Motion Pictures
July 5, 2000
"The Perfect Storm" Demolishes Weekend Box Office With Gale Force Strength
(July 5, 2000 – Burbank, CA) – "The Perfect Storm" thundered into theaters across the country this weekend in the largest 3-day July opening in Warner Bros. Pictures history. The first five days of this Fourth of July week have exceeded all industry box office records, led by "The Perfect Storm," which, at an estimated $63 million, captured 33% of the total box office and placed approximately $28 million ahead of its nearest competitor.
With an estimated $41.5 million in ticket sales for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the epic drama from Warner Bros. Pictures and Baltimore Spring Creek Productions, in association with Radiant Productions, starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg, showed strength in all markets nationwide. It was the second most successful debut this summer and the third highest box office gross for any July 4th weekend opening.
"We are extremely proud of how Wolfgang Petersen brought Sebastian Junger's best-selling book so vividly to the screen, with great performances by George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg," said Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures. "The astonishing visual effects developed especially for the film by ILM put audiences right in the heart of the most powerful storm in history. The word-of-mouth on this film is outstanding and we expect to be entertaining audiences with 'The Perfect Storm' throughout the summer."
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents a Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures Production in association with Radiant Productions, a Wolfgang Petersen Film starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg, “The Perfect Storm.” The film also stars Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Allen Payne, Bob Gunton, with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and John C. Reilly. Music is by James Horner. The film is edited by Richard Francis-Bruce, A.C.E. William Sandell is the Production Designer. John Seale, ACS, ASC, is the Director of Photography. The Executive Producers are Barry Levinson and Duncan Henderson. Based on the book by Sebastian Junger, the screenplay is by Bill Wittliff. Paula Weinstein, Wolfgang Petersen and Gail Katz produced “The Perfect Storm,” which is directed by Wolfgang Petersen. www.perfectstorm.com# # #