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Cradle 2 the Grave

2003 • R • 1h 39m • Action, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros.

Born 2 the life. True 2 the code. Bad 2 the bone.

🍅 27% 52%

36

2.82

5.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$16.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$34.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$56.4M

$21.8M international

Domestic Legs2.1x

Budget$25M

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Cast & Crew

Full Bartkowiak filmography

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Andrzej Bartkowiak Director

Jet Li Starring

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union Starring

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson Starring

ScreenplayJohn O'Brien, Channing Gibson Produced byJoel Silver CinematographyDaryn Okada StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 28-Mar 2 1 $16.5M — 2,625 $6,294 $16.5M

2 Mar 7-9 6 $6.5M −60.4% 2,625 $2,490 $26.9M

3 Mar 14-16 10 $3.0M −54.5% 2,150 $1,383 $31.7M

4 Mar 21-23 14 $1.0M −65.3% 1,242 $832 $33.5M

5 Mar 28-30 27 $281.2K −72.8% 558 $504 $34.2M

6 Apr 4-6 52 $65.0K −76.9% 135 $482 $34.3M

7 Apr 11-13 60 $40.4K −37.8% 66 $612 $34.4M

8 Apr 18-20 75 $20.6K −49.1% 42 $489 $34.4M

9 Apr 25-27 46 $68.9K +235.2% 184 $374 $34.5M

10 May 2-4 54 $41.8K −39.3% 114 $367 $34.6M

11 May 9-11 76 $21.0K −49.8% 63 $333 $34.6M

12 May 16-18 50 $44.9K +114.0% 34 $1,321 $34.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 28 #1 $6.1M — $6.1M 2,625 $2,334 1

Sat Mar 1 #1 $6.2M +1.0% $12.2M 2,625 $2,358 2

Sun Mar 2 #1 $4.3M −30.9% $16.5M 2,625 $1,629 3

Mon Mar 3 #1 $1.1M −73.1% $17.7M 2,625 $438 4

Tue Mar 4 #1 $1.1M −8.1% $18.7M 2,625 $402 5

Wed Mar 5 #2 $854.0K −19.1% $19.6M 2,625 $325 6

Thu Mar 6 #2 $762.0K −10.8% $20.3M 2,625 $290 7

Fri Mar 7 #5 $1.9M +151.1% −68.8% $22.3M 2,625 $729 8

Sat Mar 8 #6 $2.8M +46.6% −54.7% $25.1M 2,625 $1,068 9

Sun Mar 9 #5 $1.8M −35.2% −57.5% $26.9M 2,625 $693 10

Mon Mar 10 #6 $476.0K −73.8% −58.6% $27.4M 2,625 $181 11

Tue Mar 11 #6 $522.0K +9.7% −50.6% $27.9M 2,625 $199 12

Wed Mar 12 #6 $425.0K −18.6% −50.2% $28.3M 2,625 $162 13

Thu Mar 13 #6 $411.0K −3.3% −46.1% $28.7M 2,625 $157 14

Fri Mar 14 #10 $829.4K +101.8% −56.7% $29.5M 2,150 $386 15

Sat Mar 15 #10 $1.3M +59.2% −52.9% $30.9M 2,150 $614 16

Sun Mar 16 #9 $824.7K −37.5% −54.6% $31.7M 2,150 $384 17

Mon Mar 17 #10 $226.0K −72.6% −52.5% $31.9M 2,150 $105 18

Tue Mar 18 #10 $222.0K −1.8% −57.5% $32.1M 2,150 $103 19

Thu Mar 20 #10 $191.0K — −53.5% $32.5M 2,150 $89 21

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

Cumulative total$32.5M

Feb 28Mar 5Mar 10Mar 14Mar 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $41.8K

$16.5M

$6.5M

$3.0M

$1.0M

$281.2K

$65.0K

$40.4K

$20.6K

$68.9K

$41.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,625 → 2,150 −18.1%

2,625 open2,150 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.3%

−60.4%

W1→2

−54.5%

W2→3

−65.3%

W3→4

−72.8%

W4→5

−76.9%

W5→6

−37.8%

W6→7

−49.1%

W7→8

+235.2%

W8→9

−39.3%

W9→10

Steepest −76.9%Biggest gain +235.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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