The Matrix (1999) - Box Office Mojo

The Matrix

Domestic Total Gross: $171,479,930
Distributor: Warner Bros.	Release Date: March 31, 1999
Genre: Sci-Fi Action	Runtime: 2 hrs. 16 min.
MPAA Rating: R	Production Budget: $63 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$171,479,930	37.0%
+ Foreign:	$292,037,453	63.0%

= Worldwide:	$463,517,383

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$27,788,331
(#1 rank, 2,849 theaters, $9,753 average)
% of Total Gross:	16.2%
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Widest Release:

2,903 theaters

The Players

Director:	Andy & Lana Wachowski
Writer:	Andy & Lana Wachowski
Actors:	Keanu Reeves Carrie-Anne Moss Laurence Fishburne
Producers:	Joel Silver Erwin Stoff (executive)
Cinematographer:	Bill Pope

1999 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Four Oscars, Including Four Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Action - Wire-Fu	3
Man vs. Machine	4
Virtual Reality	3

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: The Matrix	2
Showdown: 'Matrix' Vs. 'Inception' Vs. 'Prometheus'	3

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	188
All Time Worldwide	128
Yearly 1999	5
Yearly Opening Weekends 1999	11
Yearly R Rated 1999	1
Worldwide Yearly 1999	4
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	64
Opening Weeks	365
Opening Weekends	399
Opening Weekends - April	16
Opening Weekends - Spring	49
Eleventh Weekends	76
Ninth Weekends	103
Tenth Weekends	88
Twelfth Weekends	112
Twelfth Weekends	107
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	100
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	77
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	85
Consecutive Weekends At #1	184
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	61
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	73
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	171
Easter Opening Weekends	7
Second Weekends	198
Third Weekends	112
Fourth Weekends	88
Fifth Weekends	100
Sixth Weekends	134
Seventh Weekends	135
Eighth Weekends	175
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	65
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	112
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	509
Rated R	17
Rated R, Opening Weekends	81
Widest R Rated Openings	180
Widest R Rated Releases	173
Fastest to $100 million	240
Slowest to $100 million	267
BOM Users' Grades	46
BOM Users' Grades (1999 Releases)	1
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on June 27, 1999)	49
Yearly (Wide) 1999	5
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1999	13
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	59
Opening Weeks Adjusted	279
Opening Weekends Adjusted - April	7
Opening Weekends Adjusted	299
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Spring	25
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	88
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	122
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	104
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	118
Second Weekends Adjusted	142
Third Weekends Adjusted	76
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	71
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	91
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	133
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	140
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	195
Rated R Adjusted	35
Rated R, Opening Weekends Adjusted	46