Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $93,926,386Details
International Box Office $118,985,751
Worldwide Box Office $212,912,137
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$25,105,990 (26.7% of total gross)
Legs:3.74 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:44.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$135,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,101 opening theaters/3,101 max. theaters, 6.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $185,603,042

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 14th, 2003 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: April 20th, 2004 by Fox Home Entertainment, released as Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World
MPA Rating: PG-13 for intense battle sequences, related images, and brief language
Running Time: 139 minutes
Award nomination: 2004 Oscars Best Picture Nominee
Plot point: On a Boat, War
Subgenre: Action Adventure
Time period setting: 1800s
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: 20th Century Fox, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 14, 2003 2 $25,105,990   3,101 $8,096   $25,105,990 1
Nov 21, 2003 4 $15,213,896 -39% 3,101 $4,906   $47,279,725 2
Nov 28, 2003 5 $12,408,731 -18% 2,703 $4,591   $66,632,517 3
Dec 5, 2003 9 $3,722,008 -70% 2,344 $1,588   $72,555,668 4
Dec 12, 2003 11 $2,381,479 -36% 1,623 $1,467   $76,192,090 5
Dec 19, 2003 12 $1,500,514 -37% 1,050 $1,429   $78,522,124 6
Dec 26, 2003 19 $1,160,829 -23% 751 $1,546   $80,688,206 7
Jan 2, 2004 19 $1,117,880 -4% 701 $1,595   $83,006,144 8
Jan 9, 2004 21 $624,874 -44% 423 $1,477   $84,016,741 9
Jan 16, 2004 22 $479,019 -23% 306 $1,565   $84,726,035 10
Jan 23, 2004 26 $355,772 -26% 235 $1,514   $85,299,861 11
Jan 30, 2004 16 $2,106,759 +492% 1,118 $1,884   $87,568,647 12
Feb 6, 2004 17 $1,339,567 -36% 1,101 $1,217   $89,605,191 13
Feb 13, 2004 16 $1,055,629 -21% 547 $1,930   $91,065,299 14
Feb 20, 2004 22 $575,589 -45% 382 $1,507   $92,076,134 15
Feb 27, 2004 25 $324,195 -44% 233 $1,391   $92,569,819 16
Mar 5, 2004 32 $201,856 -38% 200 $1,009   $92,896,473 17
Mar 12, 2004 33 $175,263 -13% 198 $885   $93,143,778 18
Mar 19, 2004 35 $148,656 -15% 207 $718   $93,374,871 19
Mar 26, 2004 34 $116,948 -21% 171 $684   $93,557,809 20
Apr 2, 2004 34 $102,396 -12% 163 $628   $93,705,590 21
Apr 9, 2004 48 $56,339 -45% 102 $552   $93,802,409 22
Apr 16, 2004 49 $37,145 -34% 65 $571   $93,864,607 23
Apr 23, 2004 66 $19,870 -47% 38 $523   $93,902,719 24
Apr 30, 2004 94 $8,441 -58% 24 $352   $93,917,946 25
May 7, 2004 94 $5,130 -39% 12 $428   $93,926,386 26

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 14, 2003 1 $8,156,000     3,101 $2,630   $8,156,000 1
Nov 15, 2003 2 $10,739,423 +32%   3,101 $3,463   $18,792,200 2
Nov 16, 2003 2 $6,313,790 -41%   3,101 $2,036   $25,105,990 3
Nov 17, 2003 1 $1,863,000 -70%   3,101 $601   $26,969,000 4
Nov 18, 2003 1 $1,901,000 +2%   3,101 $613   $28,869,000 5
Nov 19, 2003 1 $1,665,000 -12%   3,101 $537   $30,535,000 6
Nov 20, 2003 1 $1,531,000 -8%   3,101 $494   $32,066,000 7
Nov 21, 2003 4 $4,300,000 +181% -47% 3,101 $1,387   $36,400,000 8
Nov 22, 2003 4 $6,662,009 +55% -38% 3,101 $2,148   $43,320,829 9
Nov 23, 2003 4 $3,958,896 -41% -37% 3,101 $1,277   $47,279,725 10
Nov 24, 2003 4 $1,203,000 -70% -35% 3,101 $388   $48,483,000 11
Nov 25, 2003 4 $1,505,000 +25% -21% 3,101 $485   $49,987,000 12
Nov 26, 2003 5 $2,100,000 +40% +26% 2,703 $777   $52,100,000 13
Nov 27, 2003 6 $2,700,000 +29% +76% 2,703 $999   $54,800,000 14
Nov 28, 2003 4 $5,100,000 +89% +19% 2,703 $1,887   $59,900,000 15
Nov 29, 2003 6 $4,604,241 -10% -31% 2,703 $1,703   $64,439,171 16
Nov 30, 2003 7 $2,193,346 -52% -45% 2,703 $811   $66,632,517 17
Dec 1, 2003 7 $559,000 -75% -54% 2,703 $207   $67,192,000 18
Dec 2, 2003 6 $598,000 +7% -60% 2,703 $221   $67,789,000 19
Dec 3, 2003 7 $520,000 -13% -75% 2,703 $192   $68,309,000 20
Dec 4, 2003 7 $525,000 +1% -81% 2,703 $194   $68,834,000 21
Dec 5, 2003 8 $1,100,000 +110% -78% 2,344 $469   $70,000,000 22
Dec 6, 2003 9 $1,653,449 +50% -64% 2,344 $705   $71,630,617 23
Dec 7, 2003 9 $925,051 -44% -58% 2,344 $395   $72,555,668 24
Dec 8, 2003 9 $281,000 -70% -50% 2,344 $120   $72,837,000 25
Dec 9, 2003 9 $327,000 +16% -45% 2,344 $140   $73,163,000 26
Dec 10, 2003 10 $323,000 -1% -38% 2,344 $138   $73,487,000 27
Dec 11, 2003 9 $324,000 n/c -38% 2,344 $138   $73,811,000 28
Jan 19, 2004 24 $97,168     306 $318   $84,823,203 67
Feb 16, 2004 17 $190,061     547 $347   $91,255,360 95

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 14, 2003 1 $32,065,829   3,101 $10,340   $32,065,829 1
Nov 21, 2003 4 $22,157,957 -31% 3,101 $7,145   $54,223,786 2
Nov 28, 2003 6 $14,609,874 -34% 2,703 $5,405   $68,833,660 3
Dec 5, 2003 9 $4,976,951 -66% 2,344 $2,123   $73,810,611 4
Dec 12, 2003 12 $3,210,999 -35% 1,623 $1,978   $77,021,610 5
Dec 19, 2003 12 $2,505,767 -22% 1,050 $2,386   $79,527,377 6
Dec 26, 2003 19 $2,360,887 -6% 751 $3,144   $81,888,264 7
Jan 2, 2004 19 $1,503,603 -36% 701 $2,145   $83,391,867 8
Jan 9, 2004 21 $855,149 -43% 423 $2,022   $84,247,016 9
Jan 16, 2004 24 $697,073 -18% 306 $2,278   $84,944,089 10
Jan 23, 2004 26 $517,799 -26% 235 $2,203   $85,461,888 11
Jan 30, 2004 16 $2,803,736 +441% 1,118 $2,508   $88,265,624 12
Feb 6, 2004 18 $1,744,046 -38% 1,101 $1,584   $90,009,670 13
Feb 13, 2004 19 $1,490,875 -15% 547 $2,726   $91,500,545 14
Feb 20, 2004 23 $745,079 -50% 382 $1,950   $92,245,624 15
Feb 27, 2004 27 $448,993 -40% 233 $1,927   $92,694,617 16
Mar 5, 2004 32 $273,898 -39% 200 $1,369   $92,968,515 17
Mar 12, 2004 33 $257,700 -6% 198 $1,302   $93,226,215 18
Mar 19, 2004 34 $214,646 -17% 207 $1,037   $93,440,861 19
Mar 26, 2004 37 $162,333 -24% 171 $949   $93,603,194 20
Apr 2, 2004 37 $142,876 -12% 163 $877   $93,746,070 21
Apr 9, 2004 43 $81,392 -43% 102 $798   $93,827,462 22
Apr 16, 2004 48 $55,387 -32% 65 $852   $93,882,849 23
Apr 23, 2004 68 $26,656 -52% 38 $701   $93,909,505 24
Apr 30, 2004 85 $11,751 -56% 24 $490   $93,921,256 25
May 7, 2004 100 $5,130 -56% 12 $428   $93,926,386 26

Leading

Russell Crowe    Captain Jack Aubrey
Paul Bettany    Dr. Stephen Maturin

Supporting

Billy Boyd    Barrett Bonden
James D'Arcy    1st Lt. Tom Pullings
Edward Woodall    2nd Lt. William Mowett
Lee Ingleby    Hollom
George Innes    Joe Plaice
Mark Lewis Jones    Mr. Hogg
Chris Larkin    Captain Howard, Royal Marines
Richard McCabe    Mr. Higgins
Robert Pugh    Mr. Allen
David Threlfall    Killick
Max Pirkis    Lord Blakeney
Ian Mercer    Mr. Hollar
Max Benitz    Peter Calamy

Production and Technical Credits

Peter Weir    Director
Peter Weir    Screenwriter
John Collee    Screenwriter
Patrick O'Bryan    Based on the novels by
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.    Producer
Peter Weir    Producer
Duncan Henderson    Producer
Alan B. Curtiss    Executive Producer
Meyer Gottieb    Co-Producer
Todd Arnow    Co-Producer
Russell Boyd    Cinematographer
Lee Smith    Editor
Iva Davies    Composer
Christopher Gordon    Composer
Richard Tognetti    Composer
William Sandell    Production Designer
Bruce Crone    Supervising Art Director
Mark Mansbridge    Supervising Art Director
Hector Romero    Art Director
Carlos Benassini    Set Designer
William Hiney    Set Designer
Mark Hitchler    Set Designer
Kevin Ishioka    Set Designer
Manuel Martinez    Set Designer
Nick Navarro    Set Designer
William Taliaferro    Set Designer
Robert Gould    Set Decorator
Wendy Stites    Costume Designer
Arthur Rochester    Sound
Richard King    Sound Designer
Richard King    Supervising Sound Editor
Stefen Fangmeier    Visual Effects Supervisor
Nathan McGuinness    Visual Effects Supervisor
Doug Coleman    Stunt Coordinator
Daniel W. Barringer    Stunt Coordinator
Alan B. Curtiss    Assistant Director
Rafael Cuervo    Assistant Director
David Ellis    Second Unit Director
Malcolm McDowell    Second Unit Director
Sandi Sissel    Second Unit Camera
Kim Batterham    Second Unit Camera
Mary Selway    Casting Director
Fiona Weir    Casting Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Metrics

Opening Weekend:$25,105,990 (26.7% of total gross)
Legs:3.74 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:44.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$135,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,101 opening theaters/3,101 max. theaters, 6.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $185,603,042

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 14th, 2003 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: April 20th, 2004 by Fox Home Entertainment, released as Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World
MPA Rating: PG-13 for intense battle sequences, related images, and brief language
Running Time: 139 minutes
Award nomination: 2004 Oscars Best Picture Nominee
Plot point: On a Boat, War
Subgenre: Action Adventure
Time period setting: 1800s
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: 20th Century Fox, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 14, 2003 2 $25,105,990   3,101 $8,096   $25,105,990 1
Nov 21, 2003 4 $15,213,896 -39% 3,101 $4,906   $47,279,725 2
Nov 28, 2003 5 $12,408,731 -18% 2,703 $4,591   $66,632,517 3
Dec 5, 2003 9 $3,722,008 -70% 2,344 $1,588   $72,555,668 4
Dec 12, 2003 11 $2,381,479 -36% 1,623 $1,467   $76,192,090 5
Dec 19, 2003 12 $1,500,514 -37% 1,050 $1,429   $78,522,124 6
Dec 26, 2003 19 $1,160,829 -23% 751 $1,546   $80,688,206 7
Jan 2, 2004 19 $1,117,880 -4% 701 $1,595   $83,006,144 8
Jan 9, 2004 21 $624,874 -44% 423 $1,477   $84,016,741 9
Jan 16, 2004 22 $479,019 -23% 306 $1,565   $84,726,035 10
Jan 23, 2004 26 $355,772 -26% 235 $1,514   $85,299,861 11
Jan 30, 2004 16 $2,106,759 +492% 1,118 $1,884   $87,568,647 12
Feb 6, 2004 17 $1,339,567 -36% 1,101 $1,217   $89,605,191 13
Feb 13, 2004 16 $1,055,629 -21% 547 $1,930   $91,065,299 14
Feb 20, 2004 22 $575,589 -45% 382 $1,507   $92,076,134 15
Feb 27, 2004 25 $324,195 -44% 233 $1,391   $92,569,819 16
Mar 5, 2004 32 $201,856 -38% 200 $1,009   $92,896,473 17
Mar 12, 2004 33 $175,263 -13% 198 $885   $93,143,778 18
Mar 19, 2004 35 $148,656 -15% 207 $718   $93,374,871 19
Mar 26, 2004 34 $116,948 -21% 171 $684   $93,557,809 20
Apr 2, 2004 34 $102,396 -12% 163 $628   $93,705,590 21
Apr 9, 2004 48 $56,339 -45% 102 $552   $93,802,409 22
Apr 16, 2004 49 $37,145 -34% 65 $571   $93,864,607 23
Apr 23, 2004 66 $19,870 -47% 38 $523   $93,902,719 24
Apr 30, 2004 94 $8,441 -58% 24 $352   $93,917,946 25
May 7, 2004 94 $5,130 -39% 12 $428   $93,926,386 26

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 14, 2003 1 $8,156,000     3,101 $2,630   $8,156,000 1
Nov 15, 2003 2 $10,739,423 +32%   3,101 $3,463   $18,792,200 2
Nov 16, 2003 2 $6,313,790 -41%   3,101 $2,036   $25,105,990 3
Nov 17, 2003 1 $1,863,000 -70%   3,101 $601   $26,969,000 4
Nov 18, 2003 1 $1,901,000 +2%   3,101 $613   $28,869,000 5
Nov 19, 2003 1 $1,665,000 -12%   3,101 $537   $30,535,000 6
Nov 20, 2003 1 $1,531,000 -8%   3,101 $494   $32,066,000 7
Nov 21, 2003 4 $4,300,000 +181% -47% 3,101 $1,387   $36,400,000 8
Nov 22, 2003 4 $6,662,009 +55% -38% 3,101 $2,148   $43,320,829 9
Nov 23, 2003 4 $3,958,896 -41% -37% 3,101 $1,277   $47,279,725 10
Nov 24, 2003 4 $1,203,000 -70% -35% 3,101 $388   $48,483,000 11
Nov 25, 2003 4 $1,505,000 +25% -21% 3,101 $485   $49,987,000 12
Nov 26, 2003 5 $2,100,000 +40% +26% 2,703 $777   $52,100,000 13
Nov 27, 2003 6 $2,700,000 +29% +76% 2,703 $999   $54,800,000 14
Nov 28, 2003 4 $5,100,000 +89% +19% 2,703 $1,887   $59,900,000 15
Nov 29, 2003 6 $4,604,241 -10% -31% 2,703 $1,703   $64,439,171 16
Nov 30, 2003 7 $2,193,346 -52% -45% 2,703 $811   $66,632,517 17
Dec 1, 2003 7 $559,000 -75% -54% 2,703 $207   $67,192,000 18
Dec 2, 2003 6 $598,000 +7% -60% 2,703 $221   $67,789,000 19
Dec 3, 2003 7 $520,000 -13% -75% 2,703 $192   $68,309,000 20
Dec 4, 2003 7 $525,000 +1% -81% 2,703 $194   $68,834,000 21
Dec 5, 2003 8 $1,100,000 +110% -78% 2,344 $469   $70,000,000 22
Dec 6, 2003 9 $1,653,449 +50% -64% 2,344 $705   $71,630,617 23
Dec 7, 2003 9 $925,051 -44% -58% 2,344 $395   $72,555,668 24
Dec 8, 2003 9 $281,000 -70% -50% 2,344 $120   $72,837,000 25
Dec 9, 2003 9 $327,000 +16% -45% 2,344 $140   $73,163,000 26
Dec 10, 2003 10 $323,000 -1% -38% 2,344 $138   $73,487,000 27
Dec 11, 2003 9 $324,000 n/c -38% 2,344 $138   $73,811,000 28
Jan 19, 2004 24 $97,168     306 $318   $84,823,203 67
Feb 16, 2004 17 $190,061     547 $347   $91,255,360 95

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 14, 2003 1 $32,065,829   3,101 $10,340   $32,065,829 1
Nov 21, 2003 4 $22,157,957 -31% 3,101 $7,145   $54,223,786 2
Nov 28, 2003 6 $14,609,874 -34% 2,703 $5,405   $68,833,660 3
Dec 5, 2003 9 $4,976,951 -66% 2,344 $2,123   $73,810,611 4
Dec 12, 2003 12 $3,210,999 -35% 1,623 $1,978   $77,021,610 5
Dec 19, 2003 12 $2,505,767 -22% 1,050 $2,386   $79,527,377 6
Dec 26, 2003 19 $2,360,887 -6% 751 $3,144   $81,888,264 7
Jan 2, 2004 19 $1,503,603 -36% 701 $2,145   $83,391,867 8
Jan 9, 2004 21 $855,149 -43% 423 $2,022   $84,247,016 9
Jan 16, 2004 24 $697,073 -18% 306 $2,278   $84,944,089 10
Jan 23, 2004 26 $517,799 -26% 235 $2,203   $85,461,888 11
Jan 30, 2004 16 $2,803,736 +441% 1,118 $2,508   $88,265,624 12
Feb 6, 2004 18 $1,744,046 -38% 1,101 $1,584   $90,009,670 13
Feb 13, 2004 19 $1,490,875 -15% 547 $2,726   $91,500,545 14
Feb 20, 2004 23 $745,079 -50% 382 $1,950   $92,245,624 15
Feb 27, 2004 27 $448,993 -40% 233 $1,927   $92,694,617 16
Mar 5, 2004 32 $273,898 -39% 200 $1,369   $92,968,515 17
Mar 12, 2004 33 $257,700 -6% 198 $1,302   $93,226,215 18
Mar 19, 2004 34 $214,646 -17% 207 $1,037   $93,440,861 19
Mar 26, 2004 37 $162,333 -24% 171 $949   $93,603,194 20
Apr 2, 2004 37 $142,876 -12% 163 $877   $93,746,070 21
Apr 9, 2004 43 $81,392 -43% 102 $798   $93,827,462 22
Apr 16, 2004 48 $55,387 -32% 65 $852   $93,882,849 23
Apr 23, 2004 68 $26,656 -52% 38 $701   $93,909,505 24
Apr 30, 2004 85 $11,751 -56% 24 $490   $93,921,256 25
May 7, 2004 100 $5,130 -56% 12 $428   $93,926,386 26

Leading

Russell Crowe    Captain Jack Aubrey
Paul Bettany    Dr. Stephen Maturin

Supporting

Billy Boyd    Barrett Bonden
James D'Arcy    1st Lt. Tom Pullings
Edward Woodall    2nd Lt. William Mowett
Lee Ingleby    Hollom
George Innes    Joe Plaice
Mark Lewis Jones    Mr. Hogg
Chris Larkin    Captain Howard, Royal Marines
Richard McCabe    Mr. Higgins
Robert Pugh    Mr. Allen
David Threlfall    Killick
Max Pirkis    Lord Blakeney
Ian Mercer    Mr. Hollar
Max Benitz    Peter Calamy

Production and Technical Credits

Peter Weir    Director
Peter Weir    Screenwriter
John Collee    Screenwriter
Patrick O'Bryan    Based on the novels by
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.    Producer
Peter Weir    Producer
Duncan Henderson    Producer
Alan B. Curtiss    Executive Producer
Meyer Gottieb    Co-Producer
Todd Arnow    Co-Producer
Russell Boyd    Cinematographer
Lee Smith    Editor
Iva Davies    Composer
Christopher Gordon    Composer
Richard Tognetti    Composer
William Sandell    Production Designer
Bruce Crone    Supervising Art Director
Mark Mansbridge    Supervising Art Director
Hector Romero    Art Director
Carlos Benassini    Set Designer
William Hiney    Set Designer
Mark Hitchler    Set Designer
Kevin Ishioka    Set Designer
Manuel Martinez    Set Designer
Nick Navarro    Set Designer
William Taliaferro    Set Designer
Robert Gould    Set Decorator
Wendy Stites    Costume Designer
Arthur Rochester    Sound
Richard King    Sound Designer
Richard King    Supervising Sound Editor
Stefen Fangmeier    Visual Effects Supervisor
Nathan McGuinness    Visual Effects Supervisor
Doug Coleman    Stunt Coordinator
Daniel W. Barringer    Stunt Coordinator
Alan B. Curtiss    Assistant Director
Rafael Cuervo    Assistant Director
David Ellis    Second Unit Director
Malcolm McDowell    Second Unit Director
Sandi Sissel    Second Unit Camera
Kim Batterham    Second Unit Camera
Mary Selway    Casting Director
Fiona Weir    Casting Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.