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Hardball

2001 PG-13 1h 46m Comedy, Drama, Sport Paramount Pictures

The most important thing in life is showing up

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$9.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$40.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$43.7M
$3.5M international
Domestic Legs4.5x
Budget$21M
2001 Rank#62
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Cast & Crew

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Brian Robbins Brian Robbins Director Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves Starring Diane Lane Diane Lane Starring Michael B. Jordan Michael B. Jordan Starring
ScreenplayJohn Gatins Produced byBrian Robbins, Michael Tollin, Tina Nides CinematographyTom Richmond MusicMark Isham Prod. DesignJaymes Hinkle StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 14-17 1 $9.4M 2,137 $4,392 $9.4M
2 Sep 21-23 1 $8.1M −14.1% 2,210 $3,646 $19.3M
3 Sep 28-30 4 $5.2M −36.0% 2,218 $2,325 $26.3M
4 Oct 5-7 8 $3.6M −30.8% 2,314 $1,541 $30.6M
5 Oct 12-14 11 $2.3M −34.2% 2,012 $1,167 $33.8M
6 Oct 19-21 13 $1.6M −33.7% 1,652 $943 $35.8M
7 Oct 26-28 17 $947.9K −39.1% 975 $972 $37.0M
8 Nov 2-4 18 $674.3K −28.9% 710 $950 $37.8M
9 Nov 9-11 20 $461.4K −31.6% 506 $912 $38.4M
10 Nov 16-18 19 $304.8K −33.9% 382 $798 $38.8M
11 Nov 23-25 24 $218.8K −28.2% 276 $793 $39.2M
12 Nov 30-Dec 2 26 $132.9K −39.3% 168 $791 $39.4M
13 Dec 7-9 33 $78.3K −41.0% 123 $637 $39.5M
14 Dec 14-16 20 $209.4K +167.3% 286 $732 $39.7M
15 Dec 21-23 23 $136.1K −35.0% 202 $674 $39.9M
16 Dec 28-30 31 $97.2K −28.6% 186 $523 $40.1M
17 Jan 4-6 39 $48.6K −50.0% 149 $327 $40.1M
18 Jan 11-13 43 $29.5K −39.4% 77 $383 $40.2M
19 Jan 18-21 51 $18.9K −36.0% 77 $245 $40.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$31.4M
Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28Oct 4Oct 11
Weekend grossWk 10 · $304.8K
$9.4M
$8.1M
$5.2M
$3.6M
$2.3M
$1.6M
$947.9K
$674.3K
$461.4K
$304.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 2,314 → 2,314 +0.0%
2,197 open2,314 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.9%
−14.1%
W1→2
−36.0%
W2→3
−30.8%
W3→4
−34.2%
W4→5
−33.7%
W5→6
−39.1%
W6→7
−28.9%
W7→8
−31.6%
W8→9
−33.9%
W9→10
Steepest −39.1%Best hold −14.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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