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

Star Wars:
Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Domestic Total Gross: $431,088,295 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $474,544,677
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:	$474,544,677	46.2%
+ Foreign:	$552,500,000	53.8%

= Worldwide:	$1,027,044,677

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

In Release:

261 days / 37.3 weeks

The Players

Director:	George Lucas
Writer:	George Lucas
Actors:	Liam Neeson Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Samuel L. Jackson* Keira Knightley*
Producers:	George Lucas (Executive) Rick McCallum
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
Brand: Lucasfilm	1
Showdown: 'Star Wars' Vs. 'Star Trek'	1
Showdown: All Time Grossers	6
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: Pre-Memorial Day Sci-Fi Showdown	1
Showdown: Star Wars Prequel	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	6
All Time Adjusted	17
All Time Worldwide	20
Yearly 1999	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1999	1
Yearly PG Rated 1999	1
Worldwide Yearly 1999	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	20
Opening Weeks	82
Opening Day Gross	70
Opening Wednesdays	9
Single Day Gross	183
Non-Opening Friday Gross	47
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	33
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	81
Single Day Friday Gross	186
Single Day Monday Gross	26
Single Day Saturday Gross	116
Single Day Sunday Gross	72
Single Day Thursday Gross	45
Single Day Tuesday Gross	89
Single Day Wednesday Gross	10
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	31
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	68
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	145
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	65
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	93
Opening Weekends	109
Opening Weekends - May	37
Opening Weekends - Summer	70
Eleventh Weekends	34
Ninth Weekends	25
Tenth Weekends	30
Top 10-Day Grosses	60
Top 3-Day Grosses	120
Top 4-Day Grosses	75
Top 6-Day Grosses	55
Top 7-Day Grosses	55
Top 8-Day Grosses	58
Top 9-Day Grosses	60
Twelfth Weekends	56
Twelfth Weekends	72
Top 5-Day Grosses	58
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	11
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	75
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	113
Consecutive Weekends At #1	57
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	91
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	17
Independence Day Weekends	110
Second Weekends	28
Third Weekends	15
Fourth Weekends	8
Fifth Weekends	6
Sixth Weekends	9
Seventh Weekends	13
Eighth Weekends	16
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	82
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	138
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	601
Rated G and PG	1
Rated PG	1
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	24
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	28
Widest Releases	661
Widest PG Rated Releases	186
Fastest to $100 million	57
Fastest to $150 million	59
Fastest to $200 million	46
Fastest to $250 million	38
Fastest to $300 million	23
Fastest to $350 million	18
Fastest to $400 million	14
Slowest to $100 million	537
Slowest to $200 million	111
BOM Users' Grades	473
BOM Users' Grades (1999 Releases)	48
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on July 25, 1999)	3
Yearly (Wide) 1999	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1999	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	9
Opening Weeks Adjusted	36
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	20
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	16
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	29
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	37
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	89
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	9
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	40
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	23
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	21
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	36
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	7
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	85
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	31
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	30
Opening Weekends Adjusted - May	18
Opening Weekends Adjusted	42
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	29
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	39
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	29
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	35
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	61
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	5
Second Weekends Adjusted	7
Third Weekends Adjusted	8
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	3
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	5
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	11
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	21
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	21
Rated G and PG Adjusted	11
Rated PG Adjusted	6
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	9
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	10