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2000 • R • 1h 53m • Mystery, Thriller • Newmarket Films

Some memories are best forgotten.

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4.18

8.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$235K

Limited · 11 theaters

Domestic total

$25.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$39.70M

$14.20M international

Domestic legs16.3x from $1.6M biggest weekend

Budget$5M

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Cast & crew

Full Nolan filmography

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Director

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss Starring

Joe Pantoliano

Joe Pantoliano Starring

ScreenplayChristopher Nolan Produced byJennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd CinematographyWally Pfister Music byDavid Julyan StudioNewmarket Films

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 16-18 27 $235.5K — 11 $21,408 $235.5K

2 Mar 23-25 27 $217.5K −7.6% 12 $18,125 $569.7K

3 Mar 30-Apr 1 20 $679.4K +212.4% 70 $9,705 $1.4M

4 Apr 6-8 17 $842.9K +24.1% 120 $7,024 $2.4M

5 Apr 13-15 16 $926.9K +10.0% 173 $5,358 $3.7M

6 Apr 20-22 16 $1.2M +30.1% 270 $4,466 $5.2M

7 Apr 27-29 13 $1.3M +5.3% 324 $3,920 $6.9M

8 May 4-6 12 $1.2M −2.9% 408 $3,024 $8.5M

9 May 11-13 9 $1.2M −1.4% 445 $2,734 $10.2M

10 May 18-20 10 $1.3M +5.2% 484 $2,645 $12.0M

11 May 25-27 8 $1.6M +22.3% 531 $2,948 $14.1M

12 Jun 1-3 10 $1.1M −30.3% 479 $2,277 $16.1M

13 Jun 8-10 11 $741.0K −32.1% 452 $1,639 $17.3M

14 Jun 15-17 11 $733.6K −1.0% 398 $1,843 $18.4M

15 Jun 22-24 13 $722.4K −1.5% 326 $2,216 $19.6M

16 Jun 29-Jul 1 17 $532.9K −26.2% 284 $1,876 $20.5M

17 Jul 6-8 18 $490.1K −8.0% 223 $2,198 $21.4M

18 Jul 13-15 20 $321.6K −34.4% 190 $1,693 $23.0M

19 Jul 20-22 23 $257.3K −20.0% 171 $1,504 $23.4M

20 Jul 27-29 23 $252.0K −2.0% 178 $1,416 $23.8M

21 Aug 3-5 26 $243.6K −3.4% 161 $1,513 $24.2M

22 Aug 10-12 27 $198.3K −18.6% 154 $1,288 $24.6M

23 Aug 17-19 30 $153.2K −22.8% 152 $1,008 $24.9M

24 Aug 24-26 38 $97.6K −36.3% 118 $827 $25.0M

25 Aug 31-Sep 2 42 $107.3K +9.9% 88 $1,219 $25.2M

26 Sep 7-9 51 $63.3K −41.0% 79 $801 $25.3M

27 Sep 14-16 57 $52.1K −17.7% 83 $628 $25.4M

28 Sep 21-23 86 $11.4K −78.0% 57 $201 $25.5M

29 Sep 28-30 84 $9.6K −16.3% 13 $736 $25.5M

30 Oct 5-7 88 $9.7K +1.6% 16 $608 $25.5M

31 Oct 12-14 89 $8.2K −16.2% 16 $510 $25.5M

32 Oct 19-21 89 $6.6K −19.5% 17 $386 $25.5M

33 Oct 26-28 105 $5.8K −12.3% 10 $575 $25.5M

34 Nov 2-4 115 $2.4K −58.5% 6 $398 $25.5M

35 Nov 9-11 124 $792 −66.8% 2 $396 $25.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon Apr 2 #19 $56.5K — $1.4M 70 $807 18

Tue Apr 3 #18 $74.1K +31% $1.5M 70 $1,058 19

Wed Apr 4 #18 $68.6K −7% $1.6M 70 $980 20

Sun Apr 8 #16 $252.0K — $2.4M 120 $2,100 24

Tue Apr 10 #17 $97.8K — +32% $2.6M 120 $815 26

Wed Apr 11 #19 $104.1K +6% +52% $2.7M 120 $867 27

Sun Apr 15 #17 $243.0K — −4% $3.7M 174 $1,397 31

Mon Apr 16 #18 $99.5K −59% $3.8M 174 $572 32

Tue Apr 17 #16 $107.8K +8% +10% $3.9M 174 $620 33

Wed Apr 18 #16 $105.0K −3% +1% $4.0M 174 $604 34

Thu Apr 19 #16 $99.3K −5% $4.1M 174 $571 35

Sun Apr 22 #15 $315.0K — +30% $5.3M 273 $1,154 38

Mon Apr 23 #11 $103.8K −67% +4% $5.3M 270 $384 39

Tue Apr 24 #15 $114.4K +10% +6% $5.5M 270 $424 40

Wed Apr 25 #12 $110.6K −3% +5% $5.6M 270 $409 41

Thu Apr 26 #13 $97.0K −12% −2% $5.7M 270 $359 42

Sun Apr 29 #13 $324.0K — +3% $6.9M 326 $994 45

Mon Apr 30 #13 $111.1K −66% +7% $7.0M 326 $341 46

Tue May 1 #12 $121.6K +10% +6% $7.1M 324 $375 47

Wed May 2 #12 $112.3K −8% +2% $7.2M 324 $346 48

Sun May 6 #10 $326.0K — +1% $8.5M 410 $795 52

Mon May 7 #9 $120.0K −63% +8% $8.7M 410 $293 53

Tue May 8 #10 $136.2K +13% +12% $8.8M 410 $332 54

Wed May 9 #9 $119.8K −12% +7% $8.9M 410 $292 55

Thu May 10 #8 $125.1K +4% $9.0M 410 $305 56

Fri May 11 #9 $380.0K +204% $9.4M 446 $852 57

Sat May 12 #9 $590.0K +55% $10.0M 446 $1,323 58

Sun May 13 #9 $326.0K −45% $10.2M 446 $731 59

Mon May 14 #8 $141.2K −57% +18% $10.3M 446 $317 60

Tue May 15 #8 $155.1K +10% +14% $10.5M 446 $348 61

Wed May 16 #8 $137.2K −12% +15% $10.3M 446 $308 62

Thu May 17 #8 $145.1K +6% +16% $11.0M 446 $325 63

Fri May 18 #9 $367.0K +153% −3% $11.1M 484 $758 64

Sat May 19 #10 $540.0K +47% −8% $11.7M 484 $1,116 65

Sun May 20 #10 $359.1K −33% +10% $12.1M 484 $742 66

Mon May 21 #9 $167.3K −53% +19% $12.2M 484 $346 67

Tue May 22 #9 $160.9K −4% +4% $12.3M 484 $332 68

Wed May 23 #9 $153.9K −4% +12% $12.5M 484 $318 69

Thu May 24 #9 $140.8K −9% −3% $12.6M 484 $291 70

Fri May 25 #8 $346.0K +146% −6% $12.9M 501 $691 71

Sat May 26 #8 $567.5K +64% +5% $13.5M 501 $1,133 72

Sun May 27 #8 $573.0K +1% +60% $14.1M 501 $1,144 73

Mon May 28 #8 $407.7K −29% +144% $14.5M 501 $814 74

Tue May 29 #7 $157.4K −61% −2% $14.7M 531 $296 75

Wed May 30 #7 $140.3K −11% −9% $14.8M 531 $264 76

Thu May 31 #8 $138.5K −1% −2% $15.0M 531 $261 77

Fri Jun 1 #10 $314.0K +127% −9% $15.3M 531 $591 78

Sat Jun 2 #10 $514.5K +64% −9% $15.8M 480 $1,072 79

Sun Jun 3 #10 $282.0K −45% −51% $16.1M 479 $589 80

Mon Jun 4 #10 $120.5K −57% −70% $16.2M 479 $252 81

Tue Jun 5 #10 $132.2K +10% −16% $16.3M 479 $276 82

Wed Jun 6 #10 $112.4K −15% −20% $16.4M 479 $235 83

Thu Jun 7 #10 $114.0K +1% −18% $16.5M 479 $238 84

Sun Jun 10 #11 $220.0K — −22% $17.3M 447 $492 87

Mon Jun 11 #11 $101.9K −54% −15% $17.4M 447 $228 88

Tue Jun 12 #11 $112.5K +10% −15% $17.5M 447 $252 89

Wed Jun 13 #11 $92.8K −18% −17% $17.6M 447 $208 90

Thu Jun 14 #11 $113.0K +22% −1% $17.7M 447 $253 91

Sun Jun 17 #11 $231.0K — +5% $18.4M 406 $569 94

Mon Jun 18 #11 $104.8K −55% +3% $18.5M 406 $258 95

Tue Jun 19 #12 $111.7K +7% −1% $18.6M 406 $275 96

Wed Jun 20 #12 $107.3K −4% +16% $18.7M 406 $264 97

Thu Jun 21 #12 $114.1K +6% +1% $18.9M 406 $281 98

Sun Jun 24 #13 $193.0K — −16% $19.6M 326 $592 101

Mon Jun 25 #13 $93.5K −52% −11% $19.7M 326 $287 102

Tue Jun 26 #13 $95.3K +2% −15% $19.8M 326 $292 103

Wed Jun 27 #14 $90.0K −6% −16% $19.9M 326 $276 104

Thu Jun 28 #14 $97.9K +9% −14% $20.0M 326 $300 105

Sun Jul 1 #16 $153.0K — −21% $20.5M 292 $524 108

Mon Jul 2 #15 $82.1K −46% −12% $20.5M 292 $281 109

Tue Jul 3 #15 $125.4K +53% +32% $20.7M 292 $429 110

Wed Jul 4 #17 $125.8K — +40% $20.8M 292 $431 111

Thu Jul 5 #16 $102.7K −18% +5% $20.9M 292 $352 112

Sun Jul 8 #16 $179.0K — +17% $21.4M 230 $778 115

Mon Jul 9 #17 $61.1K −66% −26% $21.4M 230 $266 116

Tue Jul 10 #17 $65.4K +7% −48% $21.5M 230 $284 117

Wed Jul 11 #17 $64.0K −2% −49% $21.6M 230 $278 118

Thu Jul 12 #17 $62.4K −3% −39% $21.6M 230 $271 119

Sun Jul 15 #19 $99.0K — −45% $23.0M 185 $535 122

Mon Jul 16 #19 $42.3K −57% −31% $23.0M 185 $229 123

Tue Jul 17 #19 $48.1K +14% −26% $23.1M 185 $260 124

Wed Jul 18 #20 $46.5K −3% −27% $23.1M 185 $251 125

Thu Jul 19 #20 $47.4K +2% −24% $23.2M 185 $256 126

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$12.6M

Apr 2Apr 19May 2May 15May 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M

$235.5K

$217.5K

$679.4K

$842.9K

$926.9K

$1.2M

$1.3M

$1.2M

$1.2M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 484 → 484 +0.0%

70 open484 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +5.2%

−7.6%

W1→2

+212.4%

W2→3

+24.1%

W3→4

+10.0%

W4→5

+30.1%

W5→6

+5.3%

W6→7

−2.9%

W7→8

−1.4%

W8→9

+5.2%

W9→10

Steepest −7.6%Biggest gain +212.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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