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Hostage

2005 • R • 1h 53m • Action, Crime, Drama • Miramax

Every second counts.

🍅 35% 62% MC 44 LB 3.07 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$10.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$34.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$77.6M
$43.0M international
Domestic Legs3.4x
Budget$75M
2005 Rank#77
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Cast & Crew

Bruce Willis Bruce Willis Starring Ben Foster Ben Foster Starring Jonathan Tucker Jonathan Tucker Starring Jimmy Bennett Jimmy Bennett Starring Kevin Pollak Kevin Pollak Starring
ScreenplayDoug Richardson Produced byBruce Willis, Mark Gordon, Bob Yari, Arnold Rifkin CinematographyGiovanni Fiore Coltellacci MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioMiramax
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 11-13 4 $10.2M — 2,123 $4,811 $10.2M
2 Mar 18-20 6 $6.0M −41.4% 2,183 $2,744 $19.5M
3 Mar 25-27 7 $4.1M −30.9% 1,977 $2,093 $26.2M
4 Apr 1-3 11 $2.3M −43.6% 1,728 $1,352 $30.3M
5 Apr 8-10 13 $1.2M −49.2% 1,269 $934 $32.2M
6 Apr 15-17 15 $749.8K −36.8% 934 $803 $33.4M
7 Apr 22-24 20 $322.6K −57.0% 492 $656 $34.0M
8 Apr 29-May 1 35 $110.0K −65.9% 184 $598 $34.3M
9 May 6-8 45 $36.6K −66.7% 92 $398 $34.4M
10 May 13-15 54 $24.2K −34.1% 80 $302 $34.4M
11 May 20-22 48 $27.3K +12.9% 47 $580 $34.5M
12 May 27-30 41 $39.5K +44.7% 103 $383 $34.5M
13 Jun 3-5 38 $38.7K −1.9% 101 $383 $34.6M
14 Jun 10-12 49 $19.1K −50.5% 64 $299 $34.6M
15 Jun 17-19 67 $7.7K −59.5% 21 $369 $34.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $24.2K
$10.2M
$6.0M
$4.1M
$2.3M
$1.2M
$749.8K
$322.6K
$110.0K
$36.6K
$24.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.1%
−41.4%
W1→2
−30.9%
W2→3
−43.6%
W3→4
−49.2%
W4→5
−36.8%
W5→6
−57.0%
W6→7
−65.9%
W7→8
−66.7%
W8→9
−34.1%
W9→10
Steepest −66.7%Best hold −30.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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