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:	Anthony Daniels Ian McDiarmid 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	4

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Star Wars	2
Brand: Lucasfilm	2
Showdown: 'Star Wars' Vs. 'Star Trek'	1
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	8
All Time Adjusted	18
All Time Worldwide	22
Yearly 1999	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1999	1
Yearly PG Rated 1999	1
Worldwide Yearly 1999	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	20
Opening Weeks	90
Opening Day Gross	78
Opening Wednesdays	9
Single Day Gross	219
Non-Opening Friday Gross	51
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	36
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	93
Single Day Friday Gross	202
Single Day Monday Gross	30
Single Day Saturday Gross	130
Single Day Sunday Gross	83
Single Day Thursday Gross	48
Single Day Tuesday Gross	101
Single Day Wednesday Gross	11
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	38
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	157
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	78
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	73
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	95
Opening Weekends	119
Opening Weekends - May	39
Opening Weekends - Summer	75
Eleventh Weekends	34
Ninth Weekends	26
Tenth Weekends	30
Top 10-Day Grosses	68
Top 3-Day Grosses	130
Top 4-Day Grosses	83
Top 6-Day Grosses	63
Top 7-Day Grosses	63
Top 8-Day Grosses	66
Top 9-Day Grosses	68
Twelfth Weekends	72
Twelfth Weekends	56
Top 5-Day Grosses	66
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	11
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	77
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	114
Consecutive Weekends At #1	59
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	92
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	18
Independence Day Weekends	116
Second Weekends	33
Third Weekends	20
Fourth Weekends	9
Fifth Weekends	8
Sixth Weekends	10
Seventh Weekends	14
Eighth Weekends	16
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	87
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	144
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	611
Rated G and PG	2
Rated PG	2
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	28
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	32
Widest Releases	713
Widest PG Rated Releases	200
Fastest to $100 million	65
Fastest to $150 million	67
Fastest to $200 million	54
Fastest to $250 million	46
Fastest to $300 million	29
Fastest to $350 million	21
Fastest to $400 million	17
Slowest to $100 million	554
Slowest to $200 million	113
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	42
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	22
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	18
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	35
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	40
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	99
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	11
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	46
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	27
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	23
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	42
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	7
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	92
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	35
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	34
Opening Weekends Adjusted - May	19
Opening Weekends Adjusted	48
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	32
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	8
Third Weekends Adjusted	9
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	10
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	11