Vertical Limit (2000)

Vertical Limit
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $68,473,360Details
International Box Office $145,026,640Details
Worldwide Box Office $213,500,000
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,507,845 (22.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:32.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$75,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,307 opening theaters/2,602 max. theaters, 6.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $135,363,608

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,285 $68,473,360
All Time International Box Office (Rank 701-800) 731 $145,026,640
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 801-900) 847 $213,500,000

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: December 8th, 2000 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: May 22nd, 2001 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense life/death situations and brief strong language
Running Time: 124 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
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Keywords: Survival Thriller, Mountain Climbing, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Dysfunctional Family, Revenge, Trapped, Rescue
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 383 $6,009,476 Jan 12, 2001 38
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 260 $6,853,235 Jan 12, 2001 38
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 249 $6,120,758 Dec 29, 2000 24
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 252 $12,832,020 Dec 29, 2000 24
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 268 $5,661,275 Dec 22, 2000 17
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 275 $11,868,718 Dec 22, 2000 17

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 8, 2000 2 $15,507,845   2,307 $6,722   $15,507,845 1
Dec 15, 2000 5 $9,103,866 -41% 2,307 $3,946   $28,811,128 2
Dec 22, 2000 8 $5,661,275 -38% 2,405 $2,354   $38,384,502 3
Dec 29, 2000 7 $6,120,758 +8% 2,456 $2,492   $51,880,114 4
Jan 5, 2001 7 $5,010,353 -18% 2,602 $1,926   $59,275,373 5
Jan 12, 2001 14 $3,010,054 -40% 2,042 $1,474   $63,761,520 6
Jan 19, 2001 18 $1,256,307 -58% 1,323 $950   $65,564,402 7
Jan 26, 2001 21 $581,754 -54% 714 $815   $66,506,819 8
Feb 2, 2001 24 $541,918 -7% 602 $900   $67,242,257 9
Feb 9, 2001 25 $400,235 -26% 452 $885   $67,771,442 10
Feb 16, 2001 32 $310,433 -22% 296 $1,049   $68,127,377 11
Feb 23, 2001 40 $147,931 -52% 192 $770   $68,332,464 12
Mar 2, 2001 43 $98,553 -33% 134 $735   $68,473,360 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 8, 2000 1 $5,011,000     2,307 $2,172   $5,011,000 1
Dec 9, 2000 2 $6,455,000 +29%   2,307 $2,798   $11,466,000 2
Dec 10, 2000 2 $3,828,000 -41%   2,307 $1,659   $15,507,845 3
Dec 11, 2000 1 $1,003,541 -74%   2,307 $435   $16,511,386 4
Dec 12, 2000 1 $1,236,709 +23%   2,307 $536   $17,748,095 5
Dec 13, 2000 2 $952,183 -23%   2,307 $413   $18,700,278 6
Dec 14, 2000 2 $1,006,984 +6%   2,307 $436   $19,707,262 7
Dec 15, 2000 4 $2,645,000 +163% -47% 2,302 $1,149   $22,362,000 8
Dec 16, 2000 5 $3,800,000 +44% -41% 2,302 $1,651   $26,162,000 9
Dec 17, 2000 5 $2,575,000 -32% -33% 2,307 $1,116   $28,811,128 10
Dec 18, 2000 5 $818,965 -68% -18% 2,307 $355   $29,630,093 11
Dec 19, 2000 5 $1,004,668 +23% -19% 2,307 $435   $30,634,761 12
Dec 20, 2000 5 $977,143 -3% +3% 2,307 $424   $31,611,904 13
Dec 22, 2000 9 $1,421,000   -46% 2,405 $591   $33,033,000 15
Dec 23, 2000 8 $1,820,000 +28% -52% 2,405 $757   $34,853,000 16
Dec 24, 2000 8 $795,000 -56% -69% 2,405 $331   $35,648,000 17
Dec 25, 2000 8 $1,689,877 +113% +106% 2,405 $703   $38,505,441 18
Dec 26, 2000 8 $1,951,327 +15% +94% 2,405 $811   $40,456,768 19
Dec 27, 2000 9 $1,655,220 -15% +69% 2,405 $688   $41,991,049 20
Dec 28, 2000 7 $1,723,497 +4%   2,405 $717   $43,714,546 21
Dec 29, 2000 7 $2,310,000 +34% +63% 2,456 $941   $46,025,000 22
Dec 30, 2000 7 $2,410,000 +4% +32% 2,456 $981   $48,435,000 23
Dec 31, 2000 7 $1,400,304 -42% +76% 2,456 $570   $49,835,304 24
Jan 1, 2001 6 $2,044,810 +46% +21% 2,456 $833   $51,880,114 25
Jan 2, 2001 6 $1,006,979 -51% -48% 2,456 $410   $52,887,093 26
Jan 3, 2001 7 $676,205 -33% -59% 2,456 $275   $53,563,298 27
Jan 4, 2001 6 $701,722 +4% -59% 2,456 $286   $54,265,020 28
Jan 5, 2001 7 $1,525,000 +117% -34% 2,456 $621   $55,790,000 29
Jan 6, 2001 7 $2,381,000 +56% -1% 2,602 $915   $58,171,000 30
Jan 7, 2001 7 $1,247,000 -48% -11% 2,602 $479   $59,275,373 31
Jan 8, 2001 7 $348,339 -72% -83% 2,602 $134   $59,623,712 32
Jan 9, 2001 6 $422,126 +21% -58% 2,602 $162   $60,045,838 33
Jan 10, 2001 6 $343,640 -19% -49% 2,602 $132   $60,389,478 34
Jan 11, 2001 6 $361,988 +5% -48% 2,602 $139   $60,751,466 35
Jan 15, 2001 14 $422,628   +21% 2,042 $207   $63,761,520 39
Jan 16, 2001 13 $206,828 -51% -51% 2,042 $101   $63,968,348 40
Jan 17, 2001 15 $163,193 -21% -53% 2,042 $80   $64,131,541 41
Jan 18, 2001 15 $176,554 +8% -51% 2,042 $86   $64,308,095 42
Jan 21, 2001 18 $307,000     1,323 $232   $65,564,402 45
Jan 22, 2001 18 $81,023 -74% -81% 1,323 $61   $65,645,425 46
Jan 23, 2001 18 $101,594 +25% -51% 1,323 $77   $65,747,019 47
Jan 24, 2001 18 $84,194 -17% -48% 1,323 $64   $65,831,213 48
Jan 25, 2001 18 $93,852 +11% -47% 1,323 $71   $65,925,065 49

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 8, 2000 2 $19,707,262   2,307 $8,542   $19,707,262 1
Dec 15, 2000 5 $13,015,965 -34% 2,307 $5,642   $32,723,227 2
Dec 22, 2000 8 $13,036,129 n/c 2,405 $5,420   $45,759,356 3
Dec 29, 2000 7 $8,505,664 -35% 2,456 $3,463   $54,265,020 4
Jan 5, 2001 7 $6,486,446 -24% 2,602 $2,493   $60,751,466 5
Jan 12, 2001 14 $3,556,629 -45% 2,042 $1,742   $64,308,095 6
Jan 19, 2001 19 $1,616,970 -55% 1,323 $1,222   $65,925,065 7
Jan 26, 2001 21 $775,274 -52% 714 $1,086   $66,700,339 8
Feb 2, 2001 23 $670,868 -13% 602 $1,114   $67,371,207 9
Feb 9, 2001 25 $445,737 -34% 452 $986   $67,816,944 10
Feb 16, 2001 35 $367,589 -18% 296 $1,242   $68,184,533 11
Feb 23, 2001 39 $190,274 -48% 192 $991   $68,374,807 12
Mar 2, 2001 48 $98,553 -48% 134 $735   $68,473,360 13

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Chris O'Donnell    Peter Garrett
Bill Paxton    Elliot Vaughn
Robin Tunney    Annie Garrett
Scott Glenn    Montgomery Wick

Supporting Cast

Izabella Scorupco    Monique Aubertine
Temuera Morrison    Major Rasul
Nicholas Lea    Tom McLaren
Alexander Siddig    Kareem
Stuart Wilson    Royce Garrett
Roshan Seth    Colonel Amir Salim
David Hayman    Frank 'Chainsaw' Williams
Ben Mendelsohn    Malcolm Bench
Steve Le Marquand    Cyril Bench

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Martin Campbell    Director
Robert King    Screenwriter
James Newton Howard    Composer
Neil Corbould    Special Effects Supervisor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,507,845 (22.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:32.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$75,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,307 opening theaters/2,602 max. theaters, 6.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $135,363,608

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,285 $68,473,360
All Time International Box Office (Rank 701-800) 731 $145,026,640
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 801-900) 847 $213,500,000

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: December 8th, 2000 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: May 22nd, 2001 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense life/death situations and brief strong language
Running Time: 124 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
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Keywords: Survival Thriller, Mountain Climbing, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Dysfunctional Family, Revenge, Trapped, Rescue
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 383 $6,009,476 Jan 12, 2001 38
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 260 $6,853,235 Jan 12, 2001 38
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 249 $6,120,758 Dec 29, 2000 24
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 252 $12,832,020 Dec 29, 2000 24
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 268 $5,661,275 Dec 22, 2000 17
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 275 $11,868,718 Dec 22, 2000 17

Leading Cast

Chris O'Donnell    Peter Garrett
Bill Paxton    Elliot Vaughn
Robin Tunney    Annie Garrett
Scott Glenn    Montgomery Wick

Supporting Cast

Izabella Scorupco    Monique Aubertine
Temuera Morrison    Major Rasul
Nicholas Lea    Tom McLaren
Alexander Siddig    Kareem
Stuart Wilson    Royce Garrett
Roshan Seth    Colonel Amir Salim
David Hayman    Frank 'Chainsaw' Williams
Ben Mendelsohn    Malcolm Bench
Steve Le Marquand    Cyril Bench

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Martin Campbell    Director
Robert King    Screenwriter
James Newton Howard    Composer
Neil Corbould    Special Effects Supervisor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 8, 2000 2 $15,507,845   2,307 $6,722   $15,507,845 1
Dec 15, 2000 5 $9,103,866 -41% 2,307 $3,946   $28,811,128 2
Dec 22, 2000 8 $5,661,275 -38% 2,405 $2,354   $38,384,502 3
Dec 29, 2000 7 $6,120,758 +8% 2,456 $2,492   $51,880,114 4
Jan 5, 2001 7 $5,010,353 -18% 2,602 $1,926   $59,275,373 5
Jan 12, 2001 14 $3,010,054 -40% 2,042 $1,474   $63,761,520 6
Jan 19, 2001 18 $1,256,307 -58% 1,323 $950   $65,564,402 7
Jan 26, 2001 21 $581,754 -54% 714 $815   $66,506,819 8
Feb 2, 2001 24 $541,918 -7% 602 $900   $67,242,257 9
Feb 9, 2001 25 $400,235 -26% 452 $885   $67,771,442 10
Feb 16, 2001 32 $310,433 -22% 296 $1,049   $68,127,377 11
Feb 23, 2001 40 $147,931 -52% 192 $770   $68,332,464 12
Mar 2, 2001 43 $98,553 -33% 134 $735   $68,473,360 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 8, 2000 1 $5,011,000     2,307 $2,172   $5,011,000 1
Dec 9, 2000 2 $6,455,000 +29%   2,307 $2,798   $11,466,000 2
Dec 10, 2000 2 $3,828,000 -41%   2,307 $1,659   $15,507,845 3
Dec 11, 2000 1 $1,003,541 -74%   2,307 $435   $16,511,386 4
Dec 12, 2000 1 $1,236,709 +23%   2,307 $536   $17,748,095 5
Dec 13, 2000 2 $952,183 -23%   2,307 $413   $18,700,278 6
Dec 14, 2000 2 $1,006,984 +6%   2,307 $436   $19,707,262 7
Dec 15, 2000 4 $2,645,000 +163% -47% 2,302 $1,149   $22,362,000 8
Dec 16, 2000 5 $3,800,000 +44% -41% 2,302 $1,651   $26,162,000 9
Dec 17, 2000 5 $2,575,000 -32% -33% 2,307 $1,116   $28,811,128 10
Dec 18, 2000 5 $818,965 -68% -18% 2,307 $355   $29,630,093 11
Dec 19, 2000 5 $1,004,668 +23% -19% 2,307 $435   $30,634,761 12
Dec 20, 2000 5 $977,143 -3% +3% 2,307 $424   $31,611,904 13
Dec 22, 2000 9 $1,421,000   -46% 2,405 $591   $33,033,000 15
Dec 23, 2000 8 $1,820,000 +28% -52% 2,405 $757   $34,853,000 16
Dec 24, 2000 8 $795,000 -56% -69% 2,405 $331   $35,648,000 17
Dec 25, 2000 8 $1,689,877 +113% +106% 2,405 $703   $38,505,441 18
Dec 26, 2000 8 $1,951,327 +15% +94% 2,405 $811   $40,456,768 19
Dec 27, 2000 9 $1,655,220 -15% +69% 2,405 $688   $41,991,049 20
Dec 28, 2000 7 $1,723,497 +4%   2,405 $717   $43,714,546 21
Dec 29, 2000 7 $2,310,000 +34% +63% 2,456 $941   $46,025,000 22
Dec 30, 2000 7 $2,410,000 +4% +32% 2,456 $981   $48,435,000 23
Dec 31, 2000 7 $1,400,304 -42% +76% 2,456 $570   $49,835,304 24
Jan 1, 2001 6 $2,044,810 +46% +21% 2,456 $833   $51,880,114 25
Jan 2, 2001 6 $1,006,979 -51% -48% 2,456 $410   $52,887,093 26
Jan 3, 2001 7 $676,205 -33% -59% 2,456 $275   $53,563,298 27
Jan 4, 2001 6 $701,722 +4% -59% 2,456 $286   $54,265,020 28
Jan 5, 2001 7 $1,525,000 +117% -34% 2,456 $621   $55,790,000 29
Jan 6, 2001 7 $2,381,000 +56% -1% 2,602 $915   $58,171,000 30
Jan 7, 2001 7 $1,247,000 -48% -11% 2,602 $479   $59,275,373 31
Jan 8, 2001 7 $348,339 -72% -83% 2,602 $134   $59,623,712 32
Jan 9, 2001 6 $422,126 +21% -58% 2,602 $162   $60,045,838 33
Jan 10, 2001 6 $343,640 -19% -49% 2,602 $132   $60,389,478 34
Jan 11, 2001 6 $361,988 +5% -48% 2,602 $139   $60,751,466 35
Jan 15, 2001 14 $422,628   +21% 2,042 $207   $63,761,520 39
Jan 16, 2001 13 $206,828 -51% -51% 2,042 $101   $63,968,348 40
Jan 17, 2001 15 $163,193 -21% -53% 2,042 $80   $64,131,541 41
Jan 18, 2001 15 $176,554 +8% -51% 2,042 $86   $64,308,095 42
Jan 21, 2001 18 $307,000     1,323 $232   $65,564,402 45
Jan 22, 2001 18 $81,023 -74% -81% 1,323 $61   $65,645,425 46
Jan 23, 2001 18 $101,594 +25% -51% 1,323 $77   $65,747,019 47
Jan 24, 2001 18 $84,194 -17% -48% 1,323 $64   $65,831,213 48
Jan 25, 2001 18 $93,852 +11% -47% 1,323 $71   $65,925,065 49

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 8, 2000 2 $19,707,262   2,307 $8,542   $19,707,262 1
Dec 15, 2000 5 $13,015,965 -34% 2,307 $5,642   $32,723,227 2
Dec 22, 2000 8 $13,036,129 n/c 2,405 $5,420   $45,759,356 3
Dec 29, 2000 7 $8,505,664 -35% 2,456 $3,463   $54,265,020 4
Jan 5, 2001 7 $6,486,446 -24% 2,602 $2,493   $60,751,466 5
Jan 12, 2001 14 $3,556,629 -45% 2,042 $1,742   $64,308,095 6
Jan 19, 2001 19 $1,616,970 -55% 1,323 $1,222   $65,925,065 7
Jan 26, 2001 21 $775,274 -52% 714 $1,086   $66,700,339 8
Feb 2, 2001 23 $670,868 -13% 602 $1,114   $67,371,207 9
Feb 9, 2001 25 $445,737 -34% 452 $986   $67,816,944 10
Feb 16, 2001 35 $367,589 -18% 296 $1,242   $68,184,533 11
Feb 23, 2001 39 $190,274 -48% 192 $991   $68,374,807 12
Mar 2, 2001 48 $98,553 -48% 134 $735   $68,473,360 13

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.