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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.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$71.8M
Final
Opening Weekend
$20.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.54x
Opening → Total
Budget
$36.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$102M
$30.5M international
2002 Rank
#38
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Feb 15-17 Salt Lake Olympics 1 $20.3M $20.3M 2,466 $8K 1
Feb 22-24 Salt Lake Olympics 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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byNick Cassavetes
ScreenplayJames Kearns
StarringDenzel Washington, James Woods, Kimberly Elise, Robert Duvall, Shawn Hatosy, Eddie Griffin
StudioNew Line Cinema