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	2

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Star Wars	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	5
All Time Adjusted	17
All Time Worldwide	13
Yearly 1999	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1999	1
Yearly PG Rated 1999	1
Worldwide Yearly 1999	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	18
Opening Weeks	60
Opening Day Gross	48
Opening Wednesdays	8
Single Day Gross	126
Non-Opening Friday Gross	38
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	29
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	61
Single Day Friday Gross	140
Single Day Monday Gross	22
Single Day Saturday Gross	82
Single Day Sunday Gross	51
Single Day Thursday Gross	39
Single Day Tuesday Gross	69
Single Day Wednesday Gross	9
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	22
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	108
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	48
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	46
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	82
Opening Weekends	78
Opening Weekends - May	30
Opening Weekends - Summer	52
Eleventh Weekends	33
Ninth Weekends	24
Tenth Weekends	29
Top 10-Day Grosses	43
Top 3-Day Grosses	89
Top 4-Day Grosses	54
Top 6-Day Grosses	40
Top 7-Day Grosses	39
Top 8-Day Grosses	42
Top 9-Day Grosses	43
Twelfth Weekends	68
Twelfth Weekends	53
Top 5-Day Grosses	41
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	10
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	72
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	112
Consecutive Weekends At #1	56
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	90
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	15
Independence Day Weekends	93
Second Weekends	20
Third Weekends	13
Fourth Weekends	7
Fifth Weekends	5
Sixth Weekends	8
Seventh Weekends	12
Eighth Weekends	15
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	76
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	130
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	577
Rated G and PG	1
Rated PG	1
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	17
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	20
Widest Releases	512
Widest PG Rated Openings	190
Widest PG Rated Releases	151
Fastest to $100 million	41
Fastest to $150 million	43
Fastest to $200 million	36
Fastest to $250 million	29
Fastest to $300 million	18
Fastest to $350 million	14
Fastest to $400 million	10
Slowest to $100 million	466
Slowest to $200 million	89
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	30
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	17
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	15
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	26
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	32
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	66
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	8
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	35
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	19
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	20
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	33
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	7
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	80
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	28
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	27
Opening Weekends Adjusted - May	17
Opening Weekends Adjusted	35
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	25
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	38
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	28
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	34
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	60
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	5
Second Weekends Adjusted	6
Third Weekends Adjusted	7
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	3
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	5
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	11
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	21
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	20
Rated G and PG Adjusted	11
Rated PG Adjusted	6
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	8
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	9