Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Star Wars:
Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Domestic Total Gross: $431,088,301
Distributor: Fox	Release Date: May 19, 1999
Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy	Runtime: 2 hrs. 13 min.
MPAA Rating: PG	Production Budget: $115 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$431,088,301	46.6%
+ Foreign:	$493,229,257	53.4%

= Worldwide:	$924,317,558

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$64,820,970
(#1 rank, 2,970 theaters, $21,825 average)
% of Total Gross:	15.0%
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Widest Release:

3,126 theaters

Close Date:

February 3, 2000

The Players

Director:	George Lucas
Writer:	George Lucas
Actors:	Liam Neeson Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Samuel L. Jackson* Keira Knightley*
Producer:	George Lucas (Executive)
Composer:	John Williams
* Denotes minor role

1999 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Three Oscars.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Prequel	1
Sci-Fi - Adventure	3

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Star Wars	1
Showdown: All Time Grossers	5
Showdown: All Time Wednesday Opener Bout	1
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man vs. Star Wars	1
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars	1
Showdown: Star Wars Prequel	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	7
All Time Adjusted	20
All Time Worldwide	12
Yearly 1999	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1999	1
Yearly PG Rated 1999	1
Worldwide Yearly 1999	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	15
Opening Weeks	45
Opening Day Gross	33
Opening Wednesdays	7
Single Day Gross	84
Non-Opening Friday Gross	29
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	25
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	42
Single Day Friday Gross	102
Single Day Monday Gross	17
Single Day Saturday Gross	61
Single Day Sunday Gross	37
Single Day Thursday Gross	34
Single Day Tuesday Gross	47
Single Day Wednesday Gross	8
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	16
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	88
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	35
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	34
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	65
Opening Weekends	57
Opening Weekends - May	24
Opening Weekends - Summer	40
Eleventh Weekends	30
Ninth Weekends	21
Tenth Weekends	26
Top 10-Day Grosses	31
Top 3-Day Grosses	66
Top 4-Day Grosses	38
Top 6-Day Grosses	29
Top 7-Day Grosses	28
Top 8-Day Grosses	31
Top 9-Day Grosses	31
Twelfth Weekends	63
Twelfth Weekends	50
Top 5-Day Grosses	29
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	9
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	71
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	111
Consecutive Weekends At #1	55
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	90
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	13
Independence Day Weekends	83
Second Weekends	16
Third Weekends	8
Fourth Weekends	6
Fifth Weekends	4
Sixth Weekends	8
Seventh Weekends	12
Eighth Weekends	15
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	61
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	112
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	546
Rated G and PG	4
Rated PG	4
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	14
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	16
Widest Releases	376
Widest PG Rated Openings	146
Widest PG Rated Releases	112
Fastest to $100 million	29
Fastest to $150 million	31
Fastest to $200 million	27
Fastest to $250 million	22
Fastest to $300 million	12
Fastest to $350 million	10
Fastest to $400 million	7
Slowest to $100 million	397
Slowest to $200 million	74
BOM Users' Grades	430
BOM Users' Grades (1999 Releases)	43
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on July 25, 1999)	3
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