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City by the Sea

2002 • R • 1h 48m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Warner Bros.

When you're searching for a killer... the last suspect you want to see is your son.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$22.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$29.7M

$7.2M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$40M

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Cast & Crew

Robert De Niro Starring

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand Starring

James Franco Starring

Eliza Dushku Starring

Patti LuPone Starring

ScreenplayKen Hixon Produced byBrad Grey, Michael Caton-Jones, Elie Samaha, Matthew Baer CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub MusicJohn Murphy Prod. DesignJane Musky StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 6-8 3 $8.9M — 2,575 $3,470 $8.9M

2 Sep 13-15 7 $4.9M −45.6% 2,575 $1,888 $16.7M

3 Sep 20-22 12 $2.0M −59.3% 2,150 $920 $20.2M

4 Sep 27-29 15 $764.4K −61.4% 1,034 $739 $21.6M

5 Oct 4-6 25 $227.5K −70.2% 425 $535 $22.1M

6 Oct 11-13 53 $41.1K −81.9% 85 $484 $22.2M

7 Oct 18-20 60 $30.4K −26.0% 54 $564 $22.3M

8 Oct 25-27 73 $13.8K −54.6% 31 $446 $22.3M

9 Nov 1-3 48 $70.8K +412.0% 185 $383 $22.4M

10 Nov 8-10 57 $32.1K −54.7% 94 $341 $22.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 6 #2 $2.9M — $2.9M 2,575 $1,136 1

Sat Sep 7 #4 $3.7M +26.5% $6.6M 2,575 $1,437 2

Sun Sep 8 #3 $2.2M −39.6% $8.9M 2,575 $868 3

Mon Sep 9 #2 $711.0K −68.2% $9.6M 2,575 $276 4

Tue Sep 10 #2 $818.0K +15.0% $10.5M 2,575 $318 5

Wed Sep 11 #2 $703.0K −14.1% $11.2M 2,575 $273 6

Thu Sep 12 #2 $624.0K −11.2% $11.8M 2,575 $242 7

Fri Sep 13 #7 $1.4M +126.1% −51.8% $13.2M 2,575 $548 8

Sat Sep 14 #7 $2.1M +51.2% −42.3% $15.4M 2,575 $828 9

Sun Sep 15 #7 $1.3M −38.9% −41.6% $16.7M 2,575 $506 10

Mon Sep 16 #4 $414.0K −68.2% −41.8% $17.1M 2,575 $161 11

Tue Sep 17 #4 $427.0K +3.1% −47.8% $17.5M 2,575 $166 12

Wed Sep 18 #4 $381.0K −10.8% −45.8% $17.9M 2,575 $148 13

Thu Sep 19 #4 $353.0K −7.3% −43.4% $18.2M 2,575 $137 14

Fri Sep 20 #12 $568.4K +61.0% −59.7% $18.8M 2,150 $264 15

Sat Sep 21 #12 $924.3K +62.6% −56.7% $19.7M 2,150 $430 16

Sun Sep 22 #12 $485.5K −47.5% −62.8% $20.2M 2,150 $226 17

Mon Sep 23 #10 $153.0K −68.5% −63.0% $20.4M 2,150 $71 18

Tue Sep 24 #10 $183.0K +19.6% −57.1% $20.5M 2,150 $85 19

Wed Sep 25 #10 $158.0K −13.7% −58.5% $20.7M 2,150 $73 20

Thu Sep 26 #10 $161.0K +1.9% −54.4% $20.9M 2,150 $75 21

Fri Oct 4 #18 $63.6K — $21.9M 425 $150 29

Sat Oct 5 #18 $111.3K +74.9% $22.0M 425 $262 30

Sun Oct 6 #18 $52.6K −52.8% $22.1M 425 $124 31

Cumulative total$22.1M

Sep 6Sep 12Sep 18Sep 23Oct 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $32.1K

$8.9M

$4.9M

$2.0M

$764.4K

$227.5K

$41.1K

$30.4K

$13.8K

$70.8K

$32.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,575 → 425 −83.5%

2,575 open425 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.7%

−45.6%

W1→2

−59.3%

W2→3

−61.4%

W3→4

−70.2%

W4→5

−81.9%

W5→6

−26.0%

W6→7

−54.6%

W7→8

+412.0%

W8→9

−54.7%

W9→10

Steepest −81.9%Biggest gain +412.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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