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2001 • PG-13 • 3h 3m • Action, Drama, Romance • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

It takes a moment to change history. It takes love to change lives.

🍅 24% 66%

44

2.98

6.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$59.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$199.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$449.00M

$251.00M international

Domestic legs3.36x

Budget$140M

2001 rank#7

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Cast & crew

Full Bay filmography

Michael Bay

Michael Bay Director

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Starring

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale Starring

Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett Starring

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. Starring

Jon Voight

Jon Voight Starring

ScreenplayRandall Wallace Produced byJerry Bruckheimer, Michael Bay CinematographyJohn Schwartzman MusicHans Zimmer StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 25-27 1 $59.1M — 3,214 $18,381 $59.1M

2 Jun 1-3 1 $29.6M −50.0% 3,214 $9,196 $118.9M

3 Jun 8-10 3 $14.7M −50.2% 3,255 $4,522 $144.0M

4 Jun 15-17 5 $9.9M −33.0% 3,140 $3,139 $160.4M

5 Jun 22-24 7 $6.8M −30.8% 2,668 $2,555 $171.9M

6 Jun 29-Jul 1 8 $4.7M −30.7% 2,305 $2,049 $179.7M

7 Jul 6-8 12 $3.2M −31.4% 1,434 $2,260 $186.6M

8 Jul 13-15 14 $2.0M −39.3% 1,210 $1,626 $190.1M

9 Jul 20-22 16 $1.1M −45.3% 892 $1,207 $192.2M

10 Jul 27-29 16 $826.9K −23.2% 715 $1,156 $193.7M

11 Aug 3-5 18 $435.0K −47.4% 462 $941 $194.6M

12 Aug 10-12 24 $237.1K −45.5% 293 $809 $195.1M

13 Aug 17-19 33 $132.6K −44.1% 194 $683 $195.3M

14 Aug 24-26 41 $75.9K −42.8% 116 $653 $195.5M

15 Aug 31-Sep 3 20 $1.2M +1435.4% 1,036 $1,124 $196.7M

16 Sep 7-9 32 $183.1K −84.3% 272 $673 $197.0M

17 Sep 14-16 37 $129.4K −29.3% 168 $770 $197.2M

18 Sep 21-23 39 $146.0K +12.8% 227 $642 $197.4M

19 Sep 28-30 46 $76.0K −47.9% 122 $623 $197.5M

20 Oct 5-7 23 $226.7K +198.3% 311 $729 $197.8M

21 Oct 12-14 29 $183.1K −19.2% 262 $698 $198.1M

22 Oct 19-21 35 $106.7K −41.7% 181 $589 $198.2M

23 Oct 26-28 45 $63.7K −40.3% 113 $564 $198.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 25 #1 $18.3M — $18.3M 3,214 $5,703 1

Sat May 26 #1 $20.5M +12% $38.8M 3,214 $6,363 2

Sun May 27 #1 $19.8M −3% $59.1M 3,214 $6,144 3

Mon May 28 #1 $16.1M −18% $75.2M 3,214 $5,008 4

Tue May 29 #1 $5.5M −66% $80.6M 3,214 $1,700 5

Wed May 30 #1 $4.4M −19% $85.1M 3,214 $1,380 6

Thu May 31 #1 $4.2M −5% $89.3M 3,214 $1,311 7

Fri Jun 1 #1 $8.6M +105% −53% $97.9M 3,214 $2,687 8

Sat Jun 2 #1 $12.9M +49% −37% $110.8M 3,214 $4,009 9

Sun Jun 3 #2 $8.0M −38% −60% $118.9M 3,214 $2,481 10

Mon Jun 4 #1 $2.7M −66% −83% $121.6M 3,214 $849 11

Tue Jun 5 #1 $2.9M +6% −47% $124.5M 3,214 $903 12

Wed Jun 6 #2 $2.4M −16% −45% $126.9M 3,214 $756 13

Thu Jun 7 #2 $2.3M −3% −44% $129.3M 3,214 $730 14

Fri Jun 8 #4 $4.4M +86% −49% $133.6M 3,255 $1,344 15

Sat Jun 9 #3 $6.4M +46% −50% $140.0M 3,255 $1,963 16

Sun Jun 10 #3 $4.0M −37% −50% $144.0M 3,255 $1,228 17

Mon Jun 11 #3 $1.7M −57% −38% $145.7M 3,255 $522 18

Tue Jun 12 #3 $1.7M +2% −40% $147.4M 3,255 $533 19

Wed Jun 13 #3 $1.5M −15% −39% $148.9M 3,255 $454 20

Thu Jun 14 #3 $1.6M +8% −32% $150.5M 3,255 $490 21

Fri Jun 15 #5 $2.7M +68% −39% $153.2M 3,140 $851 22

Sat Jun 16 #5 $4.1M +53% −36% $157.3M 3,140 $1,301 23

Sun Jun 17 #5 $3.1M −25% −24% $160.4M 3,140 $972 24

Mon Jun 18 #5 $1.1M −63% −34% $161.5M 3,140 $359 25

Tue Jun 19 #5 $1.2M +7% −30% $162.7M 3,140 $385 26

Wed Jun 20 #5 $1.1M −7% −24% $163.8M 3,140 $360 27

Thu Jun 21 #5 $1.2M +9% −22% $165.1M 3,140 $393 28

Fri Jun 22 #7 $2.0M +64% −24% $167.1M 2,668 $760 29

Sat Jun 23 #7 $2.9M +44% −29% $170.0M 2,668 $1,091 30

Sun Jun 24 #7 $1.8M −37% −40% $171.9M 2,668 $690 31

Mon Jun 25 #7 $770.5K −58% −32% $172.7M 2,668 $288 32

Tue Jun 26 #7 $821.5K +7% −32% $173.5M 2,668 $307 33

Wed Jun 27 #8 $772.8K −6% −32% $174.3M 2,668 $289 34

Thu Jun 28 #8 $757.1K −2% −39% $175.0M 2,668 $283 35

Fri Jun 29 #10 $1.2M +64% −39% $176.3M 2,305 $539 36

Sat Jun 30 #8 $2.0M +58% −33% $178.2M 2,305 $850 37

Sun Jul 1 #8 $1.5M −26% −21% $179.7M 2,305 $631 38

Mon Jul 2 #9 $711.3K −51% −8% $180.4M 2,305 $308 39

Tue Jul 3 #8 $1.0M +46% +27% $181.5M 2,305 $451 40

Wed Jul 4 #10 $1.2M +16% +56% $182.7M 2,305 $522 41

Thu Jul 5 #11 $568.7K −53% −25% $184.3M 2,305 $246 42

Sun Jul 8 #12 $963.0K — −34% $186.6M 1,434 $671 45

Mon Jul 9 #12 $380.0K −61% −47% $187.0M 1,434 $264 46

Tue Jul 10 #12 $422.7K +11% −59% $187.4M 1,434 $294 47

Wed Jul 11 #13 $378.4K −10% −69% $187.8M 1,434 $263 48

Thu Jul 12 #13 $363.1K −4% −36% $188.1M 1,434 $253 49

Sun Jul 15 #14 $531.0K — −45% $190.1M 1,210 $438 52

Mon Jul 16 #13 $250.8K −53% −34% $190.4M 1,210 $207 53

Tue Jul 17 #13 $301.3K +20% −29% $190.7M 1,210 $248 54

Wed Jul 18 #14 $215.9K −28% −43% $190.9M 1,210 $178 55

Thu Jul 19 #14 $209.1K −3% −42% $191.1M 1,210 $172 56

Mon Jul 23 #15 $154.6K — −38% $192.3M 892 $173 60

Tue Jul 24 #15 $179.9K +16% −40% $192.5M 892 $201 61

Wed Jul 25 #15 $170.8K −5% −21% $192.7M 892 $191 62

Thu Jul 26 #15 $163.6K −4% −22% $192.8M 892 $183 63

Sun Jul 29 #17 $214.0K — $193.7M 715 $299 66

Mon Jul 30 #16 $110.7K −48% −28% $193.8M 715 $154 67

Tue Jul 31 #16 $128.0K +16% −29% $193.9M 715 $179 68

Wed Aug 1 #16 $118.1K −8% −31% $194.0M 715 $165 69

Thu Aug 2 #16 $127.9K +8% −22% $194.1M 715 $178 70

Sun Aug 5 #19 $112.0K — −48% $194.6M 462 $242 73

Mon Aug 6 #17 $61.9K −45% −44% $194.6M 462 $134 74

Tue Aug 7 #17 $65.8K +6% −49% $194.7M 462 $142 75

Wed Aug 8 #18 $61.4K −7% −48% $194.8M 462 $132 76

Mon Sep 3 #19 $297.4K — $196.9M 1,036 $287 102

Tue Sep 4 #18 $69.7K −77% $197.0M 1,036 $67 103

Wed Sep 5 #19 $50.8K −27% $197.1M 1,036 $49 104

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

Cumulative total$194.1M

May 25Jun 9Jun 24Jul 11Aug 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $826.9K

$59.1M

$29.6M

$14.7M

$9.9M

$6.8M

$4.7M

$3.2M

$2.0M

$1.1M

$826.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,255 → 715 −78.0%

3,214 open715 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.2%

−50.0%

W1→2

−50.2%

W2→3

−33.0%

W3→4

−30.8%

W4→5

−30.7%

W5→6

−31.4%

W6→7

−39.3%

W7→8

−45.3%

W8→9

−23.2%

W9→10

Steepest −50.2%Best hold −23.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Jun 2

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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