Opening day and date in 41 international territories, the Hugh Jackman/Kate Beckinsale-starrer was Universal's and UIP's biggest opening weekend of all time, bringing in $55,172,254 at 5,204 playdates, and exceeding the $46.4M international opening for "The Mummy" and $47.2M for "The Mummy Returns."
The domestic three-day take for "Van Helsing" was $51,748,040, overtaking the $43.4 million domestic figure for "The Mummy." In 3,575 playdates, the breathtaking action-adventure yielded $14,475 per theatre.
Stephen Sommers, the innovative filmmaker behind the worldwide successes of "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns," now takes audiences to an action-filled, fantastical world, where the iconic monsters of cinema legend meet the famed monster hunter Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman). Charged by a secret organization to seek out and defeat evil the world over, Van Helsing is dispatched to the shadowy world of Transylvania to terminate the seductive and undefeatable vampire, Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh). Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale), one of the last of a powerful royal family, is bent on avenging her ancestors and ending an ancient curse by killing the vampire. Joined by a common foe, Van Helsing and Anna set out to destroy Dracula along with his empire of fear. But in challenging an enemy who never dies, Van Helsing uncovers a secret he never imagined and comes face-to-face with the unresolved mysteries of his own enshrouded past.
Universal Pictures Presents A Sommers Company Production of a Stephen Sommers Film: Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale in "Van Helsing," starring Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Will Kemp, Kevin J. O'Connor, Shuler Hensley. The music is by Alan Silvestri. The costume designer is Gabriella Pescucci. The film editors are Bob Ducsay and Kelly Matsumoto, the production designer, Allan Cameron, the director of photography, Allen Daviau, A.S.C. The executive producer is Sam Mercer. "Van Helsing" is produced by Stephen Sommers and Bob Ducsay.
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