Metrics
Opening Weekend: | $41,152,375 (29.3% of total gross) |
Legs: | 3.41 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
Domestic Share: | 40.2% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
Production Budget: | $80,000,000 (worldwide box office is 4.4 times production budget) |
Theater counts: | 3,156 opening theaters/3,280 max. theaters, 8.2 weeks average run per theater |
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $322,859,070 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
---|---|---|
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) | 472 | $140,464,664 |
All Time International Box Office (Rank 401-500) | 485 | $209,000,000 |
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) | 461 | $349,464,664 |
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: | May 8th, 1998 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures |
Video Release: | May 18th, 1999 by Paramount Home Video |
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for intense disaster related elements and brief language |
Running Time: | 123 minutes |
Comparisons: | vs. Armageddon Create your own comparison chart… |
Keywords: | End of the World, Visual Effects, Disaster, Investigative Journalist, High School, Set in Outer Space, 1990s, Set in Virginia, Washington, D.C., Set in Russia, FBI, Set in Arizona, Survival Adventure |
Source: | Original Screenplay |
Genre: | Adventure |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Science Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Zanuck/Brown |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |
Ranking on other Records and Milestones
Record | Rank | Amount | Chart Date | Days In Release |
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Biggest 3rd Monday | 67 | $3,700,402 | May 25, 1998 | 18 |
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) | 81 | $19,381,788 | May 22, 1998 | 17 |
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) | 62 | $45,417,021 | May 22, 1998 | 17 |
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) | 73 | $23,082,190 | May 22, 1998 | 17 |
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) | 48 | $54,088,109 | May 22, 1998 | 17 |
Top Paramount Pictures Weekend Domestic | 59 | $41,152,375 | May 8, 1998 | 3 |