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2000 • R • 1h 41m • Crime, Drama, Horror • Lions Gate Films

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7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$15.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$34.30M

$19.20M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$8M

2000 rank#121

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Cast & crew

Christian Bale

Christian Bale Starring

Justin Theroux

Justin Theroux Starring

Josh Lucas

Josh Lucas Starring

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny Starring

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Jared Leto

Jared Leto Starring

ScreenplayMary Harron, Guinevere Turner Produced byEdward R. Pressman, Chris Hanley CinematographyAndrzej Sekuła Music byJohn Cale StudioLions Gate Films

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 14-16 7 $5.0M — 1,236 $4,014 $5.0M

2 Apr 21-23 11 $2.7M −45.5% 1,242 $2,178 $9.7M

3 Apr 28-30 14 $1.3M −50.5% 1,012 $1,324 $12.2M

4 May 5-7 19 $443.0K −66.9% 501 $884 $13.2M

5 May 12-14 28 $199.1K −55.1% 195 $1,021 $13.6M

6 May 19-21 39 $100.0K −49.8% 110 $909 $13.8M

7 May 26-28 46 $147.0K +47.0% 150 $980 $14.0M

8 Jun 2-4 36 $120.1K −18.3% 145 $828 $14.2M

9 Jun 9-11 50 $60.0K −50.0% 75 $800 $14.3M

10 Jun 16-18 26 $155.1K +158.3% 235 $660 $14.5M

11 Jun 23-25 30 $130.2K −16.1% 210 $620 $14.7M

12 Jun 30-Jul 2 44 $70.1K −46.2% 101 $694 $14.9M

13 Jul 7-9 50 $50.2K −28.3% 75 $669 $14.9M

14 Jul 14-16 59 $40.3K −19.7% 48 $840 $15.0M

15 Jul 21-23 59 $38.1K −5.5% 55 $693 $15.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 14 #5 $1.8M — $1.8M 1,248 $1,479 1

Sat Apr 15 #7 $2.0M +8.0% $3.8M 1,248 $1,597 2

Sun Apr 16 #6 $1.4M −31.7% $5.0M 1,236 $1,102 3

Mon Apr 17 #6 $491.4K −63.9% $5.5M 1,236 $398 4

Tue Apr 18 #6 $529.3K +7.7% $6.0M 1,236 $428 5

Wed Apr 19 #7 $422.4K −20.2% $6.4M 1,236 $342 6

Thu Apr 20 #7 $410.0K −2.9% $6.8M 1,236 $332 7

Fri Apr 21 #9 $1.1M +158.9% −42.5% $7.9M 1,220 $870 8

Sun Apr 23 #10 $719.0K — −47.2% $9.7M 1,236 $582 10

Mon Apr 24 #11 $274.8K −61.8% −44.1% $10.0M 1,236 $222 11

Tue Apr 25 #9 $287.2K +4.5% −45.7% $10.3M 1,236 $232 12

Wed Apr 26 #10 $227.9K −20.6% −46.0% $10.5M 1,236 $184 13

Thu Apr 27 #10 $217.6K −4.5% −46.9% $10.7M 1,236 $176 14

Sun Apr 30 #13 $363.0K — −49.5% $12.2M 1,012 $359 17

Mon May 1 #12 $132.4K −63.5% −51.8% $12.3M 1,012 $131 18

Tue May 2 #11 $168.9K +27.6% −41.2% $12.5M 1,012 $167 19

Wed May 3 #12 $123.4K −27.0% −45.9% $12.6M 1,012 $122 20

Thu May 4 #12 $117.4K −4.8% −46.0% $12.8M 1,012 $116 21

Sun May 7 #17 $136.0K — −62.5% $13.2M 501 $271 24

Mon May 8 #16 $53.5K −60.6% −59.6% $13.3M 501 $107 25

Tue May 9 #15 $69.1K +29.0% −59.1% $13.3M 501 $138 26

Wed May 10 #16 $57.6K −16.6% −53.3% $13.4M 501 $115 27

Thu May 11 #17 $53.3K −7.4% −54.6% $13.4M 501 $106 28

Sun Jun 18 #17 $52.0K — $14.5M 235 $221 66

Mon Jun 19 #20 $14.5K −72.1% $14.5M 235 $62 67

Sun Jun 25 #18 $42.0K — −19.2% $14.7M 210 $200 73

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$14.5M

Apr 14Apr 20Apr 27May 7Jun 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $155.1K

$5.0M

$2.7M

$1.3M

$443.0K

$199.1K

$100.0K

$147.0K

$120.1K

$60.0K

$155.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,248 → 235 −81.2%

1,248 open235 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +158.3%

−45.5%

W1→2

−50.5%

W2→3

−66.9%

W3→4

−55.1%

W4→5

−49.8%

W5→6

+47.0%

W6→7

−18.3%

W7→8

−50.0%

W8→9

+158.3%

W9→10

Steepest −66.9%Biggest gain +158.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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