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John Q

2002 PG-13 1h 56m Crime, Drama, Thriller New Line Cinema

Give a father no options and you leave him no choice.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$20.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$71.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$102M
$30.5M international
Domestic Legs3.54x
Budget$36.0M
2002 Rank#38
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Feb 15-17 1 $20.3M $20.3M 2,466 $8K 1
Feb 22-24 2 $12.5M -38.5% $39.8M 2,505 $5K 2
Mar 1-3 3 $8.5M -31.8% $51.2M 2,456 $3K 3
Mar 8-10 5 $5.9M -30.4% $59.0M 2,382 $2K 4
Mar 15-17 8 $3.6M -38.9% $64.4M 2,019 $2K 5
Mar 22-24 13 $2.1M -42.5% $67.4M 1,302 $2K 6
Mar 29-31 18 $920K -55.9% $69.2M 720 $1K 7
Apr 5-7 23 $544K -40.9% $70.2M 509 $1K 8
Apr 12-14 25 $302K -44.4% $70.6M 333 $907 9
Apr 19-21 32 $161K -46.6% $70.9M 237 $680 10
Apr 26-28 39 $133K -17.4% $71.0M 191 $697 11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byNick Cassavetes
ScreenplayJames Kearns
Produced byMark Burg, Oren Koules
CinematographyRogier Stoffers
MusicAaron Zigman
Prod. DesignStefania Cella
StarringDenzel Washington, James Woods, Kimberly Elise, Robert Duvall, Shawn Hatosy, Eddie Griffin
StudioNew Line Cinema