treasure Richer on the Sales Chart

June 1st, 2008

The last of 2008's monster hits finally hit the home market last week, and it made quite an impact. National Treasure: Book of Secrets opened in first place on the sales chart and had the second best opening for the year with 3.49 million units sold and opening week sales of $55.77 million. More...

DVD Releases for May 20, 2008

May 20th, 2008

This week's list is dominated by Blu-ray releases. This is not surprising as this is the first week Paramount has released Blu-ray discs after dropping the format last August for an exclusive HD DVD commitment. However, it is another Blu-ray release that caught my eye: the National Treasure Blu-ray Two-Pack. This is the best format has to offer this week, but it is not the best movie coming out. If you want the DVD Pick of the Week, you have to grab Night of the Living Dead Buy from Amazon. More...

DVD Releases for December 18, 2007

December 18th, 2007

Another deceptively weak week for DVDs. Sure, there appear to be plenty to choose from, but it feels like half the top 20 are Blade Runner releases. In fact, one of the two DVD Picks of the Week are for that movie. For those who are big fans of Blade Runner, grab the Four-Disc Collector's Edition - DVD, or 5-Disc Collector's Edition - Blu-Ray or 5-Disc Collector's Edition - HD-DVD if you can. (Given the choice between those last two, pick 5-Disc Collector's Edition - Blu-Ray.) For those who are huge fans of Blade Runner, and I mean stupid level fans of the movie, grab 5-Disc Ultimate Edition - DVD, 5-Disc Ultimate Edition - Blu-Ray, or 5-Disc Ultimate Edition - HD-DVD. But good luck, I pre-ordered mine months ago and there are reports they are sold out in many places. The second DVD Pick of the Week goes to The Simpsons Movie - Blu-Ray. The light extras are disappointing, but that transfer is immaculate. More...

Home Market Cools - Updated

June 18th, 2005

Be Cool opened atop a depressed home market $9.61 million in combined rentals. The film also topped the DVD sales charts, which is welcome relief to the studio after the film's disappointing theatrical box office. More...

Aviator Shoots Down Competition

June 11th, 2005

It was a slow week for new releases and what little competition there was couldn't stop The Aviator from holding onto top spot on the Home Rental Charts. Its combined total of $7.76 million was a sharp drop-off from last week, but even so the film is doing well enough on the home market that is will soon show modest profit. More...

Aviator Soars onto the Home Market

June 4th, 2005

The multi-Oscar winning movie, The Aviator won the week at the home market, which really surprised no one. The film topped both the DVD rentals with $10.14 million and the VHS rentals with $1.21 million for a combined total of $11.36 million. On the other hand, it came in second on the sales charts to the record breaking The Chappelle Show Season 2. More...

National Threepeat

May 28th, 2005

For the third weekend in a row National Treasure come out on top spot on the combined rental charts. It was a much closer race this week and the film fell 28% to $7.72 million in combined rentals, lifting its three week total to $30.45 million. More...

Treasure Withstands Heavy Assault

May 21st, 2005

Three new films in the top five and two more than just missed could push National Treasure out of top spot. The film fell just 11% this week for $9.40 million in DVD rentals and $1.30 million in VHS rentals for a combined rentals of $10.70. The film also held up well in DVD dropping to second place. More...

Whole Nation Cherishes Treasure

May 14th, 2005

Just one new film managed to finish in the top five on the rental charts, but it easily took top spot. National Treasure was more than 50% higher than its nearest rival with $10.57 million in DVD rentals and $1.46 million in VHS rentals for $12.03 million total. The film also finished first in DVD sales and second in VHS sales, (behind The Incredibles.) More...

DVD Releases for May 3, 2005

May 2nd, 2005

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases, classics and a few from the growing TV on DVD section. Not a strong week for releases as there are no major releases, and very few limited releases, on the week's list that were also big hits with the critics. Fortunately there was a TV on DVD release and a classic of sorts to fill the gap - Gilmore Girls - The Complete Third Season - Buy from Amazon and Spaceballs - Collector's Edition - Buy from Amazon More...

Hitch still Connecting with Moviegoers

April 24th, 2005

Hitch is just coasting on holdovers now, and will be until it opens in Japan at the beginning of June. This week it added $5.1 million from 3000 screens in 55 markets to its already impressive $170.4 million international total and with soft week to week drop-offs and a good showing in Japan and it will have a $200 million future. This week the film added $643,359 in its fifth weekend in France for a $12,785,670 total in the market, $110,000 in its second weekend in Argentina, (rising to first place in the meantime) as well as other, smaller markets. More...

International Box Office Busier than Weekend Before

April 17th, 2005

The Pacifier finally debut across Australia after playing in Queensland and Victoria for the past two weeks; the massive expansion allowed the film to climb to first place with $1.125 million on 267 screens. That lifted its total in the market to $3.41 million so far and the film should have strong legs. Add to that its $1.75 million opening in Spain and $590,000 in Belgium and the film managed $4.1 million over the weekend, which doubled its early total to $8.1 million. More...

Cool Reception

April 10th, 2005

It was a slow week at the international box office, the slowest of the year, and without much activity at the box office hit there were little in the way of details published by the studios. Therefore this week's column is much shorter than usual. Leading the best of the rest was Be Cool with an estimated $5 million for a disappointing $12.7 million international tally. Its best single market was the U.K. where the film finished second with $2.2 million on 336 screens after an exclusive engagement last weekend. The film also did well in the Netherlands with $190,000 on 43 screens but really struggles in Germany opening in fifth place with just $930,000 on 321 screens, a result mirrored in Austria, (fifth place, $165,948.) More...

France's $5 Million Baby

April 3rd, 2005

Million Dollar Baby performed brilliantly this week earning $8.8 million for an international total of $60 million, placing fourth on the international box office charts. In France the film dominated the marketplace with $4.94 million on 450 screens and in Germany the film earned $760,000 in semi-limited release (120 screens) for the best per screen average in the market. On the other hand, the film flopped in Slovakia where it missed the top ten in its debut. On the holdover front, the multi-Oscar winning front saw its weekend haul climb by 20% in Spain to $980,000 and it's still doing well in Australia, Italy and South Korea. More...

Battle For $100 Million Heats Up

March 23rd, 2005

Not only did Hitch win the weekend race on the international circuit, but it almost closed the gap between it and Constantine for the race to $100 million. This week the romantic comedy pulled in $22.7 million on 5,000 screens in 46 markets, lifting its international box office to $98.1 million as of Sunday, and the film has almost assuredly hit $100 million after Monday and Tuesday. It's biggest box office of the weekend came from France where the film debuted in top spot with $4.4 million on 560 screens and the film also took top spot in its debut in Malaysia with $230,000 on 30 screens while just missing the trifecta with a second place, $400,000 opening in Turkey. Holdovers include first place finishes in Germany, ($3.75 million) Austria and Australia, ($1.4 million) while the film slipped to second place in its second weekend of wide release in the U.K. with $4.3 million. The only downside for the film now is the lack of major markets left to open in with Japan having to wait till July 4th. By that time the film will have crossed $300 million worldwide and may climb high enough to become one of the ten biggest hits of the year. More...

French Film Finishes Fifth

February 20th, 2005

Iznogoud: Calife a la place du calife, a movie based on a Asterix and Obelix spin off of sorts, dominated the French box office taking in $7.1 million, more than double the second place film and more than a third of the top ten total. It is also enough to push it into the Top Five on the international scene, dropping Finding Neverland into sixth place. Unfortunately, like the several films made in the Asterix and Obelix series, this one is unlikely to make much of an impact outside the French speaking markets. More...

Fockers are Fabulous

February 9th, 2005

A higher than expected opening in Spain and a lower than expected decline in the U.K. allowed Meet the Fockers to retain top spot on the international charts. The film opened first in a handful of markets, including a $4.7 million opening in Spain on 356 screens, $377,000 in Denmark, $352,000 in Taiwan and $275,000 in Israel. Its most prolific market continues to be the U.K. where the film brought in $8.5 million during its second weekend there; that's a 42% drop-off, which is a little high for the market, but not as high as expected given its huge start last weekend. That one market represented more than half of its weekend total of $16.3 million on 1700 screens in 28 markets for a running tally of $82.9 million. More...

Fockers Flatten Competition

February 2nd, 2005

Meet the Fockers open in the U.K. over the weekend with an astounding $14.8 million on 456, which is more than four times the original's earnings there in 2000. That figure was also more than 8 times the second place film , and more than half the market's total box office. Add in a handful of openings in other, mostly smaller markets and the film brought in $19.2 million on 1,700 screens in 15 markets for a $58.8 million total so far. More...

Ocean Steals International Box Office Crown Back

January 26th, 2005

The International Box Office Race is certainly interesting, as Ocean's Twelve recaptured the lead this weekend with $14.4 million on 4,600 screens in 58 markets and now sits at $170.4 million internationally and $292.8 million worldwide. A large chunk of that total came from Japan, where the film earned $6.8 million (including sneak peaks) on 510 screens, while ending Howl's Moving Castle's nine week reign on top. While this was a strong performance, it was 20% lower that the original's debut in the same market. More...

Alexander Reigns over International Audiences

January 19th, 2005

After a massive opening last week in Spain, Alexander took top spot on the international charts thanks to a strong opening in Italy, Brazil and Hong Kong. The film managed first place in all three markets with $3.87 million on 446 screens in Italy, $906,900 on 193 screens in Brazil and $275,244 on 30 screens in Hong Kong. Holdovers were not as kind to the Sword and Sandal epic as it dropped nearly 50% in the U.K., Spain and France. Overall the film brought in $14.5 million on 3600 screens in 51 markets for a running tally of $88 million. And while the film will easily cross $100 million internationally, which is roughly 3 times its domestic figure, it has to be looked at as a disappointment financially. More...

Twelve Takes Top Spot

January 12th, 2005

The race for first in the international marketplace continued to be close with three films within a couple million of each other. Leading the way was Ocean's Twelve with $17.5 million on 5200 screens in 54 markets; the film's international total now sits at $137 million, slightly more than half of what Ocean's Eleven finished with. The heist film did open well in several markets, which mostly balances out severe drop-offs due to the post-holiday. For instance, the film opened well in South Korea with $2.1 million on 150 screens and debuted in first place in Argentina, ($500,000), Portugal, (with $720,000) and in the Philippines, ($370,000.) More...

Flip-Flop at the Top

January 5th, 2005

Like last week, this week's international box office race was very close, but unlike last week, The Incredibles were able to reclaim the crown over Ocean's Twelve. The holidays helped the box office climb in several markets and overall the film earned $23.2 million on 6800 screens in 49 markets and now sits a week away from $300 million with $286.8 million international box office. More...

Will 2004 End in a Whimper?

December 31st, 2004

It's the last day of 2004 tonight so you could either call this the last weekend of 2004 or the first weekend of 2005. There needed to be roughly $264 million in box office business since Sunday for 2004 to beat 2003, and while Monday's figures were ok, they've been slipping during the week and will most likely put 2003's $9.158 billion out of reach. As for the predictions this weekend, there should be almost no change in the top five but the overall box office should climb from last weekend. More...

Local Flicks Compete for International Crown

December 29th, 2004

Ocean's Twelve opening in another two markets, (Mexico and Belgium) helped the heist film finish first on the international charts with $22.6 million on 5,183 screens in 46 markets. The film opened well in Belgium where it easily took first place with $1.2 million on just 75 screens. That's up nearly 40% compared to the the original, but down nearly 10% in Euros. In Mexico the film could only manage $1.8 million on 550 screens for a rather limp per screen average. However, in most markets the film is not holding up as well as the studio would have liked. For instance, in Germany the film dropped by more than 50%, in France the decline was 44%. The only exception appears to be Italy where holidays and a serious boost to screen count helped the film climb 33% to $2.9 million over the weekend. More...

International Box Office Stolen!

December 22nd, 2004

For the first time in many weeks there was a real race for top spot on the international charts, also, for the first time in many weeks The Incredibles didn't win that race. Boosted by debuts in 22 additional markets, Ocean's Twelve took top spot with $28.9 million on 3900 screens in 27 markets for a early total of $35.2 million. Compared to the original the results are mixed. IN many places it is a lot lower when compared in local currency, but thanks to the Dollar's extended losing streak, it's much higher in American funds. For instance, the film opened in first place in France with 5.7 million Euros, down 16% from its predecessor, however, that's $7.5 million in American funds, a increase of 28%. Other highlights include $5.3 million in Germany, $3.5 million in Spain, $2.2 million in Italy and $1.4 million in both Holland and Switzerland and just shy of $1 million in Sweden. The film remained in first place in Australia despite dropping 50% at the box office to just $1.8 million. More...

Competition Can't Stop the Supers

December 15th, 2004

Several films made their international debuts this weekend, but that didn't stop The Incredibles from taking top spot on the international box office, again. This weekend the film brought in an addition $32.1 million on 6,343 screens in 37 markets to lift its international tally to $152.1 million so far. The films busiest weekend in terms of raw dollars was the $5.7 million it earned in Germany, but with a theatre count of more than 1000, that wasn't as strong as the studio would have liked. The film did break the record for biggest opening for an animated movie with $1.7 million in Brazil. The film also opened first in Switzerland with $1.2 million, Austria with $931,000 and South Africa with $310,000. More...

Ocean Runs Deep, Blade Franchise Staked

December 13th, 2004

The two wide openings fell short of expectations, but by a combined margin just several million dollars, even so, this weekend was nearly 23% ahead of last weekend. And comparing it to last year's trio of disappointing wide releases results in a 19% increase. And while 2004 now sits 2.4% ahead of 2003 with $8.52 billion, that margin could evaporate as there's no sure thing, $300 million monster hit left to be released this year. More...

Sequels Start off Lucrative Holiday Season

December 10th, 2004

Two movies open wide this weekend, both looking to attract the same audience. In the end both films will suffer because of this, but both films should also do well enough to earn a profit while jumpstarting the box office. More...

Heroes Hit $100 Million

December 8th, 2004

A few big opening and very strong holdovers helped The Incredibles continue its torrid pace with $36.3 million in 24 markets, lifting its international tally to $104.6 million. It was the 16th film to cross that mark this year, and one of two films to do so this weekend. The film's biggest opening of the weekend was in Japan where it took in $7.3 million to finish in second place to local phenomenon, Howl's Moving Castle. Ironically, out of all the new openings, Japan was the only market where the film failed to open in first place. The biggest holdover was in the U.K. where the film took in another $8.1 million, down just 29%, and now sits just shy of $30 million there. The film was equally strong in other major markets: France, ($6.5 million, down 29%); Italy, ($4.4 million, down 19%); Spain, ($3.7 million, down 33%.) With major openings in Germany, among other markets, the film looks like it will keep up this torrid pace for quite some time, perhaps hitting $200 million before Christmas. More...

Closer Closes in the Top Five

December 6th, 2004

As expected, there was a big drop at the box office over the weekend, but there were a couple of surprises as the semi-limited release, Closer, out performed expectations to finish in fifth place. Overall the box office dropped to $87 million over the weekend, that's a massive 46% drop from last week, but more importantly, a nearly 11% drop from last year. That dropped 2004's lead over 2003 to just 2.2%, but things should pick up this week with the Wednesday release of Blade: Trinity and the Friday release of Ocean's Twelve. More...

The Calm Before the Winter Storm

December 3rd, 2004

The first weekend in December follows one of the busiest weekends of the year, and the studios are usually reluctant to put out their A-List material. This year it's an extreme example as there are no wide releases and while one of the limited releases has a reasonable shot at earning a place in the top 10, there will probably be no change in the top five, other than massive drops in box office dollars. Because of this, this week's column will be shorter than usual. More...

Incredibles have a Super Weekend

December 1st, 2004

With a nearly 3-1 lead over its nearest competitor, The Incredibles took top spot on the International Box Office charts this week with $44.3 million on 4,362 screens in 22 markets for a running tally of $59.1 million. The film opened number one in all twelve markets and in a few of the markets the film debuted in this week it was able to break the record for biggest debut by an animated films. However, in others it fell short to either Finding Nemo, (France) or Shrek 2 (the U.K. and Spain.) Its biggest single market was the U.K., where the brought in $18.1 million, including sneak peaks, which was a Disney record. Other highlights include $9.2 million in France, $5.6 million in Spain, $5.4 million in Italy, and $1.3 million in Belgium. Considering the results so far it should challenge for supremacy among the elite animated films and $400 million to $500 million isn't out of the question. More...

Leftovers for Thanksgiving

November 29th, 2004

It was the leftovers that ruled Thanksgiving weekend as neither of the new films could meet expectations. That helped the some of the holdovers excel, but not enough for any big gains over the weekend. Comparing the 3-day weekend we see gains of just 7.0% from last weekend and 0.25% from last year. Over the 5-day weekend, this year was up a mere 0.55% from last year. Year to date, 2004 know sits at $8.277 billion at the box office, up approximately 2.4% from the same point in 2003. More...

Will there be any Thanksgiving Turkeys at the Box Office?

November 24th, 2004

Thanksgiving long weekend is one of the busiest long weekends of the year and is usually a boon to new releases and family films. And while the later should do well, the former could struggle as they are both being savaged by critics. More...

Nothing Bad About this Result

November 23rd, 2004

Bad Education took top spot on a per theatre chart loaded down with Oscar hopefuls. The latest offering from acclaimed director, Pedro Almodovar, earned nearly $150,000 in just three theatres for an average of $49,123. Coming in second place with $18,090 in its lone theatre was Days of Being Wild, a Hong Kong film from the early 90s. Three and four on the list were last week's one and two as Kinsey beat out Finding Neverland $16,048 to $14,680. The only other film to make it to the $10,000 club was the overall box office champ, National Treasure with $11,648. More...

Treasure Hunters find Gold

November 22nd, 2004

Not only did we have a new winning at the box office, it wasn't the film expected to challenge for top spot. More importantly, there was a significant increase at the box office both from last weekend (3.5%) and especially from last year (11.7%.) Year to Date 2004 extends its lead to 2.4%, $8.0 billion to $7.8 billion. More...

Hidden Treasure at the Box Office

November 19th, 2004

Two new films open this weekend, but The Incredibles still look almost unbeatable at the box office with the primary competition coming from a certain yellow sponge. I think I feel a song coming one ...
Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!
Who Lives in a Pineapple under the sea?
SpongeBob SquarePants
More...

Movie Websites Launches for November 12 - November 18

November 18th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner Electra - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

2004 Preview: November

November 1st, 2004

Award season kicks into high gear and the Thanksgiving Holiday means one thing: Christmas movies. Christmas In November movies are becoming frustratingly common these days and this year is no different, with two such movies coming out. There are also a few more award season hopefuls that span the whole spectrum of box office possibilities. More...

Movie Websites Launches for October 8 - October 14

October 14th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner A Very Long Engagement - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for July 16 - July 22

July 22nd, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Aliens vs. Predator - Offical Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

New Movie Release Dates

November 21st, 2003


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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 19, 2004 1 $35,142,554   3,017 $11,648   $35,142,554 1
Nov 26, 2004 1 $32,156,917 -8% 3,243 $9,916   $87,270,875 2
Dec 3, 2004 1 $17,004,967 -47% 3,243 $5,244   $110,113,345 3
Dec 10, 2004 3 $9,832,622 -42% 3,203 $3,070   $124,071,959 4
Dec 17, 2004 6 $6,022,564 -39% 2,772 $2,173   $132,748,249 5
Dec 24, 2004 11 $3,964,473 -34% 2,201 $1,801   $141,064,753 6
Dec 31, 2004 6 $6,768,112 +71% 2,282 $2,966   $154,522,305 7
Jan 7, 2005 8 $4,250,658 -37% 2,177 $1,953   $160,521,536 8
Jan 14, 2005 12 $2,657,763 -37% 1,610 $1,651   $164,221,316 9
Jan 21, 2005 16 $1,277,550 -52% 1,071 $1,193   $166,525,706 10
Jan 28, 2005 19 $781,644 -39% 644 $1,214   $167,681,143 11
Feb 4, 2005 18 $488,004 -38% 458 $1,066   $168,373,373 12
Feb 11, 2005 21 $367,107 -25% 332 $1,106   $168,888,982 13
Feb 18, 2005 26 $278,455 -24% 249 $1,118   $169,312,632 14
Feb 25, 2005 32 $179,567 -36% 173 $1,038   $169,616,657 15
Mar 4, 2005 35 $116,274 -35% 133 $874   $169,785,954 16
Mar 11, 2005 25 $321,005 +176% 319 $1,006   $170,149,988 17
Mar 18, 2005 24 $307,485 -4% 310 $992   $170,642,906 18
Mar 25, 2005 23 $303,690 -1% 293 $1,036   $171,149,503 19
Apr 1, 2005 22 $258,085 -15% 284 $909   $171,587,041 20
Apr 8, 2005 23 $218,231 -15% 264 $827   $171,896,717 21
Apr 15, 2005 24 $194,239 -11% 251 $774   $172,158,904 22
Apr 22, 2005 27 $190,608 -2% 232 $822   $172,416,455 23
Apr 29, 2005 29 $162,603 -15% 211 $771   $172,645,016 24
May 6, 2005 31 $111,175 -32% 165 $674   $172,818,622 25
May 13, 2005 36 $72,652 -35% 137 $530   $172,918,648 26
May 20, 2005 43 $34,482 -53% 98 $352   $172,975,674 27
May 27, 2005 61 $10,274 -70% 32 $321   $173,001,206 28

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 19, 2004 1 $11,000,000     3,017 $3,646   $11,000,000 1
Nov 20, 2004 1 $14,588,162 +33%   3,017 $4,835   $25,707,235 2
Nov 21, 2004 1 $9,435,319 -35%   3,017 $3,127   $35,142,554 3
Nov 22, 2004 1 $2,987,000 -68%   3,017 $990   $38,129,000 4
Nov 23, 2004 1 $3,527,000 +18%   3,017 $1,169   $41,656,000 5
Nov 24, 2004 1 $5,648,000 +60%   3,243 $1,742   $47,304,000 6
Nov 25, 2004 1 $7,810,000 +38%   3,243 $2,408   $55,113,958 7
Nov 26, 2004 1 $12,949,150 +66% +18% 3,243 $3,993   $68,063,108 8
Nov 27, 2004 1 $12,689,604 -2% -13% 3,243 $3,913   $80,752,712 9
Nov 28, 2004 1 $6,518,163 -49% -31% 3,243 $2,010   $87,270,875 10
Nov 29, 2004 1 $1,609,000 -75% -46% 3,243 $496   $88,880,000 11
Nov 30, 2004 1 $1,506,000 -6% -57% 3,243 $464   $90,386,000 12
Dec 1, 2004 1 $1,367,000 -9% -76% 3,243 $422   $91,753,000 13
Dec 2, 2004 1 $1,355,000 -1% -83% 3,243 $418   $93,108,378 14
Dec 3, 2004 1 $5,000,000 +269% -61% 3,243 $1,542   $98,100,000 15
Dec 4, 2004 1 $7,666,947 +53% -40% 3,243 $2,364   $105,837,303 16
Dec 5, 2004 1 $4,276,042 -44% -34% 3,243 $1,319   $110,113,345 17
Dec 6, 2004 1 $1,107,000 -74% -31% 3,243 $341   $111,221,000 18
Dec 7, 2004 1 $1,128,000 +2% -25% 3,243 $348   $112,349,000 19
Dec 8, 2004 3 $959,000 -15% -30% 3,243 $296   $113,308,000 20
Dec 9, 2004 3 $932,000 -3% -31% 3,243 $287   $114,239,000 21
Dec 10, 2004 4 $2,600,000 +179% -48% 3,203 $812   $116,800,000 22
Dec 11, 2004 3 $4,546,231 +75% -41% 3,203 $1,419   $121,684,824 23
Dec 12, 2004 4 $2,387,135 -47% -44% 3,203 $745   $124,071,959 24
Dec 13, 2004 4 $611,000 -74% -45% 3,203 $191   $124,683,000 25
Dec 14, 2004 4 $659,000 +8% -42% 3,203 $206   $125,343,000 26
Dec 15, 2004 4 $671,000 +2% -30% 3,203 $209   $126,014,000 27
Dec 16, 2004 4 $712,000 +6% -24% 3,203 $222   $126,726,000 28
Dec 17, 2004 6 $1,700,000 +139% -35% 2,772 $613   $128,400,000 29
Dec 18, 2004 6 $2,570,044 +51% -43% 2,772 $927   $131,013,521 30
Dec 19, 2004 6 $1,734,728 -33% -27% 2,772 $626   $132,748,249 31
Dec 20, 2004 5 $1,008,000 -42% +65% 2,772 $364   $133,756,000 32
Dec 21, 2004 6 $1,115,000 +11% +69% 2,772 $402   $134,871,000 33
Dec 22, 2004 7 $934,000 -16% +39% 2,478 $377   $135,806,000 34
Dec 23, 2004 5 $1,300,000 +39% +83% 2,772 $469   $137,106,000 35
Dec 24, 2004 5 $900,000 -31% -47% 2,772 $325   $138,006,000 36
Dec 25, 2004 11 $1,420,368 +58% -45% 2,772 $512   $139,426,368 37
Dec 26, 2004 11 $1,653,892 +16% -5% 2,772 $597   $141,064,753 38
Dec 27, 2004 9 $1,524,000 -8% +51% 2,772 $550   $142,589,000 39
Dec 28, 2004 8 $1,600,000 +5% +43% 2,201 $727   $144,189,000 40
Dec 29, 2004 7 $1,646,000 +3% +76% 2,201 $748   $145,835,000 41
Dec 30, 2004 7 $1,800,000 +9% +38% 2,201 $818   $147,600,000 42
Dec 31, 2004 6 $2,700,000 +50% +200% 2,282 $1,183   $150,300,000 43
Jan 1, 2005 6 $2,726,816 +1% +92% 2,282 $1,195   $152,848,801 44
Jan 2, 2005 7 $1,673,504 -39% +1% 2,282 $733   $154,522,305 45
Jan 3, 2005 7 $651,000 -61% -57% 2,282 $285   $155,173,000 46
Jan 4, 2005 9 $381,000 -41% -76% 2,282 $167   $155,554,000 47
Jan 5, 2005 8 $333,000 -13% -80% 2,282 $146   $155,887,000 48
Jan 6, 2005 8 $384,000 +15% -79% 2,282 $168   $156,271,000 49
Jan 7, 2005 9 $1,000,000 +160% -63% 2,177 $459   $157,300,000 50
Jan 8, 2005 7 $2,047,826 +105% -25% 2,177 $941   $159,567,812 51
Jan 9, 2005 8 $953,724 -53% -43% 2,177 $438   $160,521,536 52
Jan 10, 2005 9 $248,000 -74% -62% 2,177 $114   $160,769,000 53
Jan 11, 2005 9 $281,000 +13% -26% 2,177 $129   $161,050,000 54
Jan 12, 2005 9 $248,000 -12% -26% 2,177 $114   $161,298,000 55
Jan 13, 2005 8 $265,000 +7% -31% 2,177 $122   $161,564,000 56
Jan 14, 2005 13 $500,000 +89% -50% 1,610 $311   $162,100,000 57
Jan 15, 2005 12 $1,170,468 +134% -43% 1,610 $727   $163,466,751 58
Jan 16, 2005 12 $754,565 -36% -21% 1,610 $469   $164,221,316 59
Jan 17, 2005 11 $637,859 -15% +157% 1,610 $396   $164,859,175 60
Feb 21, 2005 24 $65,739     249 $264   $169,378,371 95
May 30, 2005 52 $3,796     32 $119   $173,005,002 193

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 19, 2004 1 $55,113,958   3,017 $18,268   $55,113,958 1
Nov 26, 2004 1 $37,994,420 -31% 3,243 $11,716   $93,108,378 2
Dec 3, 2004 1 $21,130,959 -44% 3,243 $6,516   $114,239,337 3
Dec 10, 2004 4 $12,486,348 -41% 3,203 $3,898   $126,725,685 4
Dec 17, 2004 6 $10,374,595 -17% 2,772 $3,743   $137,100,280 5
Dec 24, 2004 9 $10,653,913 +3% 2,201 $4,840   $147,754,193 6
Dec 31, 2004 6 $8,516,685 -20% 2,282 $3,732   $156,270,878 7
Jan 7, 2005 8 $5,292,675 -38% 2,177 $2,431   $161,563,553 8
Jan 14, 2005 12 $3,684,603 -30% 1,610 $2,289   $165,248,156 9
Jan 21, 2005 17 $1,651,343 -55% 1,071 $1,542   $166,899,499 10
Jan 28, 2005 19 $985,870 -40% 644 $1,531   $167,885,369 11
Feb 4, 2005 18 $636,506 -35% 458 $1,390   $168,521,875 12
Feb 11, 2005 20 $512,302 -20% 332 $1,543   $169,034,177 13
Feb 18, 2005 26 $402,913 -21% 249 $1,618   $169,437,090 14
Feb 25, 2005 33 $232,590 -42% 173 $1,344   $169,669,680 15
Mar 4, 2005 35 $159,303 -32% 133 $1,198   $169,828,983 16
Mar 11, 2005 24 $506,438 +218% 319 $1,588   $170,335,421 17
Mar 18, 2005 22 $510,392 +1% 310 $1,646   $170,845,813 18
Mar 25, 2005 24 $483,143 -5% 293 $1,649   $171,328,956 19
Apr 1, 2005 22 $349,530 -28% 284 $1,231   $171,678,486 20
Apr 8, 2005 24 $286,179 -18% 264 $1,084   $171,964,665 21
Apr 15, 2005 23 $261,182 -9% 251 $1,041   $172,225,847 22
Apr 22, 2005 27 $256,566 -2% 232 $1,106   $172,482,413 23
Apr 29, 2005 28 $225,034 -12% 211 $1,067   $172,707,447 24
May 6, 2005 34 $138,549 -38% 165 $840   $172,845,996 25
May 13, 2005 37 $95,196 -31% 137 $695   $172,941,192 26
May 20, 2005 42 $49,740 -48% 98 $508   $172,990,932 27
May 27, 2005 64 $14,070 -72% 32 $440   $173,005,002 28

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/26/2004 $1,499,870 277 277 1,320 $4,868,167 9/4/2020
 
Rest of World $153,450,241
 
International Total$158,318,408 9/4/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
May 25, 20084181,182 181,182$2,976,820$2,976,820160
Jun 1, 20081549,454-73% 230,636$812,529$3,789,349161
Jun 8, 20082639,468-20% 270,104$603,750$4,393,099162
Jun 15, 20082254,086+37% 324,190$875,652$5,268,751163

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Mar 7, 20101312,854 12,854$269,797$269,797253

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