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2001 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Action, Drama, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

His only weapon is his will to survive.

🍅 36% 62%

49

3.01

6.4

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$58.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$91.80M

$32.90M international

Domestic legs3.14x

Budget$40.0M

2001 rank#40

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Cast & crew

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman Starring

Gabriel Macht

Gabriel Macht Starring

ScreenplayDavid Veloz, Zak Penn Produced byJohn Davis CinematographyBrendan Galvin MusicDon Davis Prod. DesignNathan Crowley Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 30-Dec 2 2 $18.7M — 2,770 $6,763 $18.7M

2 Dec 7-9 3 $8.0M −57.1% 2,844 $2,827 $31.2M

3 Dec 14-16 5 $5.4M −32.7% 2,792 $1,939 $38.8M

4 Dec 21-23 11 $3.2M −40.9% 1,808 $1,769 $43.8M

5 Dec 28-30 15 $3.0M −6.9% 1,332 $2,235 $49.5M

6 Jan 4-6 17 $2.0M −33.5% 1,079 $1,833 $53.7M

7 Jan 11-13 17 $1.4M −26.8% 963 $1,504 $55.6M

8 Jan 18-20 21 $819.0K −43.5% 874 $937 $56.8M

9 Jan 25-27 27 $320.5K −60.9% 503 $637 $57.5M

10 Feb 1-3 29 $252.5K −21.2% 409 $617 $57.8M

11 Feb 8-10 32 $188.8K −25.2% 306 $616 $58.1M

12 Feb 15-17 32 $174.8K −7.4% 278 $628 $58.3M

13 Feb 22-24 35 $143.5K −17.9% 249 $576 $58.6M

14 Mar 1-3 41 $86.0K −40.0% 184 $467 $58.7M

15 Mar 8-10 46 $52.6K −38.9% 121 $434 $58.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 30 #1 $6.4M — $6.4M 2,768 $2,316 1

Sat Dec 1 #2 $7.5M +17% $13.9M 2,768 $2,712 2

Sun Dec 2 #2 $4.5M −41% $18.7M 2,768 $1,611 3

Mon Dec 3 #2 $1.2M −74% $19.9M 2,768 $423 4

Tue Dec 4 #2 $1.2M +4% $21.1M 2,768 $440 5

Wed Dec 5 #2 $1.0M −16% $22.2M 2,768 $370 6

Thu Dec 6 #2 $1.0M n/c $23.2M 2,768 $371 7

Fri Dec 7 #3 $2.6M +150% −60% $25.7M 2,770 $926 8

Sat Dec 8 #3 $3.7M +43% −51% $29.4M 2,770 $1,328 9

Sun Dec 9 #3 $1.9M −49% −58% $31.2M 2,770 $675 10

Mon Dec 10 #3 $521.0K −72% −56% $31.7M 2,844 $183 11

Tue Dec 11 #3 $595.0K +14% −51% $32.3M 2,844 $209 12

Wed Dec 12 #3 $543.0K −9% −47% $32.8M 2,844 $190 13

Thu Dec 13 #3 $559.0K +3% −46% $33.4M 2,844 $196 14

Fri Dec 14 #5 $1.6M +190% −37% $35.0M 2,791 $580 15

Sat Dec 15 #5 $2.4M +47% −35% $37.4M 2,791 $851 16

Sun Dec 16 #6 $1.4M −42% −27% $38.8M 2,791 $490 17

Mon Dec 17 #5 $434.0K −68% −17% $39.3M 2,792 $155 18

Tue Dec 18 #5 $471.0K +9% −21% $39.7M 2,792 $168 19

Wed Dec 19 #7 $440.0K −7% −19% $40.2M 2,792 $157 20

Thu Dec 20 #7 $497.0K +13% −11% $40.7M 2,792 $178 21

Fri Dec 21 #10 $945.0K +90% −42% $41.6M 1,806 $523 22

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

Cumulative total$41.6M

Nov 30Dec 5Dec 11Dec 16Dec 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $252.5K

$18.7M

$8.0M

$5.4M

$3.2M

$3.0M

$2.0M

$1.4M

$819.0K

$320.5K

$252.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,844 → 1,806 −36.5%

2,768 open1,806 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.2%

−57.1%

W1→2

−32.7%

W2→3

−40.9%

W3→4

−6.9%

W4→5

−33.5%

W5→6

−26.8%

W6→7

−43.5%

W7→8

−60.9%

W8→9

−21.2%

W9→10

Steepest −60.9%Best hold −6.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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