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Joy Ride

2001 • R • 1h 37m • Mystery, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

It started as a joke. Now the joke is on them.

🍅 74% 66% MC 75 LB 3.17 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$7.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$22.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$22.2M
$232K international
Domestic Legs3.0x
Budget$23M
2001 Rank#99
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Cast & Crew

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John Dahl John Dahl Director Steve Zahn Steve Zahn Starring Paul Walker Paul Walker Starring Leelee Sobieski Leelee Sobieski Starring
ScreenplayJ.J. Abrams, Clay Tarver Produced byJ.J. Abrams, Chris Moore CinematographyJeffrey Jur MusicMarco Beltrami Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 5-8 5 $7.3M — 2,497 $2,942 $7.3M
2 Oct 12-14 8 $4.9M −33.2% 2,522 $1,945 $14.7M
3 Oct 19-21 12 $2.5M −48.1% 1,854 $1,372 $18.8M
4 Oct 26-28 16 $1.0M −60.0% 1,167 $871 $20.6M
5 Nov 2-4 23 $302.4K −70.3% 371 $815 $21.3M
6 Nov 9-11 31 $160.8K −46.8% 269 $598 $21.5M
7 Nov 16-18 36 $84.5K −47.4% 165 $512 $21.7M
8 Nov 23-25 43 $60.8K −28.0% 122 $499 $21.8M
9 Nov 30-Dec 2 43 $48.0K −21.1% 108 $445 $21.8M
10 Dec 7-9 44 $37.8K −21.3% 97 $390 $21.9M
11 Dec 14-16 47 $24.1K −36.2% 71 $340 $21.9M
12 Dec 21-23 70 $5.5K −77.1% 24 $230 $22.0M
13 Dec 28-30 81 $5.5K −0.8% 12 $456 $22.0M
14 Jan 4-6 81 $4.8K −13.0% 10 $476 $22.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $37.8K
$7.3M
$4.9M
$2.5M
$1.0M
$302.4K
$160.8K
$84.5K
$60.8K
$48.0K
$37.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.3%
−33.2%
W1→2
−48.1%
W2→3
−60.0%
W3→4
−70.3%
W4→5
−46.8%
W5→6
−47.4%
W6→7
−28.0%
W7→8
−21.1%
W8→9
−21.3%
W9→10
Steepest −70.3%Best hold −21.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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