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Executive Decision

1996 • R • 2h 13m • Action, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Five miles above the earth, an elite team of six men must make an air to air transfer, in order to save 400 lives on board a 747...and 40 million below.

🍅 63% 53% MC 62 LB 3.15 IMDb 6.5
CS A-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$12.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$56.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$122.1M
$65.4M international
Domestic Legs4.7x
Budget$55M
1996 Rank#26
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Cast & Crew

Kurt Russell Kurt Russell Starring Halle Berry Halle Berry Starring John Leguizamo John Leguizamo Starring Oliver Platt Oliver Platt Starring Joe Morton Joe Morton Starring David Suchet David Suchet Starring
ScreenplayJim Thomas, John Thomas Produced byJoel Silver, Jim Thomas, John Thomas CinematographyAlex Thomson Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 15-17 2 $12.1M — 2,232 $5,408 $12.1M
2 Mar 22-24 2 $9.8M −19.0% 2,289 $4,271 $26.0M
3 Mar 29-31 3 $6.9M −29.3% 2,289 $3,021 $35.8M
4 Apr 5-7 5 $4.8M −30.0% 2,285 $2,117 $42.9M
5 Apr 12-14 7 $3.1M −36.5% 2,082 $1,476 $47.8M
6 Apr 19-21 11 $1.8M −41.5% 1,543 $1,164 $50.5M
7 Apr 26-28 15 $878.9K −51.1% 1,240 $709 $52.0M
8 May 3-5 23 $348.1K −60.4% 640 $544 $52.6M
9 May 10-12 29 $202.8K −41.7% 260 $780 $53.0M
10 May 17-19 9 $1.0M +406.2% 827 $1,241 $54.1M
11 May 24-27 11 $804.2K −21.7% 627 $1,283 $55.1M
12 May 31-Jun 2 13 $415.0K −48.4% 479 $866 $55.7M
13 Jun 7-9 17 $293.7K −29.2% 353 $832 $56.2M
14 Jun 14-16 21 $183.0K −37.7% 220 $832 $56.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M
$12.1M
$9.8M
$6.9M
$4.8M
$3.1M
$1.8M
$878.9K
$348.1K
$202.8K
$1.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +406.2%
−19.0%
W1→2
−29.3%
W2→3
−30.0%
W3→4
−36.5%
W4→5
−41.5%
W5→6
−51.1%
W6→7
−60.4%
W7→8
−41.7%
W8→9
+406.2%
W9→10
Steepest −60.4%Biggest gain +406.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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