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2006 • R • 2h 23m • Adventure, Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

It will cost you everything.

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3.73

8.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$57.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$172.00M

$114.00M international

Domestic legs6.63x

Budget$100M

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Cast & crew

Full Zwick filmography

Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Djimon Hounsou

Djimon Hounsou Starring

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly Starring

Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo Starring

ScreenplayCharles Leavitt Produced byPaula Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Gillian Gorfil CinematographyEduardo Serra MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignDan Weil StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 8-10 5 $8.6M — 1,910 $4,527 $8.6M

2 Dec 15-17 7 $6.5M −24.6% 1,910 $3,412 $18.6M

3 Dec 22-24 12 $3.1M −52.0% 1,920 $1,628 $25.1M

4 Dec 29-31 11 $4.9M +56.6% 1,920 $2,549 $35.7M

5 Jan 5-7 15 $3.8M −21.9% 1,510 $2,531 $43.9M

6 Jan 12-14 14 $2.5M −35.6% 1,116 $2,206 $47.8M

7 Jan 19-21 16 $1.7M −29.1% 955 $1,826 $50.6M

8 Jan 26-28 21 $1.2M −29.9% 690 $1,771 $52.6M

9 Feb 2-4 22 $871.4K −28.7% 635 $1,372 $54.0M

10 Feb 9-11 21 $784.4K −10.0% 451 $1,739 $55.1M

11 Feb 16-18 24 $385.8K −50.8% 225 $1,714 $55.8M

12 Feb 23-25 30 $242.6K −37.1% 142 $1,708 $56.2M

13 Mar 16-18 33 $192.9K −20.5% 233 $827 $57.0M

14 Mar 23-25 33 $132.7K −31.2% 195 $680 $57.2M

15 Mar 30-Apr 1 37 $65.7K −50.5% 128 $513 $57.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 8 #4 $2.6M — $2.6M 1,910 $1,386 1

Sat Dec 9 #5 $3.6M +37% $6.3M 1,910 $1,896 2

Sun Dec 10 #4 $2.4M −34% $8.6M 1,910 $1,245 3

Mon Dec 11 #3 $847.4K −64% $9.5M 1,910 $443 4

Tue Dec 12 #3 $888.2K +5% $10.4M 1,910 $465 5

Wed Dec 13 #3 $877.4K −1% $11.3M 1,910 $459 6

Thu Dec 14 #3 $858.5K −2% $12.1M 1,910 $449 7

Fri Dec 15 #7 $1.8M +111% −32% $13.9M 1,910 $949 8

Sat Dec 16 #7 $2.8M +55% −22% $16.7M 1,910 $1,472 9

Sun Dec 17 #7 $1.9M −33% −20% $18.6M 1,910 $990 10

Mon Dec 18 #7 $798.4K −58% −6% $19.4M 1,910 $417 11

Tue Dec 19 #7 $867.3K +9% −2% $20.3M 1,910 $454 12

Wed Dec 20 #8 $832.4K −4% −5% $21.1M 1,910 $435 13

Thu Dec 21 #9 $867.4K +4% +1% $22.0M 1,910 $454 14

Mon Dec 25 #12 $1.6M — +107% $26.8M 1,920 $859 18

Fri Dec 29 #12 $1.5M — $32.3M 1,920 $781 22

Mon Jan 8 #9 $333.4K — $44.2M 1,510 $220 32

Tue Jan 9 #8 $391.2K +17% $44.6M 1,510 $259 33

Wed Jan 10 #8 $352.2K −10% $45.0M 1,510 $233 34

Thu Jan 11 #9 $353.3K n/c $45.3M 1,510 $234 35

Mon Jan 15 #18 $412.8K — +24% $48.2M 1,116 $369 39

Tue Jan 16 #10 $233.2K −44% −40% $48.4M 1,116 $208 40

Wed Jan 17 #10 $228.4K −2% −35% $48.7M 1,116 $204 41

Thu Jan 18 #11 $222.3K −3% −37% $48.9M 1,116 $199 42

Fri Jan 19 #19 $410.0K +84% $49.3M 955 $429 43

Mon Feb 19 #26 $81.4K — $55.9M 225 $361 74

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

Cumulative total$49.3M

Dec 8Dec 14Dec 20Jan 10Jan 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $784.4K

$8.6M

$6.5M

$3.1M

$4.9M

$3.8M

$2.5M

$1.7M

$1.2M

$871.4K

$784.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,920 → 955 −50.3%

1,910 open955 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −10.0%

−24.6%

W1→2

−52.0%

W2→3

+56.6%

W3→4

−21.9%

W4→5

−35.6%

W5→6

−29.1%

W6→7

−29.9%

W7→8

−28.7%

W8→9

−10.0%

W9→10

Steepest −52.0%Biggest gain +56.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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