The Fifth Element (1997)

The Fifth Element
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $63,570,862Details
International Box Office $200,321,409Details
Worldwide Box Office $263,892,271
OpusData ID: 8120100
Further financial details...

Synopsis

New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to be a hero, but he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years: A perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Together, they must save the world.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$17,031,345 (26.8% of total gross)
Legs:3.73 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:24.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$95,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,500 opening theaters/2,500 max. theaters, 7.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $156,641,928

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,480 $63,570,862
All Time International Box Office (Rank 501-600) 538 $200,321,409
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700) 686 $263,892,271

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 9th, 1997 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
May 14th, 2017 (Special Engagement) by Fathom Events
November 17th, 2024 (Special Engagement) by Fathom Events
International Releases: August 28th, 1997 (Wide), released as Das fünfte Element (Germany)
September 11th, 1997 (Wide), released as Pátý element (Czech Republic)
September 25th, 1997 (Wide), released as The Fifth Element (Пятый элемент) (Russia (CIS))
June 16th, 2017 (Special Engagement), released as The Fifth Element (20th Anniversary) (New Zealand)
June 23rd, 2017 (Special Engagement), released as The Fifth Element 20th Anniversary (Australia)
... Show all releases
Video Release: December 10th, 1997 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sci-fi violence, some sexuality and brief nudity
Running Time: 126 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Tropic Thunder
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Keywords: Cloning, Good vs. Evil, Space Opera, Interspecies Romance, Dystopia, Fired, Rescue, Shapeshifter, Prologue, Ex-soldier, Genetic Engineering, Archaeology, Set in Brooklyn, Set in New York City, Set in New York, Kidnap, Invented Language, Action Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Gaumont
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 151 $8,021,290 May 23, 1997 17
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 137 $20,463,904 May 23, 1997 17

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,480 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,054 $156,641,928
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,085 $63,570,862
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1997 24 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 601-700) 695 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,159 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 182 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 301-400) 318 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 601-700) 617 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200) 192 $63,570,862

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 9, 1997 1 $17,031,345   2,500 $6,813   $17,031,345 1
May 16, 1997 1 $11,410,863 -33% 2,500 $4,564   $34,213,330 2
May 23, 1997 3 $8,021,290 -30% 2,500 $3,209   $46,031,440 3
May 30, 1997 5 $4,032,169 -50% 2,500 $1,613   $51,503,539 4
Jun 6, 1997 8 $2,078,812 -48% 1,957 $1,062   $55,360,251 5
Jun 13, 1997 8 $1,483,840 -29% 1,560 $951   $57,922,135 6
Jun 20, 1997 9 $865,012 -42% 1,066 $811   $59,767,649 7
Jun 27, 1997 12 $372,023 -57% 662 $562   $60,652,257 8
Jul 4, 1997 21 $147,367 -60% 202 $730   $60,966,673 9
Jul 11, 1997 25 $102,955 -30% 185 $557   $61,138,490 10
Jul 18, 1997 30 $100,291 -3% 173 $580   $61,310,358 11
Jul 25, 1997 18 $420,687 +319% 673 $625   $61,778,086 12
Aug 1, 1997 22 $327,830 -22% 600 $546   $62,339,880 13
Aug 8, 1997 28 $165,754 -49% 345 $480   $62,717,503 14
Aug 15, 1997 35 $133,912 -19% 272 $492   $62,951,133 15
Aug 22, 1997 39 $114,164 -15% 176 $649   $63,125,637 16
Aug 29, 1997 46 $57,988 -49% 90 $644   $63,244,003 17
Sep 5, 1997 43 $51,172 -12% 84 $609   $63,307,464 18
Sep 12, 1997 43 $52,884 +3% 78 $678   $63,381,708 19
Sep 19, 1997 46 $43,896 -17% 59 $744   $63,447,915 20
Sep 26, 1997 52 $34,480 -21% 40 $862   $63,502,394 21
Oct 3, 1997 57 $21,816 -37% 27 $808   $63,540,020 22

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jun 20, 1997 10 $233,396     1,066 $219   $59,136,033 43
Jun 21, 1997 9 $365,730 +57%   1,066 $343   $59,501,763 44
Jun 22, 1997 - $265,886 -27%   1,066 $249   $59,767,649 45
Jun 23, 1997 - $118,079 -56%   1,066 $111   $59,885,728 46
Jun 24, 1997 10 $144,263 +22%   1,066 $135   $60,029,991 47
Jun 25, 1997 11 $125,270 -13%   1,066 $118   $60,155,261 48
Jun 26, 1997 9 $124,973 n/c   1,066 $117   $60,280,234 49
Jun 27, 1997 - $110,600 -12% -53% 662 $167   $60,390,834 50
Jun 28, 1997 - $135,528 +23% -63% 662 $205   $60,526,362 51
Jun 29, 1997 - $125,895 -7% -53% 662 $190   $60,652,257 52
Jun 30, 1997 - $62,175 -51% -47% 662 $94   $60,714,432 53
Jul 1, 1997 - $42,025 -32% -71% 662 $63   $60,756,457 54
Jul 2, 1997 - $24,726 -41% -80% 662 $37   $60,781,183 55
Jul 3, 1997 - $38,123 +54% -69% 662 $58   $60,819,306 56

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 9, 1997 1 $22,802,467   2,500 $9,121   $22,802,467 1
May 16, 1997 1 $15,207,683 -33% 2,500 $6,083   $38,010,150 2
May 23, 1997 3 $9,461,220 -38% 2,500 $3,784   $47,471,370 3
May 30, 1997 5 $5,810,069 -39% 2,500 $2,324   $53,281,439 4
Jun 6, 1997 8 $3,156,856 -46% 1,957 $1,613   $56,438,295 5
Jun 13, 1997 8 $2,464,342 -22% 1,560 $1,580   $58,902,637 6
Jun 20, 1997 11 $1,377,597 -44% 1,066 $1,292   $60,280,234 7
Jun 27, 1997 14 $539,072 -61% 662 $814   $60,819,306 8
Jul 4, 1997 21 $216,229 -60% 202 $1,070   $61,035,535 9
Jul 11, 1997 25 $174,532 -19% 185 $943   $61,210,067 10
Jul 18, 1997 31 $147,332 -16% 173 $852   $61,357,399 11
Jul 25, 1997 20 $654,651 +344% 673 $973   $62,012,050 12
Aug 1, 1997 22 $539,699 -18% 600 $899   $62,551,749 13
Aug 8, 1997 27 $265,472 -51% 345 $769   $62,817,221 14
Aug 15, 1997 34 $194,252 -27% 272 $714   $63,011,473 15
Aug 22, 1997 37 $174,542 -10% 176 $992   $63,186,015 16
Aug 29, 1997 46 $70,277 -60% 90 $781   $63,256,292 17
Sep 5, 1997 40 $72,532 +3% 84 $863   $63,328,824 18
Sep 12, 1997 44 $75,195 +4% 78 $964   $63,404,019 19
Sep 19, 1997 45 $63,895 -15% 59 $1,083   $63,467,914 20
Sep 26, 1997 51 $50,290 -21% 40 $1,257   $63,518,204 21

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 6/23/2017 $3,734 1 48 77 $112,959 10/20/2022
Czech Republic 9/11/1997 $0 0 30 30 $10,682 10/21/2025
Germany 8/28/1997 $0000$0
New Zealand 6/16/2017 $5,812 2 2 10 $7,928 9/30/2024
Russia (CIS) 9/25/1997 $0000$0
 
Rest of World $200,189,840
 
International Total$200,321,409 10/21/2025

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 501-600) 538 $200,321,409
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300) 300 $200,321,409
Top 1997 Movies at the International Box Office 7 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300) 235 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 301-400) 324 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 103 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 194 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 201-300) 260 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 51 $200,321,409

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700) 686 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 401-500) 409 $263,892,271
Top 1997 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 9 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300) 300 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 401-500) 444 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 121 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 224 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 301-400) 327 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 69 $263,892,271

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Aug 16, 20091313,122 13,122$222,943$222,943610
Aug 23, 2009127,844-40% 20,966$121,345$344,288611
Jul 16, 2017147,706 962,922$70,876$9,311,3461,023
Oct 1, 2023155,298 1,117,413$86,622$11,159,3031,347
Jan 14, 2024202,978 1,126,657$48,690$11,311,6201,362

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Leading Cast

Bruce Willis    Korben Dallas
Gary Oldman    Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg
Milla Jovovich    Leeloo

Supporting Cast

Ian Holm    Priest Vito Cornelius
Chris Tucker    DJ Ruby Rhod
Luke Perry    Billy
Brion James    General Munro
Tommy Lister    President Lindberg
Lee Evans    Fog
Charlie Creed-Miles    David
Tricky*    Right Arm
John Neville    General Staedert
John Bluthal    Professor Pacoli
Mathieu Kassovitz    Mugger
Christopher Fairbank    Mactilburgh
Kim Chan    Thai
Richard Leaf    Neighbour
Julie T. Wallace    Major Iceborg
Al Matthews    General Tudor
Maiwenn Le Besco*    Diva
John Bennett    Priest
Ivan Heng    Left Arm
Sonita Henry    President's Aide
Tim McMullan    Scientist's Aide
Hon Ping Tang    Munro's Captain
George Khan    Head Scientist
John Hughes    Head of Military
Roberto Bryce    Omar
Said Talidi    Aziz
Justin Lee Burrows    Mondoshawan
Richard Ashton    Mondoshawan
Jerome Blake    Mondoshawan
Kevin Molloy    Mondoshawan/Ground Crew
Bill Reimbold    Mactilburgh's Assistant
Colin Brooks    Staedert's Captain
Anthony Chinn    Mactilburgh's Technician
Sam Douglas    Chief NY Cop
Derek Ezenagu    NY Cop
David Kennedy    Flying Cop
David Barrass    Flying Cop
Roger Monk    Flying Cop/Military Technician
Mac McDonald    Flying Cop
Mark Seaton    Flying Cop
Jean Luc Caron    Flying Cop
Riz Meedin    Flying Cop
Jerry Ezekiel    Flying Cop
Indra Ove    VIP Stewardess
Nicole Merry    VIP Stewardess
Stacey McKenzie    VIP Stewardess
Rachel Willis    Stewardess
Genevieve Maylam    Stewardess
Josie Perez    Stewardess
Natasha Brice    Stewardess
Sophia Goth    Check In Attendant
Martin McDougall    Warship Captain
Peter Dunwell    Diva's Manager
Paul Priestley    Cop
Jason Salkey    Cop
Stewart Harvey Wilson    Ruby Rhod Assistant
Dave Fishley    Ruby Rhod Assistant
Carlton Chance    Ruby Rhod Assistant
Gin Clarke    Diva's Assistant
Vladimir McCrary    Human Aknot
Clifton Lloyd Bryan    Mangalore Aknot/Airport Guard
Aron Paramor    Mangalore Akanit
Alan Ruscoe    Mangalore Kino
Christopher Adamson    Airport Cop
Eve Salvail    Tawdry Girl
Kaleem Janjua    Shuttle Pilot
Tyrone Tyrell    Shuttle Co-pilot
Kevin Brewerton    Shuttle Mechanic
Vince Pellegrino    Ground Crew
Ian Beckett    Baby Ray
Sonny Caldinez    Emperor Kodar Japhet
Zeta Graff    Princess Achen
Eddie Ellwood    Roy Von Bacon
Yui    Fhloston Hostess
Laura de Palma    Fhloston Hostess
Michael Culkin    Hefty Man
Lenny McLean    Police Chief
Robert Oates    Fhloston Commander
John Sharian    Fhloston Captain
Fred Williams    Hotel Manager
Sibyl Buck    Zorg's Secretary
Sarah Carrington    Scientist
Grant James    Scientist
Ali Yassine    Scientist
Sean Buckley    Scientist
Dave Messam    Military Technician
Nathan Hamlett    Military Technician
Cecil Cheng    Military Technician
Scott Woods    Lab Guard
Leon Dekker    Lab Guard
David Garvey    Staedert's Technician
Stanley Kowalski    Staedert's Technician
Omar Hibbert Williams    Staedert's Technician
Robert Clapperton    Robot Barman
Robert Alexander    Warship Technician
Mia Frye    TV Stewardess
Leo Williams    Power Operator
Keith Martin    Power Operator
J.D. Dawodu    Zorg's Man
Patrick Nicholls    Zorg's Man
Shaun Davis    Zorg's Man
Roy Garcia Singh    Zorg's Man
Alex Georgijev    Zorg's Man
Marie Guillard    Burger's Assistant
Renee Montemayor    Burger's Assistant
Stina Richardson    Burger's Assistant

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

Production and Technical Credits

Luc Besson    Director
Patrice Ledoux    Producer
Luc Besson    Screenwriter
Robert Mark Kamen    Screenwriter
Luc Besson    Based on a Story By
Thierry Arbogast    Director of Photography
Dan Weil    Production Designer
Sylvie Landra    Editor
Iain Smith    Co-Producer
Mark Stetson    Visual Effects Supervisor
Jean-Paul Gaultier    Costume Designer
Eric Serra    Composer
Chris Carreras    Assistant Director
Sarah Bradshaw    Production Manager
Barrie Melrose    Assistant Director: Second Unit
Jim Morahan    Art Director
Kevin Phipps    Art Director
Michael Lamont    Art Director
Maggie Gray    Set Decorator
Anna Pinnock    Set Decorator
Nick Allder    Special Effects
Neil Corbould    Special Effects
Daniel Brisseau    Sound Mixer
Chris Jenkins    Re-recording Mixer
Mark Smith    Re-recording Mixer
Ron Bartlett    Re-recording Mixer
Dwayne Avery    Sound Effects Editor
Julia Evershade    Sound Effects Editor
Howell Gibbens    Sound Effects Editor
Geoffrey G. Rubay    Sound Effects Editor
David Whittaker    Sound Effects Editor
David Lewis Yewdall    Sound Effects Editor
Mark Mangini    Sound Designer
Lois Burwell    Make up
Sue Love    Hairstylist
Anita Camarata    Music Supervisor
Lucinda Syson    Casting Director
Francine Maisler    Casting Director
Marc Boyle    Stunt Coordinator

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

Friday Estimates: Dunkirk Dunks on the Competition with $19.8 million

July 22nd, 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Dunkirk dominated the Friday box office chart. Okay, maybe dominate is too strong a word, but more on that down below. The film earned a better than anticipated opening day of $19.8 million. Additionally, its reviews are award-worthy, while it earned an A minus from CinemaScore. Frankly, given its reviews, I’m surprised it only got an A minus. With its $5.5 million in previews, I was expecting an opening day a little north of $20 million, so hopefully this isn’t a sign of short legs. Look for an opening weekend of $55 million. On a side note, the reason we are not using Dunkirk images is we only got two of them and we’ve already used them both, twice. I tried to find the French site to see if they had more images (This is what I did for Kong: Skull Island.) but I ended up on the Dunkirk tourist site by accident and now all of the ads I see on YouTube are in French. More...


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Synopsis

New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to be a hero, but he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years: A perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Together, they must save the world.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$17,031,345 (26.8% of total gross)
Legs:3.73 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:24.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$95,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,500 opening theaters/2,500 max. theaters, 7.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $156,641,928

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,480 $63,570,862
All Time International Box Office (Rank 501-600) 538 $200,321,409
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700) 686 $263,892,271

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 9th, 1997 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
May 14th, 2017 (Special Engagement) by Fathom Events
November 17th, 2024 (Special Engagement) by Fathom Events
International Releases: August 28th, 1997 (Wide), released as Das fünfte Element (Germany)
September 11th, 1997 (Wide), released as Pátý element (Czech Republic)
September 25th, 1997 (Wide), released as The Fifth Element (Пятый элемент) (Russia (CIS))
June 16th, 2017 (Special Engagement), released as The Fifth Element (20th Anniversary) (New Zealand)
June 23rd, 2017 (Special Engagement), released as The Fifth Element 20th Anniversary (Australia)
... Show all releases
Video Release: December 10th, 1997 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sci-fi violence, some sexuality and brief nudity
Running Time: 126 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Tropic Thunder
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Cloning, Good vs. Evil, Space Opera, Interspecies Romance, Dystopia, Fired, Rescue, Shapeshifter, Prologue, Ex-soldier, Genetic Engineering, Archaeology, Set in Brooklyn, Set in New York City, Set in New York, Kidnap, Invented Language, Action Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Gaumont
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 151 $8,021,290 May 23, 1997 17
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 137 $20,463,904 May 23, 1997 17

Leading Cast

Bruce Willis    Korben Dallas
Gary Oldman    Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg
Milla Jovovich    Leeloo

Supporting Cast

Ian Holm    Priest Vito Cornelius
Chris Tucker    DJ Ruby Rhod
Luke Perry    Billy
Brion James    General Munro
Tommy Lister    President Lindberg
Lee Evans    Fog
Charlie Creed-Miles    David
Tricky*    Right Arm
John Neville    General Staedert
John Bluthal    Professor Pacoli
Mathieu Kassovitz    Mugger
Christopher Fairbank    Mactilburgh
Kim Chan    Thai
Richard Leaf    Neighbour
Julie T. Wallace    Major Iceborg
Al Matthews    General Tudor
Maiwenn Le Besco*    Diva
John Bennett    Priest
Ivan Heng    Left Arm
Sonita Henry    President's Aide
Tim McMullan    Scientist's Aide
Hon Ping Tang    Munro's Captain
George Khan    Head Scientist
John Hughes    Head of Military
Roberto Bryce    Omar
Said Talidi    Aziz
Justin Lee Burrows    Mondoshawan
Richard Ashton    Mondoshawan
Jerome Blake    Mondoshawan
Kevin Molloy    Mondoshawan/Ground Crew
Bill Reimbold    Mactilburgh's Assistant
Colin Brooks    Staedert's Captain
Anthony Chinn    Mactilburgh's Technician
Sam Douglas    Chief NY Cop
Derek Ezenagu    NY Cop
David Kennedy    Flying Cop
David Barrass    Flying Cop
Roger Monk    Flying Cop/Military Technician
Mac McDonald    Flying Cop
Mark Seaton    Flying Cop
Jean Luc Caron    Flying Cop
Riz Meedin    Flying Cop
Jerry Ezekiel    Flying Cop
Indra Ove    VIP Stewardess
Nicole Merry    VIP Stewardess
Stacey McKenzie    VIP Stewardess
Rachel Willis    Stewardess
Genevieve Maylam    Stewardess
Josie Perez    Stewardess
Natasha Brice    Stewardess
Sophia Goth    Check In Attendant
Martin McDougall    Warship Captain
Peter Dunwell    Diva's Manager
Paul Priestley    Cop
Jason Salkey    Cop
Stewart Harvey Wilson    Ruby Rhod Assistant
Dave Fishley    Ruby Rhod Assistant
Carlton Chance    Ruby Rhod Assistant
Gin Clarke    Diva's Assistant
Vladimir McCrary    Human Aknot
Clifton Lloyd Bryan    Mangalore Aknot/Airport Guard
Aron Paramor    Mangalore Akanit
Alan Ruscoe    Mangalore Kino
Christopher Adamson    Airport Cop
Eve Salvail    Tawdry Girl
Kaleem Janjua    Shuttle Pilot
Tyrone Tyrell    Shuttle Co-pilot
Kevin Brewerton    Shuttle Mechanic
Vince Pellegrino    Ground Crew
Ian Beckett    Baby Ray
Sonny Caldinez    Emperor Kodar Japhet
Zeta Graff    Princess Achen
Eddie Ellwood    Roy Von Bacon
Yui    Fhloston Hostess
Laura de Palma    Fhloston Hostess
Michael Culkin    Hefty Man
Lenny McLean    Police Chief
Robert Oates    Fhloston Commander
John Sharian    Fhloston Captain
Fred Williams    Hotel Manager
Sibyl Buck    Zorg's Secretary
Sarah Carrington    Scientist
Grant James    Scientist
Ali Yassine    Scientist
Sean Buckley    Scientist
Dave Messam    Military Technician
Nathan Hamlett    Military Technician
Cecil Cheng    Military Technician
Scott Woods    Lab Guard
Leon Dekker    Lab Guard
David Garvey    Staedert's Technician
Stanley Kowalski    Staedert's Technician
Omar Hibbert Williams    Staedert's Technician
Robert Clapperton    Robot Barman
Robert Alexander    Warship Technician
Mia Frye    TV Stewardess
Leo Williams    Power Operator
Keith Martin    Power Operator
J.D. Dawodu    Zorg's Man
Patrick Nicholls    Zorg's Man
Shaun Davis    Zorg's Man
Roy Garcia Singh    Zorg's Man
Alex Georgijev    Zorg's Man
Marie Guillard    Burger's Assistant
Renee Montemayor    Burger's Assistant
Stina Richardson    Burger's Assistant

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

Production and Technical Credits

Luc Besson    Director
Patrice Ledoux    Producer
Luc Besson    Screenwriter
Robert Mark Kamen    Screenwriter
Luc Besson    Based on a Story By
Thierry Arbogast    Director of Photography
Dan Weil    Production Designer
Sylvie Landra    Editor
Iain Smith    Co-Producer
Mark Stetson    Visual Effects Supervisor
Jean-Paul Gaultier    Costume Designer
Eric Serra    Composer
Chris Carreras    Assistant Director
Sarah Bradshaw    Production Manager
Barrie Melrose    Assistant Director: Second Unit
Jim Morahan    Art Director
Kevin Phipps    Art Director
Michael Lamont    Art Director
Maggie Gray    Set Decorator
Anna Pinnock    Set Decorator
Nick Allder    Special Effects
Neil Corbould    Special Effects
Daniel Brisseau    Sound Mixer
Chris Jenkins    Re-recording Mixer
Mark Smith    Re-recording Mixer
Ron Bartlett    Re-recording Mixer
Dwayne Avery    Sound Effects Editor
Julia Evershade    Sound Effects Editor
Howell Gibbens    Sound Effects Editor
Geoffrey G. Rubay    Sound Effects Editor
David Whittaker    Sound Effects Editor
David Lewis Yewdall    Sound Effects Editor
Mark Mangini    Sound Designer
Lois Burwell    Make up
Sue Love    Hairstylist
Anita Camarata    Music Supervisor
Lucinda Syson    Casting Director
Francine Maisler    Casting Director
Marc Boyle    Stunt Coordinator

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

Friday Estimates: Dunkirk Dunks on the Competition with $19.8 million

July 22nd, 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Dunkirk dominated the Friday box office chart. Okay, maybe dominate is too strong a word, but more on that down below. The film earned a better than anticipated opening day of $19.8 million. Additionally, its reviews are award-worthy, while it earned an A minus from CinemaScore. Frankly, given its reviews, I’m surprised it only got an A minus. With its $5.5 million in previews, I was expecting an opening day a little north of $20 million, so hopefully this isn’t a sign of short legs. Look for an opening weekend of $55 million. On a side note, the reason we are not using Dunkirk images is we only got two of them and we’ve already used them both, twice. I tried to find the French site to see if they had more images (This is what I did for Kong: Skull Island.) but I ended up on the Dunkirk tourist site by accident and now all of the ads I see on YouTube are in French. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,480 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,054 $156,641,928
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,085 $63,570,862
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1997 24 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 601-700) 695 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,159 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 182 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 301-400) 318 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 601-700) 617 $63,570,862
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200) 192 $63,570,862

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 9, 1997 1 $17,031,345   2,500 $6,813   $17,031,345 1
May 16, 1997 1 $11,410,863 -33% 2,500 $4,564   $34,213,330 2
May 23, 1997 3 $8,021,290 -30% 2,500 $3,209   $46,031,440 3
May 30, 1997 5 $4,032,169 -50% 2,500 $1,613   $51,503,539 4
Jun 6, 1997 8 $2,078,812 -48% 1,957 $1,062   $55,360,251 5
Jun 13, 1997 8 $1,483,840 -29% 1,560 $951   $57,922,135 6
Jun 20, 1997 9 $865,012 -42% 1,066 $811   $59,767,649 7
Jun 27, 1997 12 $372,023 -57% 662 $562   $60,652,257 8
Jul 4, 1997 21 $147,367 -60% 202 $730   $60,966,673 9
Jul 11, 1997 25 $102,955 -30% 185 $557   $61,138,490 10
Jul 18, 1997 30 $100,291 -3% 173 $580   $61,310,358 11
Jul 25, 1997 18 $420,687 +319% 673 $625   $61,778,086 12
Aug 1, 1997 22 $327,830 -22% 600 $546   $62,339,880 13
Aug 8, 1997 28 $165,754 -49% 345 $480   $62,717,503 14
Aug 15, 1997 35 $133,912 -19% 272 $492   $62,951,133 15
Aug 22, 1997 39 $114,164 -15% 176 $649   $63,125,637 16
Aug 29, 1997 46 $57,988 -49% 90 $644   $63,244,003 17
Sep 5, 1997 43 $51,172 -12% 84 $609   $63,307,464 18
Sep 12, 1997 43 $52,884 +3% 78 $678   $63,381,708 19
Sep 19, 1997 46 $43,896 -17% 59 $744   $63,447,915 20
Sep 26, 1997 52 $34,480 -21% 40 $862   $63,502,394 21
Oct 3, 1997 57 $21,816 -37% 27 $808   $63,540,020 22

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jun 20, 1997 10 $233,396     1,066 $219   $59,136,033 43
Jun 21, 1997 9 $365,730 +57%   1,066 $343   $59,501,763 44
Jun 22, 1997 - $265,886 -27%   1,066 $249   $59,767,649 45
Jun 23, 1997 - $118,079 -56%   1,066 $111   $59,885,728 46
Jun 24, 1997 10 $144,263 +22%   1,066 $135   $60,029,991 47
Jun 25, 1997 11 $125,270 -13%   1,066 $118   $60,155,261 48
Jun 26, 1997 9 $124,973 n/c   1,066 $117   $60,280,234 49
Jun 27, 1997 - $110,600 -12% -53% 662 $167   $60,390,834 50
Jun 28, 1997 - $135,528 +23% -63% 662 $205   $60,526,362 51
Jun 29, 1997 - $125,895 -7% -53% 662 $190   $60,652,257 52
Jun 30, 1997 - $62,175 -51% -47% 662 $94   $60,714,432 53
Jul 1, 1997 - $42,025 -32% -71% 662 $63   $60,756,457 54
Jul 2, 1997 - $24,726 -41% -80% 662 $37   $60,781,183 55
Jul 3, 1997 - $38,123 +54% -69% 662 $58   $60,819,306 56

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 9, 1997 1 $22,802,467   2,500 $9,121   $22,802,467 1
May 16, 1997 1 $15,207,683 -33% 2,500 $6,083   $38,010,150 2
May 23, 1997 3 $9,461,220 -38% 2,500 $3,784   $47,471,370 3
May 30, 1997 5 $5,810,069 -39% 2,500 $2,324   $53,281,439 4
Jun 6, 1997 8 $3,156,856 -46% 1,957 $1,613   $56,438,295 5
Jun 13, 1997 8 $2,464,342 -22% 1,560 $1,580   $58,902,637 6
Jun 20, 1997 11 $1,377,597 -44% 1,066 $1,292   $60,280,234 7
Jun 27, 1997 14 $539,072 -61% 662 $814   $60,819,306 8
Jul 4, 1997 21 $216,229 -60% 202 $1,070   $61,035,535 9
Jul 11, 1997 25 $174,532 -19% 185 $943   $61,210,067 10
Jul 18, 1997 31 $147,332 -16% 173 $852   $61,357,399 11
Jul 25, 1997 20 $654,651 +344% 673 $973   $62,012,050 12
Aug 1, 1997 22 $539,699 -18% 600 $899   $62,551,749 13
Aug 8, 1997 27 $265,472 -51% 345 $769   $62,817,221 14
Aug 15, 1997 34 $194,252 -27% 272 $714   $63,011,473 15
Aug 22, 1997 37 $174,542 -10% 176 $992   $63,186,015 16
Aug 29, 1997 46 $70,277 -60% 90 $781   $63,256,292 17
Sep 5, 1997 40 $72,532 +3% 84 $863   $63,328,824 18
Sep 12, 1997 44 $75,195 +4% 78 $964   $63,404,019 19
Sep 19, 1997 45 $63,895 -15% 59 $1,083   $63,467,914 20
Sep 26, 1997 51 $50,290 -21% 40 $1,257   $63,518,204 21

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 6/23/2017 $3,734 1 48 77 $112,959 10/20/2022
Czech Republic 9/11/1997 $0 0 30 30 $10,682 10/21/2025
Germany 8/28/1997 $0000$0
New Zealand 6/16/2017 $5,812 2 2 10 $7,928 9/30/2024
Russia (CIS) 9/25/1997 $0000$0
 
Rest of World $200,189,840
 
International Total$200,321,409 10/21/2025

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 501-600) 538 $200,321,409
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300) 300 $200,321,409
Top 1997 Movies at the International Box Office 7 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300) 235 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 301-400) 324 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 103 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 194 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 201-300) 260 $200,321,409
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 51 $200,321,409

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700) 686 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 401-500) 409 $263,892,271
Top 1997 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 9 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300) 300 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 401-500) 444 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 121 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 224 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 301-400) 327 $263,892,271
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 69 $263,892,271

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Aug 16, 20091313,122 13,122$222,943$222,943610
Aug 23, 2009127,844-40% 20,966$121,345$344,288611
Jul 16, 2017147,706 962,922$70,876$9,311,3461,023
Oct 1, 2023155,298 1,117,413$86,622$11,159,3031,347
Jan 14, 2024202,978 1,126,657$48,690$11,311,6201,362

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