Name: Payback
Director: Brian Helgeland
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1999
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer, Bill Duke

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Feb 5	#1	$6.54M		—	$6.54M	2,720	$2.4K	1
Sat Feb 6	#1	$9.22M	+41.0%	—	$15.76M	2,720	$3.4K	2
Sun Feb 7	#1	$5.21M	-43.4%	—	$21.22M	2,720	$1.9K	3
Mon Feb 8	#1	$1.34M	-74.2%	—	$22.57M	2,720	$494	4
Tue Feb 9	#1	$1.42M	+5.8%	—	$23.99M	2,720	$523	5
Wed Feb 10	#1	$1.17M	-18.0%	—	$25.15M	2,720	$429	6
Thu Feb 11	#1	$1.18M	+1.2%	—	$26.33M	2,720	$434	7
Fri Feb 12	#2	$3.50M	+197.0%	-46.4%	$29.84M	2,751	$1.3K	8
Sat Feb 13	#2	$6.04M	+72.5%	-34.4%	$35.88M	2,751	$2.2K	9
Sun Feb 14	#2	$5.69M	-5.9%	+9.1%	$41.58M	2,751	$2.1K	10
Mon Feb 15	#3	$2.09M	-63.3%	+55.4%	$44.05M	2,751	$759	11
Tue Feb 16	#2	$1.08M	-48.4%	-24.3%	$45.13M	2,751	$392	12
Wed Feb 17	#2	$872K	-19.0%	-25.2%	$46.00M	2,751	$317	13
Thu Feb 18	#2	$876K	+0.4%	-25.8%	$46.88M	2,751	$318	14
Fri Feb 19	#2	$2.73M	+212.2%	-22.0%	$49.61M	2,768	$988	15
Sat Feb 20	#1	$4.85M	+77.3%	-19.8%	$54.50M	2,768	$1.8K	16
Sun Feb 21	#1	$2.70M	-44.2%	-52.5%	$57.15M	2,768	$977	17
Mon Feb 22	#1	$656K	-75.7%	-68.6%	$57.80M	2,768	$237	18
Tue Feb 23	#2	$715K	+8.9%	-33.6%	$58.52M	2,768	$258	19
Wed Feb 24	#2	$563K	-21.3%	-35.5%	$59.08M	2,768	$203	20
Thu Feb 25	#2	$584K	+3.7%	-33.4%	$59.67M	2,768	$211	21
Fri Feb 26	#3	$1.82M	+211.8%	-33.5%	$61.48M	2,768	$657	22
Sat Feb 27	#2	$3.31M	+81.6%	-31.9%	$64.79M	2,852	$1.2K	23
Sun Feb 28	#3	$1.74M	-47.4%	-35.7%	$66.45M	2,852	$609	24
Mon Mar 1	#3	$426K	-75.5%	-35.1%	$66.88M	2,852	$149	25
Tue Mar 2	#4	$466K	+9.4%	-34.8%	$67.35M	2,852	$163	26
Wed Mar 3	#4	$372K	-20.2%	-33.9%	$67.72M	2,852	$131	27
Thu Mar 4	#4	$409K	+9.8%	-30.0%	$68.13M	2,852	$143	28
Fri Mar 5	#5	$1.08M	+164.4%	-40.6%	$69.21M	2,852	$379	29
Sat Mar 6	#5	$1.98M	+83.3%	-40.1%	$71.19M	2,855	$694	30
Sun Mar 7	#6	$1.07M	-45.8%	-38.3%	$72.26M	2,855	$376	31
Mon Mar 8	#5	$290K	-73.0%	-32.0%	$72.54M	2,855	$102	32
Tue Mar 9	#6	$322K	+11.0%	-31.0%	$72.87M	2,855	$113	33
Wed Mar 10	#7	$275K	-14.4%	-26.0%	$73.14M	2,855	$96	34
Thu Mar 11	#7	$278K	+0.9%	-32.0%	$73.42M	2,855	$97	35
Fri Mar 12	#12	$685K	+146.5%	-36.6%	$74.11M	1,982	$346	36
Sat Mar 13	#12	$1.14M	+66.4%	-42.4%	$75.25M	1,982	$575	37
Sun Mar 14	#12	$636K	-44.2%	-40.7%	$75.95M	1,982	$321	38
Mon Mar 15	#13	$202K	-68.2%	-30.2%	$76.15M	1,982	$102	39
Tue Mar 16	#14	$219K	+8.5%	-31.8%	$76.37M	1,982	$111	40
Wed Mar 17	#14	$177K	-19.4%	-35.8%	$76.55M	1,982	$89	41
Thu Mar 18	#14	$202K	+14.0%	-27.4%	$76.75M	1,982	$102	42
Sun Mar 21	#18	$266K		-58.2%	$77.91M	1,081	$246	45
Mon Mar 22	#18	$77K	-71.1%	-62.0%	$77.98M	1,081	$71	46
Tue Mar 23	#18	$84K	+9.6%	-61.6%	$78.07M	1,081	$78	47
Wed Mar 24	#18	$77K	-8.7%	-56.5%	$78.14M	1,081	$71	48
Thu Mar 25	#18	$87K	+13.1%	-56.9%	$78.23M	1,081	$80	49
Sun Mar 28	#19	$138K		-48.1%	$78.85M	802	$172	52
Mon Mar 29	#20	$44K	-68.3%	-43.1%	$78.89M	802	$54	53

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Feb 5-7	1	$21.22M	—	$21.22M	2,720	$7.8K	1
Feb 12-15	2	$17.72M	-16.5%	$44.05M	2,751	$6.4K	2
Feb 19-21	1	$10.27M	-42.1%	$57.15M	2,768	$3.7K	3
Feb 26-28	2	$6.79M	-33.9%	$66.45M	2,852	$2.4K	4
Mar 5-7	5	$4.13M	-39.2%	$72.26M	2,855	$1.4K	5
Mar 12-14	12	$2.53M	-38.8%	$75.95M	1,982	$1.3K	6
Mar 19-21	16	$1.16M	-54.2%	$77.91M	1,081	$1.1K	7
Mar 26-28	20	$616K	-46.8%	$78.85M	802	$768	8
Apr 2-4	28	$303K	-50.8%	$79.32M	480	$632	9
Apr 9-11	35	$187K	-38.2%	$79.60M	421	$445	10
Apr 16-18	37	$131K	-30.1%	$79.77M	382	$343	11
Apr 23-25	46	$106K	-19.4%	$79.91M	294	$359	12
Apr 30-May 2	48	$74K	-29.9%	$80.01M	206	$359	13
May 7-9	55	$50K	-31.8%	$80.08M	142	$355	14
May 14-16	63	$39K	-23.5%	$80.13M	99	$390	15
May 21-23	18	$330K	+755.4%	$80.47M	567	$582	16
May 28-30	23	$296K	-10.4%	$80.91M	537	$551	17
Jun 4-6	29	$147K	-50.4%	$81.12M	403	$365	18
Jun 11-13	42	$87K	-40.8%	$81.27M	246	$354	19
Jun 18-20	46	$70K	-19.2%	$81.38M	183	$384	20
Jun 25-27	57	$32K	-54.1%	$81.45M	153	$211	21
Jul 2-4	64	$25K	-21.4%	$81.50M	92	$276	22
Jul 9-11	74	$13K	-48.4%	$81.52M	54	$243	23

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrian Helgeland

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland, Terry Hayes

Produced byBruce Davey

CinematographyEricson Core

Music byChris Boardman

StarringMel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Deborah Kara Unger, Lucy Liu, Kris Kristofferson

StudioParamount Pictures

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