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Murder by Numbers

2002 • R • 1h 59m • Crime, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

The only flaw in their plan was her.

🍅 30% 49%

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2.91

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$31.9M

Final

Worldwide Total

$56.6M

$24.8M international

Domestic Legs3.4x

Budget$50M

2002 Rank#81

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBarbet Schroeder ScreenplayTony Gayton Produced byBarbet Schroeder, Susan Hoffman CinematographyLuciano Tovoli MusicClint Mansell StarringSandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt, Agnes Bruckner, Chris Penn StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 19-21 3 $9.3M — 2,663 $3,495 $9.3M

2 Apr 26-28 4 $6.4M −31.6% 2,663 $2,389 $18.4M

3 May 3-5 4 $3.6M −43.0% 2,565 $1,413 $23.9M

4 May 10-12 7 $2.4M −33.0% 2,116 $1,147 $27.5M

5 May 17-19 9 $1.7M −31.1% 1,580 $1,059 $29.9M

6 May 24-27 16 $421.3K −74.8% 752 $560 $31.0M

7 May 31-Jun 2 26 $121.7K −71.1% 217 $561 $31.3M

8 Jun 7-9 26 $157.3K +29.3% 251 $627 $31.5M

9 Jun 14-16 32 $78.3K −50.2% 196 $400 $31.7M

10 Jun 21-23 36 $65.4K −16.5% 160 $409 $31.8M

11 Jun 28-30 44 $36.2K −44.6% 103 $352 $31.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 19 #3 $3.0M — $3.0M 2,663 $1,118 1

Sat Apr 20 #3 $4.0M +34.8% $7.0M 2,663 $1,507 2

Sun Apr 21 #3 $2.3M −42.0% $9.3M 2,663 $874 3

Mon Apr 22 #3 $704.0K −69.8% $10.0M 2,663 $264 4

Tue Apr 23 #3 $730.0K +3.7% $10.7M 2,663 $274 5

Wed Apr 24 #3 $651.0K −10.8% $11.4M 2,663 $244 6

Thu Apr 25 #3 $607.0K −6.8% $12.0M 2,663 $228 7

Fri Apr 26 #5 $2.0M +221.9% −34.3% $14.0M 2,663 $734 8

Sat Apr 27 #3 $2.8M +43.7% −30.0% $16.8M 2,663 $1,054 9

Sun Apr 28 #4 $1.7M −40.3% −28.0% $18.4M 2,663 $629 10

Mon Apr 29 #3 $454.0K −72.9% −35.5% $18.8M 2,663 $170 11

Tue Apr 30 #3 $524.0K +15.4% −28.2% $19.3M 2,663 $197 12

Wed May 1 #3 $477.0K −9.0% −26.7% $19.8M 2,663 $179 13

Thu May 2 #3 $452.0K −5.2% −25.5% $20.3M 2,663 $170 14

Fri May 3 #5 $1.2M +156.1% −40.8% $21.4M 2,565 $451 15

Sat May 4 #4 $1.6M +40.0% −42.3% $23.0M 2,565 $632 16

Sun May 5 #4 $820.0K −49.4% −51.1% $23.9M 2,565 $320 17

Mon May 6 #4 $258.0K −68.5% −43.2% $24.2M 2,565 $101 18

Tue May 7 #4 $314.0K +21.7% −40.1% $24.5M 2,565 $122 19

Wed May 8 #4 $287.0K −8.6% −39.8% $24.8M 2,565 $112 20

Thu May 9 #4 $282.0K −1.7% −37.6% $25.0M 2,565 $110 21

Fri May 10 #6 $643.0K +128.0% −44.4% $25.7M 2,116 $304 22

Sat May 11 #7 $1.0M +61.4% −35.9% $26.7M 2,116 $491 23

Sun May 12 #7 $747.0K −28.0% −8.9% $27.5M 2,116 $353 24

Mon May 13 #6 $208.0K −72.2% −19.4% $27.7M 2,116 $98 25

Tue May 14 #6 $215.0K +3.4% −31.5% $27.9M 2,116 $102 26

Wed May 15 #6 $202.0K −6.0% −29.6% $28.1M 2,116 $95 27

Thu May 16 #7 $151.0K −25.2% −46.5% $28.2M 2,116 $71 28

Fri May 17 #8 $464.0K +207.3% −27.8% $28.7M 1,580 $294 29

Sat May 18 #9 $760.0K +63.8% −26.8% $29.5M 1,580 $481 30

Sun May 19 #8 $448.7K −41.0% −39.9% $29.9M 1,580 $284 31

Mon May 20 #8 $162.0K −63.9% −22.1% $30.1M 1,580 $103 32

Tue May 21 #8 $143.0K −11.7% −33.5% $30.2M 1,580 $91 33

Wed May 22 #8 $142.0K −0.7% −29.7% $30.4M 1,580 $90 34

Thu May 23 #8 $160.0K +12.7% +6.0% $30.5M 1,580 $101 35

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

Cumulative total$30.5M

Apr 19Apr 28May 6May 15May 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $65.4K

$9.3M

$6.4M

$3.6M

$2.4M

$1.7M

$421.3K

$121.7K

$157.3K

$78.3K

$65.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,663 → 1,580 −40.7%

2,663 open1,580 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.5%

−31.6%

W1→2

−43.0%

W2→3

−33.0%

W3→4

−31.1%

W4→5

−74.8%

W5→6

−71.1%

W6→7

+29.3%

W7→8

−50.2%

W8→9

−16.5%

W9→10

Steepest −74.8%Biggest gain +29.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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