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Enemy of the State

1998 • R • 2h 7m • Action, Thriller • Touchstone Pictures

It's not paranoia if they're really after you.

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3.51

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$20M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$111.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$250.6M

$139.1M international

Domestic Legs5.6x

Budget$85M

1998 Rank#17

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Cast & Crew

Full Scott filmography

Tony Scott Director

Will Smith Starring

Gene Hackman Starring

Jon Voight Starring

Regina King Starring

Jamie Kennedy Starring

ScreenplayDavid Marconi Produced byJerry Bruckheimer CinematographyDan Mindel Music byTrevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 20-22 2 $20.0M — 2,393 $8,374 $20.0M

2 Nov 27-29 3 $18.1M −9.6% 2,435 $7,439 $49.3M

3 Dec 4-6 3 $9.7M −46.6% 2,458 $3,934 $62.9M

4 Dec 11-13 4 $6.7M −31.1% 2,517 $2,645 $72.2M

5 Dec 18-20 6 $4.8M −28.1% 2,237 $2,140 $79.1M

6 Dec 25-27 9 $5.3M +10.6% 1,505 $3,519 $87.5M

7 Jan 1-3 8 $4.8M −9.6% 1,539 $3,112 $96.8M

8 Jan 8-10 10 $3.1M −35.0% 1,576 $1,975 $101.4M

9 Jan 15-17 16 $2.0M −34.9% 1,286 $1,575 $104.4M

10 Jan 22-24 18 $1.2M −40.5% 993 $1,214 $106.0M

11 Jan 29-31 18 $900.4K −25.3% 826 $1,090 $107.2M

12 Feb 5-7 21 $784.0K −12.9% 827 $948 $108.3M

13 Feb 12-14 25 $662.3K −15.5% 618 $1,072 $109.2M

14 Feb 19-21 29 $442.5K −33.2% 563 $786 $109.8M

15 Feb 26-28 31 $320.0K −27.7% 445 $719 $110.2M

16 Mar 5-7 30 $257.7K −19.5% 374 $689 $110.6M

17 Mar 12-14 38 $197.9K −23.2% 303 $653 $110.9M

18 Mar 19-21 37 $162.8K −17.7% 237 $687 $111.1M

19 Mar 26-28 42 $105.3K −35.3% 156 $675 $111.3M

20 Apr 2-4 49 $69.1K −34.4% 98 $705 $111.4M

21 Apr 9-11 53 $54.6K −21.0% 70 $779 $111.5M

22 Apr 16-18 71 $19.2K −64.8% 35 $549 $111.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 20 #2 $6.4M — $6.4M 2,393 $2,658 1

Sat Nov 21 #2 $8.3M +31% $14.7M 2,393 $3,471 2

Sun Nov 22 #2 $5.0M −40% $20.0M 2,393 $2,088 3

Mon Nov 23 #1 $1.5M −71% $21.5M 2,393 $614 4

Tue Nov 24 #1 $1.9M +27% $23.4M 2,393 $781 5

Wed Nov 25 #3 $3.0M +58% $26.3M 2,435 $1,214 6

Thu Nov 26 #2 $4.6M +56% $30.9M 2,435 $1,897 7

Fri Nov 27 #3 $7.3M +58% +15% $38.2M 2,435 $2,998 8

Sat Nov 28 #3 $7.6M +4% −8% $45.9M 2,435 $3,127 9

Sun Nov 29 #3 $3.7M −52% −26% $49.3M 2,435 $1,514 10

Mon Nov 30 #2 $972.5K −74% −34% $50.3M 2,435 $399 11

Tue Dec 1 #2 $1.1M +13% −41% $51.4M 2,435 $452 12

Wed Dec 2 #2 $920.8K −16% −69% $52.3M 2,435 $378 13

Thu Dec 3 #2 $861.5K −6% −81% $53.2M 2,435 $354 14

Fri Dec 4 #3 $2.9M +241% −60% $56.1M 2,435 $1,205 15

Sat Dec 5 #2 $4.5M +52% −42% $60.6M 2,458 $1,810 16

Sun Dec 6 #3 $2.3M −48% −37% $62.9M 2,458 $944 17

Mon Dec 7 #2 $614.1K −74% −37% $63.5M 2,458 $250 18

Tue Dec 8 #2 $770.4K +25% −30% $64.3M 2,458 $313 19

Wed Dec 9 #2 $637.1K −17% −31% $65.0M 2,453 $260 20

Thu Dec 10 #2 $645.2K +1% −25% $65.6M 2,458 $262 21

Fri Dec 11 #3 $2.0M +212% −32% $67.6M 2,517 $799 22

Sat Dec 12 #4 $3.0M +50% −32% $70.7M 2,517 $1,200 23

Sun Dec 13 #4 $1.6M −47% −31% $72.2M 2,517 $635 24

Mon Dec 14 #3 $496.0K −69% −19% $72.7M 2,517 $197 25

Tue Dec 15 #3 $614.6K +24% −20% $73.3M 2,517 $244 26

Wed Dec 16 #3 $505.5K −18% −21% $73.8M 2,517 $201 27

Thu Dec 17 #3 $543.0K +7% −16% $74.4M 2,517 $216 28

Fri Dec 18 #5 $1.2M +129% −38% $75.6M 2,237 $557 29

Sat Dec 19 #6 $2.0M +57% −35% $77.6M 2,237 $876 30

Sun Dec 20 #6 $1.5M −25% −8% $79.1M 2,237 $661 31

Mon Dec 21 #6 $689.9K −53% +39% $79.8M 2,237 $308 32

Tue Dec 22 #6 $906.5K +31% +47% $80.7M 2,237 $405 33

Wed Dec 23 #6 $870.0K −4% +72% $81.6M 2,237 $389 34

Thu Dec 24 #6 $575.0K −34% +6% $82.2M 2,237 $257 35

Fri Dec 25 #9 $1.4M +150% +16% $83.6M 2,237 $644 36

Sat Dec 26 #9 $2.0M +36% $85.6M 1,505 $1,302 37

Sun Dec 27 #9 $1.6M −17% +10% $87.2M 1,505 $1,082 38

Thu Dec 31 #9 $1.2M — +103% $92.0M 2,142 $546 42

Fri Jan 1 #8 $2.2M +85% +50% $94.2M 1,539 $1,404 43

Sat Jan 2 #8 $1.6M −24% −17% $95.8M 1,539 $1,062 44

Sun Jan 3 #8 $1.1M −35% −35% $96.8M 1,539 $689 45

Mon Jan 4 #8 $369.1K −65% $97.2M 1,539 $240 46

Tue Jan 5 #8 $433.5K +17% $97.6M 1,539 $282 47

Wed Jan 6 #8 $358.3K −17% $98.0M 1,539 $233 48

Thu Jan 7 #8 $359.3K — −69% $98.3M 1,539 $233 49

Sat Jan 9 #10 $1.5M — −10% $100.6M 1,576 $933 51

Sun Jan 10 #9 $877.3K −40% −17% $101.4M 1,576 $557 52

Mon Jan 11 #10 $219.2K −75% −41% $101.7M 1,576 $139 53

Tue Jan 12 #9 $267.1K +22% −38% $101.9M 1,576 $170 54

Wed Jan 13 #9 $225.8K −15% −37% $102.2M 1,576 $143 55

Thu Jan 14 #10 $233.2K +3% −35% $102.4M 1,576 $148 56

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

Cumulative total$102.4M

Nov 20Dec 3Dec 16Dec 31Jan 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$20.0M

$18.1M

$9.7M

$6.7M

$4.8M

$5.3M

$4.8M

$3.1M

$2.0M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,517 → 1,576 −37.4%

2,393 open1,576 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.5%

−9.6%

W1→2

−46.6%

W2→3

−31.1%

W3→4

−28.1%

W4→5

+10.6%

W5→6

−9.6%

W6→7

−35.0%

W7→8

−34.9%

W8→9

−40.5%

W9→10

Steepest −46.6%Biggest gain +10.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 51 days

$100M

Day 51

Jan 9

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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