The Passion of the Christ (2004)

The Passion of the Christ
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $370,782,930Details
International Box Office $251,530,705Details
Worldwide Box Office $622,313,635
Further financial details...

Synopsis

This depiction of the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus opens with his betrayal by Judas, his condemnation by the Pharisees and his appearance before Pontius Pilate. Pilate defers to King Herod, but Herod returns Jesus. Pilate then asks the crowd to choose between Jesus and Barrabas. The crowd chooses Barrabas. Pilate washes his hands of the matter, and Jesus is forced to carry the cross through the streets to Golgotha where Roman soldiers crucify him. Although Jesus briefly fears that God, his Father, has abandoned him, he regains his faith, proclaiming “Into Thy hands I command my spirit.” At the moment of his death, nature itself over-turns.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$83,848,082 (22.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:59.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 24.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,043 opening theaters/3,408 max. theaters, 10.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $628,691,986

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office 56 $370,782,930
All Time International Box Office (Rank 301-400) 359 $251,530,705
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200) 174 $622,313,635
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 1 $370,782,930
All Time International Box Office for R Movies 40 $251,530,705
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 8 $622,313,635

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: February 25th, 2004 (Wide) by Newmarket Films
March 11th, 2005 (Limited) by Newmarket Films
International Releases: February 19th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
April 2nd, 2004 (Wide), released as The Passion Of Christ (South Korea)
March 25th, 2021 (Wide) (New Zealand)
Video Release: August 31st, 2004 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for sequences of graphic violence.
Running Time: 127 minutes
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Keywords: Religious, Dead Language, Faith-Based Film, Faith-Based Drama, Filmed in Cinecittà Studios, Rome, Italy, Filmed in Rome, Italy, Filmed in Italy, Filmed in Matera, Italy, Filmed in Craco, Italy
Source:Based on Religious Text
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Icon Productions, Newmarket Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: Aramaic, Latin

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest Domestic 55th Weekend 8 $223,789 Mar 11, 2005 383
Biggest 8th Sunday 94 $1,231,121 Apr 18, 2004 54
Biggest 8th Friday 88 $1,200,000 Apr 16, 2004 52
Biggest 7th Thursday 67 $690,000 Apr 15, 2004 51
Biggest 7th Wednesday 54 $785,000 Apr 14, 2004 50
Biggest 7th Tuesday 57 $932,000 Apr 13, 2004 49
Biggest 7th Monday 34 $1,298,000 Apr 12, 2004 48
Biggest 7th Sunday 10 $3,666,346 Apr 11, 2004 47
Biggest Domestic 7th Weekend 9 $15,216,723 Apr 9, 2004 47
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day) 52 $15,216,723 Apr 9, 2004 47
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 50 $27,689,045 Apr 9, 2004 47
Fastest to $350m 49 $353,006,351 Apr 9, 2004 47
Biggest 7th Saturday 15 $4,973,293 Apr 10, 2004 46
Biggest 7th Friday 4 $6,569,000 Apr 9, 2004 45
Biggest 6th Thursday 14 $2,245,000 Apr 8, 2004 44
Biggest 6th Wednesday 19 $1,775,000 Apr 7, 2004 43
Biggest 6th Tuesday 35 $1,603,000 Apr 6, 2004 42
Biggest 6th Monday 69 $1,292,000 Apr 5, 2004 41
Biggest 6th Sunday 17 $4,004,021 Apr 4, 2004 40
Biggest Domestic 6th Weekend 46 $10,605,106 Apr 2, 2004 40
Biggest 6th Saturday 60 $4,096,404 Apr 3, 2004 39
Biggest 6th Friday 62 $2,692,000 Apr 2, 2004 38
Biggest 5th Thursday 82 $1,255,000 Apr 1, 2004 37
Biggest 5th Wednesday 82 $1,275,000 Mar 31, 2004 36
Biggest 5th Sunday 39 $4,292,288 Mar 28, 2004 33
Biggest Domestic 5th Weekend 62 $12,593,974 Mar 26, 2004 33
Biggest 5th Saturday 65 $5,186,862 Mar 27, 2004 32
Biggest 5th Friday 84 $3,200,000 Mar 26, 2004 31
Biggest 4th Thursday 71 $1,806,000 Mar 25, 2004 30
Biggest 4th Wednesday 93 $1,632,000 Mar 24, 2004 29
Fastest to $300m 60 $300,753,000 Mar 24, 2004 29
Biggest 4th Sunday 37 $6,503,042 Mar 21, 2004 26
Biggest Domestic 4th Weekend 64 $19,414,377 Mar 19, 2004 26
Biggest 4th Saturday 62 $7,970,160 Mar 20, 2004 25
Biggest 4th Friday 90 $4,900,000 Mar 19, 2004 24
Biggest 3rd Thursday 77 $2,782,000 Mar 18, 2004 23
Biggest 3rd Tuesday 97 $3,026,000 Mar 16, 2004 21
Biggest 3rd Monday 100 $3,171,000 Mar 15, 2004 20
Biggest 3rd Sunday 31 $10,718,122 Mar 14, 2004 19
Biggest Domestic 3rd Weekend 51 $32,130,978 Mar 12, 2004 19
Biggest 3rd Saturday 49 $13,452,908 Mar 13, 2004 18
Fastest to $250m 74 $253,792,087 Mar 12, 2004 18
Biggest 3rd Friday 90 $7,800,000 Mar 12, 2004 17
Biggest 2nd Thursday 91 $4,425,000 Mar 11, 2004 16
Biggest 2nd Sunday 45 $17,652,644 Mar 7, 2004 12
Biggest Domestic 2nd Weekend 57 $53,246,801 Mar 5, 2004 12
Biggest Domestic March Weekend 29 $53,246,801 Mar 5, 2004 12
Fastest to $150m 84 $213,888,740 Mar 5, 2004 12
Fastest to $200m 82 $213,888,740 Mar 5, 2004 12
Biggest 2nd Saturday 54 $21,929,043 Mar 6, 2004 11
Biggest Domestic March Day 53 $21,929,043 Mar 6, 2004 11
Biggest 2nd Friday 95 $13,400,000 Mar 5, 2004 10
Biggest 1st Wednesday 89 $8,402,000 Mar 3, 2004 8
Biggest 1st Sunday 67 $27,860,195 Feb 29, 2004 5
Biggest Domestic Sunday 79 $27,860,195 Feb 29, 2004 5
Biggest Domestic February Weekend 6 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Based on Religious Text Weekend Domestic 1 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Drama Weekend Domestic 6 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Dramatization Weekend Domestic 2 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Live Action Weekend Domestic 58 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Newmarket Films Weekend Domestic 1 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Biggest Domestic Non-Sequel Weekend 41 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top R Weekend Domestic 11 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Fastest to $100m 100 $125,185,971 Feb 27, 2004 5
Fastest to $50m 156 $125,185,971 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top 2004 Theater Average 19 $27,554 Feb 27, 2004 5
Biggest 1st Saturday 84 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top Based on Religious Text Day Domestic 1 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top Drama Day Domestic 11 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top Dramatization Day Domestic 2 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top Newmarket Films Day Domestic 1 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Biggest Domestic Non-Sequel Day 76 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top R Day Domestic 16 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Biggest Domestic February Day 13 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Biggest Domestic Saturday 97 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Biggest Domestic Thursday 47 $14,781,316 Feb 26, 2004 2
Biggest Domestic Wednesday 17 $26,556,573 Feb 25, 2004 1

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 27, 2004 1 $83,848,082   3,043 $27,554   $125,185,971 1
Mar 5, 2004 1 $53,246,801 -36% 3,170 $16,797   $213,888,740 2
Mar 12, 2004 1 $32,130,978 -40% 3,221 $9,975   $264,510,209 3
Mar 19, 2004 2 $19,414,377 -40% 3,250 $5,974   $295,507,244 4
Mar 26, 2004 3 $12,593,974 -35% 3,214 $3,918   $315,152,778 5
Apr 2, 2004 5 $10,605,106 -16% 3,408 $3,112   $330,856,971 6
Apr 9, 2004 1 $15,216,723 +43% 3,240 $4,697   $353,006,351 7
Apr 16, 2004 10 $4,051,112 -73% 2,848 $1,422   $360,761,619 8
Apr 23, 2004 11 $2,216,051 -45% 2,269 $977   $364,414,581 9
Apr 30, 2004 15 $1,407,651 -36% 1,832 $768   $366,685,267 10
May 7, 2004 15 $785,369 -44% 1,423 $552   $368,027,248 11
May 14, 2004 19 $500,606 -36% 1,206 $415   $368,894,610 12
May 21, 2004 19 $271,424 -46% 715 $380   $369,336,919 13
May 28, 2004 28 $163,365 -40% 576 $284   $369,664,388 14
Jun 4, 2004 29 $98,010 -40% 440 $223   $369,895,388 15
Jun 11, 2004 39 $63,467 -35% 208 $305   $370,025,697 16
Jun 18, 2004 44 $41,913 -34% 158 $265   $370,111,518 17
Jun 25, 2004 50 $23,567 -44% 90 $262   $370,167,453 18
Jul 2, 2004 57 $14,206 -40% 38 $374   $370,197,857 19
Jul 9, 2004 55 $19,425 +37% 32 $607   $370,232,710 20
Jul 16, 2004 67 $12,039 -38% 21 $573   $370,257,518 21
Jul 23, 2004 82 $5,750 -52% 18 $319   $370,270,943 22
Mar 11, 2005 28 $223,789   957 $234   $370,498,393 55
Mar 18, 2005 56 $46,576 -79% 290 $161   $370,657,010 56
Mar 25, 2005 47 $69,241 +49% 162 $427   $370,773,867 57

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 25, 2004 1 $26,556,573     3,006 $8,835   $26,556,573 1
Feb 26, 2004 1 $14,781,316 -44%   3,006 $4,917   $41,337,889 2
Feb 27, 2004 1 $22,800,000 +54%   3,043 $7,493   $64,100,000 3
Feb 28, 2004 1 $33,077,939 +45%   3,043 $10,870   $97,325,776 4
Feb 29, 2004 1 $27,860,195 -16%   3,043 $9,156   $125,185,971 5
Mar 1, 2004 1 $10,132,000 -64%   3,043 $3,330   $135,318,000 6
Mar 2, 2004 1 $9,283,000 -8%   3,043 $3,051   $144,601,000 7
Mar 3, 2004 1 $8,402,000 -9% -68% 3,043 $2,761   $153,003,000 8
Mar 4, 2004 1 $7,639,000 -9% -48% 3,043 $2,510   $160,641,939 9
Mar 5, 2004 1 $13,400,000 +75% -41% 3,130 $4,281   $174,000,000 10
Mar 6, 2004 1 $21,929,043 +64% -34% 3,130 $7,006   $196,236,096 11
Mar 7, 2004 1 $17,652,644 -20% -37% 3,130 $5,640   $213,888,740 12
Mar 8, 2004 1 $5,004,000 -72% -51% 3,170 $1,579   $218,893,000 13
Mar 9, 2004 1 $4,828,000 -4% -48% 3,170 $1,523   $223,721,000 14
Mar 10, 2004 1 $4,414,000 -9% -47% 3,170 $1,392   $228,134,000 15
Mar 11, 2004 1 $4,425,000 n/c -42% 3,170 $1,396   $232,379,000 16
Mar 12, 2004 1 $7,800,000 +76% -42% 3,221 $2,422   $240,200,000 17
Mar 13, 2004 1 $13,452,908 +72% -39% 3,221 $4,177   $253,792,087 18
Mar 14, 2004 1 $10,718,122 -20% -39% 3,221 $3,328   $264,510,209 19
Mar 15, 2004 1 $3,171,000 -70% -37% 3,221 $984   $267,681,000 20
Mar 16, 2004 1 $3,026,000 -5% -37% 3,221 $939   $270,707,000 21
Mar 17, 2004 1 $2,605,000 -14% -41% 3,221 $809   $273,311,000 22
Mar 18, 2004 1 $2,782,000 +7% -37% 3,221 $864   $276,093,000 23
Mar 19, 2004 2 $4,900,000 +76% -37% 3,250 $1,508   $281,000,000 24
Mar 20, 2004 2 $7,970,160 +63% -41% 3,250 $2,452   $289,004,202 25
Mar 21, 2004 1 $6,503,042 -18% -39% 3,250 $2,001   $295,507,244 26
Mar 22, 2004 2 $1,773,000 -73% -44% 3,250 $546   $297,280,000 27
Mar 23, 2004 1 $1,841,000 +4% -39% 3,250 $566   $299,121,000 28
Mar 24, 2004 1 $1,632,000 -11% -37% 3,250 $502   $300,753,000 29
Mar 25, 2004 1 $1,806,000 +11% -35% 3,250 $556   $302,559,000 30
Mar 26, 2004 4 $3,200,000 +77% -35% 3,168 $1,010   $305,800,000 31
Mar 27, 2004 3 $5,186,862 +62% -35% 3,214 $1,614   $310,860,490 32
Mar 28, 2004 2 $4,292,288 -17% -34% 3,214 $1,335   $315,152,778 33
Mar 29, 2004 2 $1,193,000 -72% -33% 3,168 $377   $316,346,000 34
Mar 30, 2004 2 $1,352,000 +13% -27% 3,168 $427   $317,698,000 35
Mar 31, 2004 2 $1,275,000 -6% -22% 3,168 $402   $318,970,000 36
Apr 1, 2004 2 $1,255,000 -2% -31% 3,168 $396   $320,228,000 37
Apr 2, 2004 6 $2,692,000 +115% -16% 3,408 $790   $322,920,000 38
Apr 3, 2004 5 $4,096,404 +52% -21% 3,408 $1,202   $326,852,950 39
Apr 4, 2004 4 $4,004,021 -2% -7% 3,408 $1,175   $330,856,971 40
Apr 5, 2004 2 $1,292,000 -68% +8% 3,408 $379   $332,149,000 41
Apr 6, 2004 2 $1,603,000 +24% +19% 3,408 $470   $333,751,000 42
Apr 7, 2004 1 $1,775,000 +11% +39% 3,408 $521   $335,526,000 43
Apr 8, 2004 1 $2,245,000 +26% +79% 3,408 $659   $337,771,000 44
Apr 9, 2004 1 $6,569,000 +193% +144% 3,203 $2,051   $344,340,000 45
Apr 10, 2004 1 $4,973,293 -24% +21% 3,240 $1,535   $349,340,005 46
Apr 11, 2004 1 $3,666,346 -26% -8% 3,240 $1,132   $353,006,351 47
Apr 12, 2004 5 $1,298,000 -65% n/c 3,240 $401   $354,304,000 48
Apr 13, 2004 4 $932,000 -28% -42% 3,240 $288   $355,236,000 49
Apr 14, 2004 4 $785,000 -16% -56% 3,240 $242   $356,021,000 50
Apr 15, 2004 4 $690,000 -12% -69% 3,240 $213   $356,711,000 51
Apr 16, 2004 11 $1,200,000 +74% -82% 2,848 $421   $357,900,000 52
Apr 17, 2004 10 $1,692,518 +41% -66% 2,848 $594   $359,530,498 53
Apr 18, 2004 7 $1,231,121 -27% -66% 2,848 $432   $360,761,619 54
Apr 19, 2004 3 $356,000 -71% -73% 2,848 $125   $361,118,000 55
Apr 20, 2004 3 $366,000 +3% -61% 2,848 $129   $361,484,000 56
Apr 21, 2004 3 $362,000 -1% -54% 2,848 $127   $361,846,000 57
Apr 22, 2004 3 $353,000 -2% -49% 2,848 $124   $362,199,000 58
Apr 23, 2004 11 $600,000 +70% -50% 2,269 $264   $362,800,000 59
Apr 24, 2004 10 $915,508 +53% -46% 2,269 $403   $363,683,801 60
Apr 25, 2004 10 $730,780 -20% -41% 2,269 $322   $364,414,581 61
Apr 26, 2004 5 $227,000 -69% -36% 2,269 $100   $364,642,000 62
Apr 27, 2004 5 $229,000 +1% -37% 2,269 $101   $364,870,000 63
Apr 28, 2004 5 $205,000 -10% -43% 2,269 $90   $365,076,000 64
Apr 29, 2004 5 $202,000 -1% -43% 2,269 $89   $365,278,000 65
May 3, 2004 9 $149,000   -34% 1,832 $81   $366,834,000 69
May 4, 2004 9 $146,000 -2% -36% 1,832 $80   $366,980,000 70
May 5, 2004 9 $135,000 -8% -34% 1,832 $74   $367,115,000 71
May 6, 2004 9 $127,000 -6% -37% 1,832 $69   $367,242,000 72

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 20, 2004 1 $41,337,889   3,006 $13,752   $41,337,889 1
Feb 27, 2004 1 $119,304,050 +189% 3,043 $39,206   $160,641,939 2
Mar 5, 2004 1 $71,737,292 -40% 3,170 $22,630   $232,379,231 3
Mar 12, 2004 1 $43,713,636 -39% 3,221 $13,571   $276,092,867 4
Mar 19, 2004 2 $26,465,937 -39% 3,250 $8,143   $302,558,804 5
Mar 26, 2004 2 $17,693,061 -33% 3,214 $5,505   $320,251,865 6
Apr 2, 2004 5 $17,537,763 -1% 3,408 $5,146   $337,789,628 7
Apr 9, 2004 1 $18,920,879 +8% 3,240 $5,840   $356,710,507 8
Apr 16, 2004 8 $5,488,023 -71% 2,848 $1,927   $362,198,530 9
Apr 23, 2004 11 $3,079,086 -44% 2,269 $1,357   $365,277,616 10
Apr 30, 2004 15 $1,964,263 -36% 1,832 $1,072   $367,241,879 11
May 7, 2004 14 $1,152,125 -41% 1,423 $810   $368,394,004 12
May 14, 2004 19 $671,491 -42% 1,206 $557   $369,065,495 13
May 21, 2004 18 $435,528 -35% 715 $609   $369,501,023 14
May 28, 2004 26 $296,355 -32% 576 $515   $369,797,378 15
Jun 4, 2004 29 $164,852 -44% 440 $375   $369,962,230 16
Jun 11, 2004 37 $107,375 -35% 208 $516   $370,069,605 17
Jun 18, 2004 41 $74,281 -31% 158 $470   $370,143,886 18
Jun 25, 2004 39 $39,765 -46% 90 $442   $370,183,651 19
Jul 2, 2004 54 $29,634 -25% 38 $780   $370,213,285 20
Jul 9, 2004 56 $32,194 +9% 32 $1,006   $370,245,479 21
Jul 16, 2004 65 $19,714 -39% 21 $939   $370,265,193 22
Jul 23, 2004 71 $9,411 -52% 18 $523   $370,274,604 23
Mar 11, 2005 28 $335,830   957 $351   $370,610,434 56
Mar 18, 2005 50 $94,192 -72% 290 $325   $370,704,626 57
Mar 25, 2005 55 $78,304 -17% 162 $483   $370,782,930 58

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 2/19/2004 $2,794,596 144 148 883 $4,438,703 4/9/2021
New Zealand 3/25/2021 $28 2 5 10 $1,230 4/19/2022
South Korea 4/2/2004 $0 0 128 212 $4,904,548 5/24/2017
 
Rest of World $242,186,224
 
International Total$251,530,705 4/19/2022

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
Mar 27, 20162919,385 743,063$98,582$6,091,171604
Mar 25, 2018229,169 899,603$87,548$7,279,784708
Apr 1, 20182116,813+83% 916,416$163,836$7,443,620709
Apr 7, 20192811,646 1,020,547$81,068$8,047,892762
Apr 14, 2019308,774-25% 1,029,321$63,865$8,111,757763

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 4, 2010745,436 45,436$590,215$590,215292

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Leading Cast

James Caviezel    Jesus

Supporting Cast

Monica Bellucci    Mary Magdalene
Maia Morgenstern    Mary
Sergio Rubini    Dismas
Claudia Gerini    Claudia Procles
Toni Bertorelli    Annas
Roberto Bestazzoni    Malchus
Francesco Cabras    Gesmas
Giovanni Capalbo    Cassius
Rosalenda Celentano*    Satan
Emilio De Marchi    A Scornfull Roman
Francesco DeVito    Peter
Lello Giulivo    A Brutish Roman
Abel Jafry    Second Tempe Officer
Hristio Jivkov*    John
Luco Lionella    Judas
Jerreth Mertz*    Simon
Matt Patresi    Janus
Fabio Sartor    Abenader
Mattia Sbragia    Caiphas
Hristo Naumov Shopov*    John
Roberto Visconti    A Scornful Roman
Ferro Giancinto*    Joseph of Arimathea
Olec Mincer    Nicodemus
Adel Ben Ayed    Thomas
Chokri Ben Zagdin    James
Luca De Dominicis    Herod
Pedro Sarubbi    Barabbas

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

Production and Technical Credits

Mel Gibson    Director
Benedict Fitzgerald    Screenwriter
Mel Gibson    Screenwriter
Bruce Davey    Producer
Stephen McEveety    Producer
Mel Gibson    Producer
Enzo Sisti    Executive Producer
Caleb Deschanel    Director of Photography
Francesco Frigeri    Production Designer
John Wright    Editor
Maurizio Millenotti    Costume Designer
John Debney    Composer
Shaila Rubin    Casting Director
Daniela Pareshi    Art Director
Nazzareno Piana    Art Director
Pierfranco Luscri    Art Director
Carlo Gervasi    Set Decorator
Maurizio Argentieri    Sound Mixer
Keith Vanderlaan    Special Make-up Effects
Keith Vanderlaan    Visual Effects Designer
Keith Vanderlaan    Producer
Greg Cannom    Special Make-up Effects
Ted Rae    Visual Effects Supervisor
Ted Rae    Second Unit Director
Stefano Mioni    Stunt Coordinator
Rachel Griffiths    Assistant Director
Sergio Ercolessi    Assistant Director

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

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Super Heroes Stop The Slump

July 11th, 2005

The Slump is dead. After 19 weeks, it has finally ended. It has been more than four months since the last time 2005 topped 2004 in the yearly comparison, but that's just what happened this weekend. Before we start celebrating too much, note that the margin of victory was tiny at just over $500,000. But at this point a victory is a victory and the movie industry will take them anyway they can get them. On a week-to-week basis we actually saw pretty good growth, rising by 5.2%, which is strange for a post-holiday weekend. Year-to-date, 2005 is still off by 8% $4.523 billion to $4.934 billion while the summer is down 11% $2.023 billion vs. $2.281 billion. 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...

Robots Win, but not as Easily as Expected

March 14th, 2005

The best word to describe this week's predictions is "Overcompensation." After getting skunked underestimating how well certain films have done in the past many, many analysts overestimated their appeal this weekend. This in part led to a 6.3% drop-off from last weekend and more importantly, a 1.7% drop-off from last year. After sporting a double digit lead just a couple of weeks ago, the Year-to-Date race is a virtual tie at $1.56 billion each. More...

Machine Madness

March 11th, 2005

There really no doubt about what film will take top spot this weekend, as Robots could triple the second place film. However, after number one there are some interesting stories at the weekend box office race. More...

Oscar Nominations Sidestep Box Office Giants

January 25th, 2005

The Oscar Nominations were announced this morning and at first glance it appears that most of the nominations went to films with smaller budgets and box office results. Box office hits were nearly shut out of the major nominations. More...

DVD Releases for August 31, 2004

August 30th, 2004

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 and a few from the growing TV on DVD section, including the winners of the DVD Pick of the Week, Star Trek - The Original Series - The Complete First Season - Buy from Amazon and, for those of you who have a taste for the twisted, Videodrome - Criterion Collection - Unrated and Uncut - Buy from Amazon. More...

Underdog Hits the Top

June 21st, 2004

Bit of a mixed week: we had a surprise hit at number one, but the two bigger budget films both struggled. This led to the second really big drop-off in the weekend box office in a row, this time 14.7%. And it that in turn led to the first year-to-year drop in some weeks, and it was a pretty serious decline of 9.4%. With next week looking less than impressive as well, the industry will need Spider-Man 2 to really soar to avoid a prolonged slump. More...

$100 Million Opening for Troy

May 18th, 2004

In addition to the $46.9 million Troy earned at the domestic box office, the ancient history movie made $54.7 million on 6,722 screens in 47 markets internationally. Some highlights were the $8.5 million in Germany, $6.3 million in Spain, $5.1 million in France and $4.7 million in Australia. And while a $107 million opening weekend seems spectacular, this is a very expensive film to get to theatres. Combine the production budget, domestic P&A budgets, translations / dubbing / subtitles, etc. and the final cost is nearing $250 million. On the plus side, Troy should have better legs and more international appeal than Van Helsing so Warner Bros. should see a profit before the home market. P.S. If this story sounds familiar, you must have a long memory. More...

Kill Bill Volume 2 Beats Competition, Volume 1

April 27th, 2004

Kill Bill: Volume 2's first foray into the foreign markets proved very profitable. The film earned $18.5 million in 21 markets and increases compared to the debut of the original in all but one market. Many of those increases were in the double-digit range so it's an impressive start. Unfortunately, one of the largest markets for the first film, Japan, saw a huge 47% drop for Volume 2. This can easily be explained by the fact that half of Volume 1 took place in Japan. More...

Passion Drops Post-Easter but Still Stays on Top

April 20th, 2004

The Passion of the Christ saw large drop-offs in many international markets but openings in nine others helped stabilize its overall box office. Maybe. I'm getting some conflicting reports on the box office figures. $14.6 or $25 is the two prevailing estimates I've found. I do believe the $25 million is for the whole week while the $14.6 million is for the weekend. More...

Killing the Competition

April 19th, 2004

With just two movies opening wide this should have been a good week, and while the wide releases did ok, the holdovers really suffered. In the end the weekend was down 10.6% from last weekend, and even more telling was its 3.5% drop from last year. Granted, it was Easter this time last year, but it's not that important of a holiday to make a large enough difference. More...

Bill Hopes to Make a Killing at the Box Office

April 16th, 2004

For the first time this month we don't have an overload of new movies opening up. However, the two wider releases we do have are in direct competition for the same audience, so the same ticket splitting will still happen. That will make it hard for both films to succeed. There's an addition film opening sort of wide, but at just 1000 theatres don't expect it to make much of an impact. More...

Easter Helps Passion Stay on Top

April 13th, 2004

It was hardly a surprise that The Passion of the Christ was able to take top spot over Easter weekend. What is a surprise is the amount; just $26 million is barely an increase from last weekend. There was only one new opening, but it was in Italy, one of the most staunchly Catholic nations. The film did cross $100 million internationally some time during the mid-week, but a serious post-Easter drop-off is expected. More...

Barely a Peep from the New Releases

April 12th, 2004

Only one of the five movies released managed to live up to expectations, and with that I think it's safe to say 2004's winning streak came to an end. The week-to-week drop-off was 9.4%, and while 2004 was up 17% from the same time last year, it's increase of last Easter was much less at just 7.6%. Year-to-date is up 9% but 2004 will have a tough time keeping up with 2003 in May. More...

I Missed a Movie

April 9th, 2004

In my previous weekend prediction story I accidentally left one of the new releases. More...

Busy Easter Weekend

April 9th, 2004

With four movies already in 3000 or more theatres, it was slim pickings for the five movies opening. The top draw could only manage 7th spot on this week's theatre count charts and one of the new openers couldn't even make the top ten. Even so, a new release should still take the top spot. More...

Passion's Top Draw

April 6th, 2004

Another 7 openings helped keep The Passion of the Christ in top spot with $25.4 million. And the same pattern is holding true, the smaller the market the better the result. In Spain it opened to $3.2 million, about on par with Gothika's opening at the end of February. In South Korea it opened first with $2.3 million, significantly below the local productions that have been taking tops spot for most of the year. So far the film has earned just over $80 million internationally and over $400 million worldwide. More...

Not Quite a Heavenly Start

April 5th, 2004

April started like a lion, especially compared to last year. The week-to-week increase was an respectable 6.1% while the box office was up an stupendous 28.2% from last year. Year to date 2004 is now up 7% on 2003 with an excellent chance of earning an even bigger lead during the rest of the month since 2003 had a poor April. More...

Boy, oh Boy!

April 2nd, 2004

April starts out like a lion as four movies open wide, two of them are opening mega-wide, (theatre counts over 3000.) And with the box office humming along at double digit increases from last year we could see records broken this week. More...

International Audiences do a Double Take

March 30th, 2004

With no new wider releases the top five international box office finished in the same order as last weekend. The Passion of the Christ again topped the week thanks to number one openings in many markets and even a few records. The biggest slice of its estimated $16 million take came from the U.K. where it finished first, sort of. Including previews its $3.6 was strong enough for first place; if you don't include previews then it drops to third place behind the debut of Dawn of the Dead and the second weekend of Starsky and Hutch. The film again had strong results in small markets breaking records in Argentina and Venezuela. Total international run now sits at $58.7 million in 36 markets, good, but certainly not comparable to its domestic total. More...

Top Dog

March 29th, 2004

There were a few of surprises this week, some good and some bad. This bag of mixed blessings helped the box office to a flat week-to-week result, moving up of less than $10,000 or 0.007%. Continued weakness this time last year helped 2004 shoot up by 14% but the year-to-date figurers are still only 6% above 2003. Weak mid-week numbers have prevented 2004 from putting real distance between it and 2003. More...

Can Scooby Doo Two Top Original?

March 26th, 2004

Four movies open wide this weekend, or maybe it would be more accurate to say one and three halves as only one film opens in more than 1,600 theatres. This makes the race for top spot not so tough to predict, but the rest of the top ten is wide open. The three smaller openings are hoping for strong word of mouth, but as last week's soft debut for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tells us, that's a risky bet. More...

Passions Rise Internationally

March 23rd, 2004

The Passion of the Christ had mixed openings during its fourth weekend in international release. In Latin America is performed very well, where it made two thirds of its $15 million weekend take, breaking records in Chile and Central America along the way. On the flip side it could only manage a paltry $2.3 million in Germany, half of first place Brother Bear and on par with Gothika's opening earlier in the year. It would have been more impressive if the situation was reversed. After all, record breaking performances throughout Latin American won't earn as much as a blockbuster performance in Germany. Overall Passions has pulled in $32.3 million in 19, mostly smaller markets. More...

Lively Debut for Dead

March 22nd, 2004

For the first time this year we saw a substantial increase over the box office from this time last year that wasn't due to a single movie. This week we saw a token 1.4% increase from last weekend, but a fantastic 21.5% increase from last year. It is important to keep in mind, however, that Spring was the weakest point in 2003's box office if you take into account Seasonal Adjustments. This weekend last year was when the war in Iraq started, for instance, and this weakness continued till mid-April. So 2004 has a golden opportunity to put some distance between itself and 2003. More...

Weekend of the Dead

March 19th, 2004

With three movies opening wide we should see a change at the top spot this week. But there are a couple of twists. Firstly, all three movies are rated R, which should help more kid friendly fare at the box office. Secondly, the movie with the best reviews is also opening in the fewest theatres. More...

Will International Audiences feel Passionate?

March 16th, 2004

It may have not made it in the Top Five so far in its run, but there's enough interest in The Passion of the Christ's performance that it warrants a mention. More...

Trinity of Wins

March 15th, 2004

It was the third weekend in a row with week-to-week drop-offs, this time it was 18.8%, which is huge for non-post holiday weekend. And only the weakness experienced this time last year is keeping 2004 above 2003's pace. This weekend it was up 10% helping the year-to-date gain increase to nearly 4%. Still not higher than inflation, but it's much better than earlier in the year. More...

Three-peat In the Works

March 12th, 2004

2004 is starting to slow down again, as this week's group of new movies is quite weak. The only wide release with overall positive reviews really stretches the definition of wide release. And the other two releases have reviews that range from mediocre to really bad. More...

Hello Lenin!

March 11th, 2004

While The Passion of the Christ finished first on the per theatre charts for the second weekend in a row, it the performance of a smaller movie, Goodbye, Lenin! that stole the show. Its per theatre average climbed nearly 10%. Now a movie having its per theatre average climb after the Oscars isn't surprising. However, Goodbye, Lenin! was ignored by the Oscar nomination committee. So the increase bodes very well for its long term success. More...

Strong Sophomore Session puts 2004 in the Lead

March 8th, 2004

Another good news bad new weekend. Bad news, the total box office was down 8% from last weekend. Good new, it was up 31% from last year. Good news, 2004 has finally surpassed 2003 year-to-date. Bad news, that's due to inflation as admissions are still lower. Really bad news, the jump is thanks entirely to one movie, or the controversy surrounding one movie. More...

Can 2004 Take the Lead?

March 5th, 2004

We haven't seen two film open with strong prospects since the beginning of February. And with last week's winner still going strong, 2004 should pass 2003 at the box office. More...

Passions Saves the Box Office

March 3rd, 2004

There's was not much in the way of good news this week, and what little there was was due to a single movie. The Passion of the Christ topped the per theatre chart and was the only film to top $10,000 per theatre taking in $27,554. More...

Record Opening for Passion

March 1st, 2004

There was some good news and some bad news this past weekend. First the good news, we saw huge increases at the box office this weekend, both from the previous weekend, (66%) and from last year (48%). Now the bad news; it was all thanks to one movie, which doesn't bode well for the overall strength of the box office. In fact, even after last weekend 2004 is still 3% back of 2003's pace. More...

Passion Breaks February Record with $76 Million Opening Weekend

February 29th, 2004

The Passion of the Christ broke all manner of records at the weekend, storming to an estimated $76 million Friday-Sunday gross, and a total of $117.5 million since it was released on Wednesday. More...

2004 Finally Shows Signs of Life

February 27th, 2004

Thanks to the controversy surrounding The Passions of the Christ, 2004 should finally start making up some ground on 2003. Even with the Oscars on Sunday 2003, Passions alone will boost the box office. But the other three movies probably wouldn't even register on the radar during a normal weekend. More...

Movie Websites Launches for February 20 - February 26

February 26th, 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, Dawn of the Dead - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Newmarket Projects $15 million - $20 million opening Day for Passion

February 25th, 2004


Will there be a Passionate Response at the Box Office?

February 25th, 2004

The most talked about movie in long time is being released tonight to correspond with Ash Wednesday. More...

  1. Summary
  2. News
  3. Box Office
  4. International
  5. Video Sales
  6. Full Financials
  7. Cast & Crew
  8. Trailer

Synopsis

This depiction of the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus opens with his betrayal by Judas, his condemnation by the Pharisees and his appearance before Pontius Pilate. Pilate defers to King Herod, but Herod returns Jesus. Pilate then asks the crowd to choose between Jesus and Barrabas. The crowd chooses Barrabas. Pilate washes his hands of the matter, and Jesus is forced to carry the cross through the streets to Golgotha where Roman soldiers crucify him. Although Jesus briefly fears that God, his Father, has abandoned him, he regains his faith, proclaiming “Into Thy hands I command my spirit.” At the moment of his death, nature itself over-turns.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$83,848,082 (22.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:59.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 24.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,043 opening theaters/3,408 max. theaters, 10.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $628,691,986

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office 56 $370,782,930
All Time International Box Office (Rank 301-400) 359 $251,530,705
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200) 174 $622,313,635
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 1 $370,782,930
All Time International Box Office for R Movies 40 $251,530,705
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 8 $622,313,635

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: February 25th, 2004 (Wide) by Newmarket Films
March 11th, 2005 (Limited) by Newmarket Films
International Releases: February 19th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
April 2nd, 2004 (Wide), released as The Passion Of Christ (South Korea)
March 25th, 2021 (Wide) (New Zealand)
Video Release: August 31st, 2004 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for sequences of graphic violence.
Running Time: 127 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Deadpool
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Keywords: Religious, Dead Language, Faith-Based Film, Faith-Based Drama, Filmed in Cinecittà Studios, Rome, Italy, Filmed in Rome, Italy, Filmed in Italy, Filmed in Matera, Italy, Filmed in Craco, Italy
Source:Based on Religious Text
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Icon Productions, Newmarket Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: Aramaic, Latin

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest Domestic 55th Weekend 8 $223,789 Mar 11, 2005 383
Biggest 8th Sunday 94 $1,231,121 Apr 18, 2004 54
Biggest 8th Friday 88 $1,200,000 Apr 16, 2004 52
Biggest 7th Thursday 67 $690,000 Apr 15, 2004 51
Biggest 7th Wednesday 54 $785,000 Apr 14, 2004 50
Biggest 7th Tuesday 57 $932,000 Apr 13, 2004 49
Biggest 7th Monday 34 $1,298,000 Apr 12, 2004 48
Biggest 7th Sunday 10 $3,666,346 Apr 11, 2004 47
Biggest Domestic 7th Weekend 9 $15,216,723 Apr 9, 2004 47
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day) 52 $15,216,723 Apr 9, 2004 47
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 50 $27,689,045 Apr 9, 2004 47
Fastest to $350m 49 $353,006,351 Apr 9, 2004 47
Biggest 7th Saturday 15 $4,973,293 Apr 10, 2004 46
Biggest 7th Friday 4 $6,569,000 Apr 9, 2004 45
Biggest 6th Thursday 14 $2,245,000 Apr 8, 2004 44
Biggest 6th Wednesday 19 $1,775,000 Apr 7, 2004 43
Biggest 6th Tuesday 35 $1,603,000 Apr 6, 2004 42
Biggest 6th Monday 69 $1,292,000 Apr 5, 2004 41
Biggest 6th Sunday 17 $4,004,021 Apr 4, 2004 40
Biggest Domestic 6th Weekend 46 $10,605,106 Apr 2, 2004 40
Biggest 6th Saturday 60 $4,096,404 Apr 3, 2004 39
Biggest 6th Friday 62 $2,692,000 Apr 2, 2004 38
Biggest 5th Thursday 82 $1,255,000 Apr 1, 2004 37
Biggest 5th Wednesday 82 $1,275,000 Mar 31, 2004 36
Biggest 5th Sunday 39 $4,292,288 Mar 28, 2004 33
Biggest Domestic 5th Weekend 62 $12,593,974 Mar 26, 2004 33
Biggest 5th Saturday 65 $5,186,862 Mar 27, 2004 32
Biggest 5th Friday 84 $3,200,000 Mar 26, 2004 31
Biggest 4th Thursday 71 $1,806,000 Mar 25, 2004 30
Biggest 4th Wednesday 93 $1,632,000 Mar 24, 2004 29
Fastest to $300m 60 $300,753,000 Mar 24, 2004 29
Biggest 4th Sunday 37 $6,503,042 Mar 21, 2004 26
Biggest Domestic 4th Weekend 64 $19,414,377 Mar 19, 2004 26
Biggest 4th Saturday 62 $7,970,160 Mar 20, 2004 25
Biggest 4th Friday 90 $4,900,000 Mar 19, 2004 24
Biggest 3rd Thursday 77 $2,782,000 Mar 18, 2004 23
Biggest 3rd Tuesday 97 $3,026,000 Mar 16, 2004 21
Biggest 3rd Monday 100 $3,171,000 Mar 15, 2004 20
Biggest 3rd Sunday 31 $10,718,122 Mar 14, 2004 19
Biggest Domestic 3rd Weekend 51 $32,130,978 Mar 12, 2004 19
Biggest 3rd Saturday 49 $13,452,908 Mar 13, 2004 18
Fastest to $250m 74 $253,792,087 Mar 12, 2004 18
Biggest 3rd Friday 90 $7,800,000 Mar 12, 2004 17
Biggest 2nd Thursday 91 $4,425,000 Mar 11, 2004 16
Biggest 2nd Sunday 45 $17,652,644 Mar 7, 2004 12
Biggest Domestic 2nd Weekend 57 $53,246,801 Mar 5, 2004 12
Biggest Domestic March Weekend 29 $53,246,801 Mar 5, 2004 12
Fastest to $150m 84 $213,888,740 Mar 5, 2004 12
Fastest to $200m 82 $213,888,740 Mar 5, 2004 12
Biggest 2nd Saturday 54 $21,929,043 Mar 6, 2004 11
Biggest Domestic March Day 53 $21,929,043 Mar 6, 2004 11
Biggest 2nd Friday 95 $13,400,000 Mar 5, 2004 10
Biggest 1st Wednesday 89 $8,402,000 Mar 3, 2004 8
Biggest 1st Sunday 67 $27,860,195 Feb 29, 2004 5
Biggest Domestic Sunday 79 $27,860,195 Feb 29, 2004 5
Biggest Domestic February Weekend 6 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Based on Religious Text Weekend Domestic 1 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Drama Weekend Domestic 6 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Dramatization Weekend Domestic 2 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Live Action Weekend Domestic 58 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top Newmarket Films Weekend Domestic 1 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Biggest Domestic Non-Sequel Weekend 41 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top R Weekend Domestic 11 $83,848,082 Feb 27, 2004 5
Fastest to $100m 100 $125,185,971 Feb 27, 2004 5
Fastest to $50m 156 $125,185,971 Feb 27, 2004 5
Top 2004 Theater Average 19 $27,554 Feb 27, 2004 5
Biggest 1st Saturday 84 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top Based on Religious Text Day Domestic 1 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top Drama Day Domestic 11 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top Dramatization Day Domestic 2 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top Newmarket Films Day Domestic 1 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Biggest Domestic Non-Sequel Day 76 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Top R Day Domestic 16 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Biggest Domestic February Day 13 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Biggest Domestic Saturday 97 $33,077,939 Feb 28, 2004 4
Biggest Domestic Thursday 47 $14,781,316 Feb 26, 2004 2
Biggest Domestic Wednesday 17 $26,556,573 Feb 25, 2004 1

Leading Cast

James Caviezel    Jesus

Supporting Cast

Monica Bellucci    Mary Magdalene
Maia Morgenstern    Mary
Sergio Rubini    Dismas
Claudia Gerini    Claudia Procles
Toni Bertorelli    Annas
Roberto Bestazzoni    Malchus
Francesco Cabras    Gesmas
Giovanni Capalbo    Cassius
Rosalenda Celentano*    Satan
Emilio De Marchi    A Scornfull Roman
Francesco DeVito    Peter
Lello Giulivo    A Brutish Roman
Abel Jafry    Second Tempe Officer
Hristio Jivkov*    John
Luco Lionella    Judas
Jerreth Mertz*    Simon
Matt Patresi    Janus
Fabio Sartor    Abenader
Mattia Sbragia    Caiphas
Hristo Naumov Shopov*    John
Roberto Visconti    A Scornful Roman
Ferro Giancinto*    Joseph of Arimathea
Olec Mincer    Nicodemus
Adel Ben Ayed    Thomas
Chokri Ben Zagdin    James
Luca De Dominicis    Herod
Pedro Sarubbi    Barabbas

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

Production and Technical Credits

Mel Gibson    Director
Benedict Fitzgerald    Screenwriter
Mel Gibson    Screenwriter
Bruce Davey    Producer
Stephen McEveety    Producer
Mel Gibson    Producer
Enzo Sisti    Executive Producer
Caleb Deschanel    Director of Photography
Francesco Frigeri    Production Designer
John Wright    Editor
Maurizio Millenotti    Costume Designer
John Debney    Composer
Shaila Rubin    Casting Director
Daniela Pareshi    Art Director
Nazzareno Piana    Art Director
Pierfranco Luscri    Art Director
Carlo Gervasi    Set Decorator
Maurizio Argentieri    Sound Mixer
Keith Vanderlaan    Special Make-up Effects
Keith Vanderlaan    Visual Effects Designer
Keith Vanderlaan    Producer
Greg Cannom    Special Make-up Effects
Ted Rae    Visual Effects Supervisor
Ted Rae    Second Unit Director
Stefano Mioni    Stunt Coordinator
Rachel Griffiths    Assistant Director
Sergio Ercolessi    Assistant Director

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

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February 17th, 2009

This felt like a slow week to me, but looking at the list there were 15 spotlight reviews, which is a huge amount for one week. There are a large number of DVDs worth checking out, but looking at the top of the list, I think Christopher Titus - Love is Evol is the best DVD coming out this week, and the winner of the DVD Pick of the Week. As has happened pretty much every week this year, there are so many DVDs on this week's list that is had to be split into two. The second part can be found here. More...

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January 29th, 2007

I'm still waiting for the first "Must Have" DVD of the year (the first one of those doesn't show up until mid-February), but at least there are more that nearly make the grade this week than so far this year. Flyboys - Collector's Edition is better than the reviews would indicate, as long as you are in the right frame of mind. Lucky Louie - The Complete First Season is a great show but a little demented for a mainstream audience, and the same can be said for Viva Pedro - Pedro Almodovar Classics Collection - Buy from Amazon. But in the end I went with Red Doors - Buy from Amazon as the DVD Pick of the Week. Perhaps an unexpected choice, but it's a movie that should be seen by more. More...

Super Heroes Stop The Slump

July 11th, 2005

The Slump is dead. After 19 weeks, it has finally ended. It has been more than four months since the last time 2005 topped 2004 in the yearly comparison, but that's just what happened this weekend. Before we start celebrating too much, note that the margin of victory was tiny at just over $500,000. But at this point a victory is a victory and the movie industry will take them anyway they can get them. On a week-to-week basis we actually saw pretty good growth, rising by 5.2%, which is strange for a post-holiday weekend. Year-to-date, 2005 is still off by 8% $4.523 billion to $4.934 billion while the summer is down 11% $2.023 billion vs. $2.281 billion. 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...

Robots Win, but not as Easily as Expected

March 14th, 2005

The best word to describe this week's predictions is "Overcompensation." After getting skunked underestimating how well certain films have done in the past many, many analysts overestimated their appeal this weekend. This in part led to a 6.3% drop-off from last weekend and more importantly, a 1.7% drop-off from last year. After sporting a double digit lead just a couple of weeks ago, the Year-to-Date race is a virtual tie at $1.56 billion each. More...

Machine Madness

March 11th, 2005

There really no doubt about what film will take top spot this weekend, as Robots could triple the second place film. However, after number one there are some interesting stories at the weekend box office race. More...

Oscar Nominations Sidestep Box Office Giants

January 25th, 2005

The Oscar Nominations were announced this morning and at first glance it appears that most of the nominations went to films with smaller budgets and box office results. Box office hits were nearly shut out of the major nominations. More...

DVD Releases for August 31, 2004

August 30th, 2004

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 and a few from the growing TV on DVD section, including the winners of the DVD Pick of the Week, Star Trek - The Original Series - The Complete First Season - Buy from Amazon and, for those of you who have a taste for the twisted, Videodrome - Criterion Collection - Unrated and Uncut - Buy from Amazon. More...

Underdog Hits the Top

June 21st, 2004

Bit of a mixed week: we had a surprise hit at number one, but the two bigger budget films both struggled. This led to the second really big drop-off in the weekend box office in a row, this time 14.7%. And it that in turn led to the first year-to-year drop in some weeks, and it was a pretty serious decline of 9.4%. With next week looking less than impressive as well, the industry will need Spider-Man 2 to really soar to avoid a prolonged slump. More...

$100 Million Opening for Troy

May 18th, 2004

In addition to the $46.9 million Troy earned at the domestic box office, the ancient history movie made $54.7 million on 6,722 screens in 47 markets internationally. Some highlights were the $8.5 million in Germany, $6.3 million in Spain, $5.1 million in France and $4.7 million in Australia. And while a $107 million opening weekend seems spectacular, this is a very expensive film to get to theatres. Combine the production budget, domestic P&A budgets, translations / dubbing / subtitles, etc. and the final cost is nearing $250 million. On the plus side, Troy should have better legs and more international appeal than Van Helsing so Warner Bros. should see a profit before the home market. P.S. If this story sounds familiar, you must have a long memory. More...

Kill Bill Volume 2 Beats Competition, Volume 1

April 27th, 2004

Kill Bill: Volume 2's first foray into the foreign markets proved very profitable. The film earned $18.5 million in 21 markets and increases compared to the debut of the original in all but one market. Many of those increases were in the double-digit range so it's an impressive start. Unfortunately, one of the largest markets for the first film, Japan, saw a huge 47% drop for Volume 2. This can easily be explained by the fact that half of Volume 1 took place in Japan. More...

Passion Drops Post-Easter but Still Stays on Top

April 20th, 2004

The Passion of the Christ saw large drop-offs in many international markets but openings in nine others helped stabilize its overall box office. Maybe. I'm getting some conflicting reports on the box office figures. $14.6 or $25 is the two prevailing estimates I've found. I do believe the $25 million is for the whole week while the $14.6 million is for the weekend. More...

Killing the Competition

April 19th, 2004

With just two movies opening wide this should have been a good week, and while the wide releases did ok, the holdovers really suffered. In the end the weekend was down 10.6% from last weekend, and even more telling was its 3.5% drop from last year. Granted, it was Easter this time last year, but it's not that important of a holiday to make a large enough difference. More...

Bill Hopes to Make a Killing at the Box Office

April 16th, 2004

For the first time this month we don't have an overload of new movies opening up. However, the two wider releases we do have are in direct competition for the same audience, so the same ticket splitting will still happen. That will make it hard for both films to succeed. There's an addition film opening sort of wide, but at just 1000 theatres don't expect it to make much of an impact. More...

Easter Helps Passion Stay on Top

April 13th, 2004

It was hardly a surprise that The Passion of the Christ was able to take top spot over Easter weekend. What is a surprise is the amount; just $26 million is barely an increase from last weekend. There was only one new opening, but it was in Italy, one of the most staunchly Catholic nations. The film did cross $100 million internationally some time during the mid-week, but a serious post-Easter drop-off is expected. More...

Barely a Peep from the New Releases

April 12th, 2004

Only one of the five movies released managed to live up to expectations, and with that I think it's safe to say 2004's winning streak came to an end. The week-to-week drop-off was 9.4%, and while 2004 was up 17% from the same time last year, it's increase of last Easter was much less at just 7.6%. Year-to-date is up 9% but 2004 will have a tough time keeping up with 2003 in May. More...

I Missed a Movie

April 9th, 2004

In my previous weekend prediction story I accidentally left one of the new releases. More...

Busy Easter Weekend

April 9th, 2004

With four movies already in 3000 or more theatres, it was slim pickings for the five movies opening. The top draw could only manage 7th spot on this week's theatre count charts and one of the new openers couldn't even make the top ten. Even so, a new release should still take the top spot. More...

Passion's Top Draw

April 6th, 2004

Another 7 openings helped keep The Passion of the Christ in top spot with $25.4 million. And the same pattern is holding true, the smaller the market the better the result. In Spain it opened to $3.2 million, about on par with Gothika's opening at the end of February. In South Korea it opened first with $2.3 million, significantly below the local productions that have been taking tops spot for most of the year. So far the film has earned just over $80 million internationally and over $400 million worldwide. More...

Not Quite a Heavenly Start

April 5th, 2004

April started like a lion, especially compared to last year. The week-to-week increase was an respectable 6.1% while the box office was up an stupendous 28.2% from last year. Year to date 2004 is now up 7% on 2003 with an excellent chance of earning an even bigger lead during the rest of the month since 2003 had a poor April. More...

Boy, oh Boy!

April 2nd, 2004

April starts out like a lion as four movies open wide, two of them are opening mega-wide, (theatre counts over 3000.) And with the box office humming along at double digit increases from last year we could see records broken this week. More...

International Audiences do a Double Take

March 30th, 2004

With no new wider releases the top five international box office finished in the same order as last weekend. The Passion of the Christ again topped the week thanks to number one openings in many markets and even a few records. The biggest slice of its estimated $16 million take came from the U.K. where it finished first, sort of. Including previews its $3.6 was strong enough for first place; if you don't include previews then it drops to third place behind the debut of Dawn of the Dead and the second weekend of Starsky and Hutch. The film again had strong results in small markets breaking records in Argentina and Venezuela. Total international run now sits at $58.7 million in 36 markets, good, but certainly not comparable to its domestic total. More...

Top Dog

March 29th, 2004

There were a few of surprises this week, some good and some bad. This bag of mixed blessings helped the box office to a flat week-to-week result, moving up of less than $10,000 or 0.007%. Continued weakness this time last year helped 2004 shoot up by 14% but the year-to-date figurers are still only 6% above 2003. Weak mid-week numbers have prevented 2004 from putting real distance between it and 2003. More...

Can Scooby Doo Two Top Original?

March 26th, 2004

Four movies open wide this weekend, or maybe it would be more accurate to say one and three halves as only one film opens in more than 1,600 theatres. This makes the race for top spot not so tough to predict, but the rest of the top ten is wide open. The three smaller openings are hoping for strong word of mouth, but as last week's soft debut for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tells us, that's a risky bet. More...

Passions Rise Internationally

March 23rd, 2004

The Passion of the Christ had mixed openings during its fourth weekend in international release. In Latin America is performed very well, where it made two thirds of its $15 million weekend take, breaking records in Chile and Central America along the way. On the flip side it could only manage a paltry $2.3 million in Germany, half of first place Brother Bear and on par with Gothika's opening earlier in the year. It would have been more impressive if the situation was reversed. After all, record breaking performances throughout Latin American won't earn as much as a blockbuster performance in Germany. Overall Passions has pulled in $32.3 million in 19, mostly smaller markets. More...

Lively Debut for Dead

March 22nd, 2004

For the first time this year we saw a substantial increase over the box office from this time last year that wasn't due to a single movie. This week we saw a token 1.4% increase from last weekend, but a fantastic 21.5% increase from last year. It is important to keep in mind, however, that Spring was the weakest point in 2003's box office if you take into account Seasonal Adjustments. This weekend last year was when the war in Iraq started, for instance, and this weakness continued till mid-April. So 2004 has a golden opportunity to put some distance between itself and 2003. More...

Weekend of the Dead

March 19th, 2004

With three movies opening wide we should see a change at the top spot this week. But there are a couple of twists. Firstly, all three movies are rated R, which should help more kid friendly fare at the box office. Secondly, the movie with the best reviews is also opening in the fewest theatres. More...

Will International Audiences feel Passionate?

March 16th, 2004

It may have not made it in the Top Five so far in its run, but there's enough interest in The Passion of the Christ's performance that it warrants a mention. More...

Trinity of Wins

March 15th, 2004

It was the third weekend in a row with week-to-week drop-offs, this time it was 18.8%, which is huge for non-post holiday weekend. And only the weakness experienced this time last year is keeping 2004 above 2003's pace. This weekend it was up 10% helping the year-to-date gain increase to nearly 4%. Still not higher than inflation, but it's much better than earlier in the year. More...

Three-peat In the Works

March 12th, 2004

2004 is starting to slow down again, as this week's group of new movies is quite weak. The only wide release with overall positive reviews really stretches the definition of wide release. And the other two releases have reviews that range from mediocre to really bad. More...

Hello Lenin!

March 11th, 2004

While The Passion of the Christ finished first on the per theatre charts for the second weekend in a row, it the performance of a smaller movie, Goodbye, Lenin! that stole the show. Its per theatre average climbed nearly 10%. Now a movie having its per theatre average climb after the Oscars isn't surprising. However, Goodbye, Lenin! was ignored by the Oscar nomination committee. So the increase bodes very well for its long term success. More...

Strong Sophomore Session puts 2004 in the Lead

March 8th, 2004

Another good news bad new weekend. Bad news, the total box office was down 8% from last weekend. Good new, it was up 31% from last year. Good news, 2004 has finally surpassed 2003 year-to-date. Bad news, that's due to inflation as admissions are still lower. Really bad news, the jump is thanks entirely to one movie, or the controversy surrounding one movie. More...

Can 2004 Take the Lead?

March 5th, 2004

We haven't seen two film open with strong prospects since the beginning of February. And with last week's winner still going strong, 2004 should pass 2003 at the box office. More...

Passions Saves the Box Office

March 3rd, 2004

There's was not much in the way of good news this week, and what little there was was due to a single movie. The Passion of the Christ topped the per theatre chart and was the only film to top $10,000 per theatre taking in $27,554. More...

Record Opening for Passion

March 1st, 2004

There was some good news and some bad news this past weekend. First the good news, we saw huge increases at the box office this weekend, both from the previous weekend, (66%) and from last year (48%). Now the bad news; it was all thanks to one movie, which doesn't bode well for the overall strength of the box office. In fact, even after last weekend 2004 is still 3% back of 2003's pace. More...

Passion Breaks February Record with $76 Million Opening Weekend

February 29th, 2004

The Passion of the Christ broke all manner of records at the weekend, storming to an estimated $76 million Friday-Sunday gross, and a total of $117.5 million since it was released on Wednesday. More...

2004 Finally Shows Signs of Life

February 27th, 2004

Thanks to the controversy surrounding The Passions of the Christ, 2004 should finally start making up some ground on 2003. Even with the Oscars on Sunday 2003, Passions alone will boost the box office. But the other three movies probably wouldn't even register on the radar during a normal weekend. More...

Movie Websites Launches for February 20 - February 26

February 26th, 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, Dawn of the Dead - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Newmarket Projects $15 million - $20 million opening Day for Passion

February 25th, 2004


Will there be a Passionate Response at the Box Office?

February 25th, 2004

The most talked about movie in long time is being released tonight to correspond with Ash Wednesday. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 27, 2004 1 $83,848,082   3,043 $27,554   $125,185,971 1
Mar 5, 2004 1 $53,246,801 -36% 3,170 $16,797   $213,888,740 2
Mar 12, 2004 1 $32,130,978 -40% 3,221 $9,975   $264,510,209 3
Mar 19, 2004 2 $19,414,377 -40% 3,250 $5,974   $295,507,244 4
Mar 26, 2004 3 $12,593,974 -35% 3,214 $3,918   $315,152,778 5
Apr 2, 2004 5 $10,605,106 -16% 3,408 $3,112   $330,856,971 6
Apr 9, 2004 1 $15,216,723 +43% 3,240 $4,697   $353,006,351 7
Apr 16, 2004 10 $4,051,112 -73% 2,848 $1,422   $360,761,619 8
Apr 23, 2004 11 $2,216,051 -45% 2,269 $977   $364,414,581 9
Apr 30, 2004 15 $1,407,651 -36% 1,832 $768   $366,685,267 10
May 7, 2004 15 $785,369 -44% 1,423 $552   $368,027,248 11
May 14, 2004 19 $500,606 -36% 1,206 $415   $368,894,610 12
May 21, 2004 19 $271,424 -46% 715 $380   $369,336,919 13
May 28, 2004 28 $163,365 -40% 576 $284   $369,664,388 14
Jun 4, 2004 29 $98,010 -40% 440 $223   $369,895,388 15
Jun 11, 2004 39 $63,467 -35% 208 $305   $370,025,697 16
Jun 18, 2004 44 $41,913 -34% 158 $265   $370,111,518 17
Jun 25, 2004 50 $23,567 -44% 90 $262   $370,167,453 18
Jul 2, 2004 57 $14,206 -40% 38 $374   $370,197,857 19
Jul 9, 2004 55 $19,425 +37% 32 $607   $370,232,710 20
Jul 16, 2004 67 $12,039 -38% 21 $573   $370,257,518 21
Jul 23, 2004 82 $5,750 -52% 18 $319   $370,270,943 22
Mar 11, 2005 28 $223,789   957 $234   $370,498,393 55
Mar 18, 2005 56 $46,576 -79% 290 $161   $370,657,010 56
Mar 25, 2005 47 $69,241 +49% 162 $427   $370,773,867 57

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 25, 2004 1 $26,556,573     3,006 $8,835   $26,556,573 1
Feb 26, 2004 1 $14,781,316 -44%   3,006 $4,917   $41,337,889 2
Feb 27, 2004 1 $22,800,000 +54%   3,043 $7,493   $64,100,000 3
Feb 28, 2004 1 $33,077,939 +45%   3,043 $10,870   $97,325,776 4
Feb 29, 2004 1 $27,860,195 -16%   3,043 $9,156   $125,185,971 5
Mar 1, 2004 1 $10,132,000 -64%   3,043 $3,330   $135,318,000 6
Mar 2, 2004 1 $9,283,000 -8%   3,043 $3,051   $144,601,000 7
Mar 3, 2004 1 $8,402,000 -9% -68% 3,043 $2,761   $153,003,000 8
Mar 4, 2004 1 $7,639,000 -9% -48% 3,043 $2,510   $160,641,939 9
Mar 5, 2004 1 $13,400,000 +75% -41% 3,130 $4,281   $174,000,000 10
Mar 6, 2004 1 $21,929,043 +64% -34% 3,130 $7,006   $196,236,096 11
Mar 7, 2004 1 $17,652,644 -20% -37% 3,130 $5,640   $213,888,740 12
Mar 8, 2004 1 $5,004,000 -72% -51% 3,170 $1,579   $218,893,000 13
Mar 9, 2004 1 $4,828,000 -4% -48% 3,170 $1,523   $223,721,000 14
Mar 10, 2004 1 $4,414,000 -9% -47% 3,170 $1,392   $228,134,000 15
Mar 11, 2004 1 $4,425,000 n/c -42% 3,170 $1,396   $232,379,000 16
Mar 12, 2004 1 $7,800,000 +76% -42% 3,221 $2,422   $240,200,000 17
Mar 13, 2004 1 $13,452,908 +72% -39% 3,221 $4,177   $253,792,087 18
Mar 14, 2004 1 $10,718,122 -20% -39% 3,221 $3,328   $264,510,209 19
Mar 15, 2004 1 $3,171,000 -70% -37% 3,221 $984   $267,681,000 20
Mar 16, 2004 1 $3,026,000 -5% -37% 3,221 $939   $270,707,000 21
Mar 17, 2004 1 $2,605,000 -14% -41% 3,221 $809   $273,311,000 22
Mar 18, 2004 1 $2,782,000 +7% -37% 3,221 $864   $276,093,000 23
Mar 19, 2004 2 $4,900,000 +76% -37% 3,250 $1,508   $281,000,000 24
Mar 20, 2004 2 $7,970,160 +63% -41% 3,250 $2,452   $289,004,202 25
Mar 21, 2004 1 $6,503,042 -18% -39% 3,250 $2,001   $295,507,244 26
Mar 22, 2004 2 $1,773,000 -73% -44% 3,250 $546   $297,280,000 27
Mar 23, 2004 1 $1,841,000 +4% -39% 3,250 $566   $299,121,000 28
Mar 24, 2004 1 $1,632,000 -11% -37% 3,250 $502   $300,753,000 29
Mar 25, 2004 1 $1,806,000 +11% -35% 3,250 $556   $302,559,000 30
Mar 26, 2004 4 $3,200,000 +77% -35% 3,168 $1,010   $305,800,000 31
Mar 27, 2004 3 $5,186,862 +62% -35% 3,214 $1,614   $310,860,490 32
Mar 28, 2004 2 $4,292,288 -17% -34% 3,214 $1,335   $315,152,778 33
Mar 29, 2004 2 $1,193,000 -72% -33% 3,168 $377   $316,346,000 34
Mar 30, 2004 2 $1,352,000 +13% -27% 3,168 $427   $317,698,000 35
Mar 31, 2004 2 $1,275,000 -6% -22% 3,168 $402   $318,970,000 36
Apr 1, 2004 2 $1,255,000 -2% -31% 3,168 $396   $320,228,000 37
Apr 2, 2004 6 $2,692,000 +115% -16% 3,408 $790   $322,920,000 38
Apr 3, 2004 5 $4,096,404 +52% -21% 3,408 $1,202   $326,852,950 39
Apr 4, 2004 4 $4,004,021 -2% -7% 3,408 $1,175   $330,856,971 40
Apr 5, 2004 2 $1,292,000 -68% +8% 3,408 $379   $332,149,000 41
Apr 6, 2004 2 $1,603,000 +24% +19% 3,408 $470   $333,751,000 42
Apr 7, 2004 1 $1,775,000 +11% +39% 3,408 $521   $335,526,000 43
Apr 8, 2004 1 $2,245,000 +26% +79% 3,408 $659   $337,771,000 44
Apr 9, 2004 1 $6,569,000 +193% +144% 3,203 $2,051   $344,340,000 45
Apr 10, 2004 1 $4,973,293 -24% +21% 3,240 $1,535   $349,340,005 46
Apr 11, 2004 1 $3,666,346 -26% -8% 3,240 $1,132   $353,006,351 47
Apr 12, 2004 5 $1,298,000 -65% n/c 3,240 $401   $354,304,000 48
Apr 13, 2004 4 $932,000 -28% -42% 3,240 $288   $355,236,000 49
Apr 14, 2004 4 $785,000 -16% -56% 3,240 $242   $356,021,000 50
Apr 15, 2004 4 $690,000 -12% -69% 3,240 $213   $356,711,000 51
Apr 16, 2004 11 $1,200,000 +74% -82% 2,848 $421   $357,900,000 52
Apr 17, 2004 10 $1,692,518 +41% -66% 2,848 $594   $359,530,498 53
Apr 18, 2004 7 $1,231,121 -27% -66% 2,848 $432   $360,761,619 54
Apr 19, 2004 3 $356,000 -71% -73% 2,848 $125   $361,118,000 55
Apr 20, 2004 3 $366,000 +3% -61% 2,848 $129   $361,484,000 56
Apr 21, 2004 3 $362,000 -1% -54% 2,848 $127   $361,846,000 57
Apr 22, 2004 3 $353,000 -2% -49% 2,848 $124   $362,199,000 58
Apr 23, 2004 11 $600,000 +70% -50% 2,269 $264   $362,800,000 59
Apr 24, 2004 10 $915,508 +53% -46% 2,269 $403   $363,683,801 60
Apr 25, 2004 10 $730,780 -20% -41% 2,269 $322   $364,414,581 61
Apr 26, 2004 5 $227,000 -69% -36% 2,269 $100   $364,642,000 62
Apr 27, 2004 5 $229,000 +1% -37% 2,269 $101   $364,870,000 63
Apr 28, 2004 5 $205,000 -10% -43% 2,269 $90   $365,076,000 64
Apr 29, 2004 5 $202,000 -1% -43% 2,269 $89   $365,278,000 65
May 3, 2004 9 $149,000   -34% 1,832 $81   $366,834,000 69
May 4, 2004 9 $146,000 -2% -36% 1,832 $80   $366,980,000 70
May 5, 2004 9 $135,000 -8% -34% 1,832 $74   $367,115,000 71
May 6, 2004 9 $127,000 -6% -37% 1,832 $69   $367,242,000 72

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 20, 2004 1 $41,337,889   3,006 $13,752   $41,337,889 1
Feb 27, 2004 1 $119,304,050 +189% 3,043 $39,206   $160,641,939 2
Mar 5, 2004 1 $71,737,292 -40% 3,170 $22,630   $232,379,231 3
Mar 12, 2004 1 $43,713,636 -39% 3,221 $13,571   $276,092,867 4
Mar 19, 2004 2 $26,465,937 -39% 3,250 $8,143   $302,558,804 5
Mar 26, 2004 2 $17,693,061 -33% 3,214 $5,505   $320,251,865 6
Apr 2, 2004 5 $17,537,763 -1% 3,408 $5,146   $337,789,628 7
Apr 9, 2004 1 $18,920,879 +8% 3,240 $5,840   $356,710,507 8
Apr 16, 2004 8 $5,488,023 -71% 2,848 $1,927   $362,198,530 9
Apr 23, 2004 11 $3,079,086 -44% 2,269 $1,357   $365,277,616 10
Apr 30, 2004 15 $1,964,263 -36% 1,832 $1,072   $367,241,879 11
May 7, 2004 14 $1,152,125 -41% 1,423 $810   $368,394,004 12
May 14, 2004 19 $671,491 -42% 1,206 $557   $369,065,495 13
May 21, 2004 18 $435,528 -35% 715 $609   $369,501,023 14
May 28, 2004 26 $296,355 -32% 576 $515   $369,797,378 15
Jun 4, 2004 29 $164,852 -44% 440 $375   $369,962,230 16
Jun 11, 2004 37 $107,375 -35% 208 $516   $370,069,605 17
Jun 18, 2004 41 $74,281 -31% 158 $470   $370,143,886 18
Jun 25, 2004 39 $39,765 -46% 90 $442   $370,183,651 19
Jul 2, 2004 54 $29,634 -25% 38 $780   $370,213,285 20
Jul 9, 2004 56 $32,194 +9% 32 $1,006   $370,245,479 21
Jul 16, 2004 65 $19,714 -39% 21 $939   $370,265,193 22
Jul 23, 2004 71 $9,411 -52% 18 $523   $370,274,604 23
Mar 11, 2005 28 $335,830   957 $351   $370,610,434 56
Mar 18, 2005 50 $94,192 -72% 290 $325   $370,704,626 57
Mar 25, 2005 55 $78,304 -17% 162 $483   $370,782,930 58

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 2/19/2004 $2,794,596 144 148 883 $4,438,703 4/9/2021
New Zealand 3/25/2021 $28 2 5 10 $1,230 4/19/2022
South Korea 4/2/2004 $0 0 128 212 $4,904,548 5/24/2017
 
Rest of World $242,186,224
 
International Total$251,530,705 4/19/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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