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Phone Booth

2002 • R • 1h 21m • Crime, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

No options. No lies. No fear. No deals. Just keep talking.

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56

3.37

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$15M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$46.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$97.8M

$51.3M international

Domestic Legs3.1x

Budget$11M

2003 Rank#64

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Cast & Crew

Full Schumacher filmography

Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher Director

Colin Farrell Starring

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker Starring

Katie Holmes Starring

Radha Mitchell Starring

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland Starring

Written byLarry Cohen Produced byDavid Zucker, Gil Netter Music byHarry Gregson-Williams Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 4-6 1 $15.0M — 2,481 $6,054 $15.0M

2 Apr 11-13 2 $7.6M −49.3% 2,489 $3,061 $26.7M

3 Apr 18-20 5 $5.7M −25.5% 2,448 $2,318 $35.1M

4 Apr 25-27 8 $3.0M −47.0% 2,113 $1,423 $40.2M

5 May 2-4 11 $1.5M −51.3% 1,196 $1,225 $42.5M

6 May 9-11 12 $1.0M −31.4% 785 $1,280 $44.0M

7 May 16-18 15 $339.3K −66.2% 406 $836 $44.6M

8 May 23-25 23 $198.0K −41.6% 244 $811 $45.0M

9 May 30-Jun 1 18 $315.8K +59.5% 222 $1,423 $45.4M

10 Jun 6-8 23 $202.1K −36.0% 197 $1,026 $45.7M

11 Jun 13-15 29 $150.5K −25.6% 194 $776 $46.0M

12 Jun 20-22 31 $116.9K −22.3% 175 $668 $46.2M

13 Jun 27-29 33 $86.7K −25.8% 137 $633 $46.3M

14 Jul 4-6 42 $60.5K −30.2% 116 $522 $46.4M

15 Jul 11-13 48 $32.6K −46.1% 57 $572 $46.5M

16 Jul 18-20 65 $10.2K −68.7% 28 $364 $46.6M

17 Jul 25-27 80 $5.1K −49.7% 11 $466 $46.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 4 #1 $5.2M — $5.2M 2,481 $2,086 1

Sat Apr 5 #1 $6.2M +19% $11.3M 2,481 $2,479 2

Sun Apr 6 #1 $3.7M −40% $15.0M 2,481 $1,489 3

Mon Apr 7 #1 $1.0M −72% $16.0M 2,481 $412 4

Tue Apr 8 #1 $1.2M +14% $17.2M 2,481 $470 5

Wed Apr 9 #1 $967.0K −17% $18.2M 2,481 $390 6

Thu Apr 10 #1 $922.0K −5% $19.1M 2,481 $372 7

Fri Apr 11 #2 $2.4M +159% −54% $21.5M 2,489 $959 8

Sat Apr 12 #2 $3.3M +40% −46% $24.8M 2,489 $1,339 9

Sun Apr 13 #2 $1.9M −42% −48% $26.7M 2,489 $775 10

Mon Apr 14 #2 $590.0K −69% −42% $27.3M 2,489 $237 11

Tue Apr 15 #2 $652.0K +11% −44% $28.0M 2,489 $262 12

Wed Apr 16 #3 $599.0K −8% −38% $28.6M 2,489 $241 13

Thu Apr 17 #4 $885.0K +48% −4% $29.4M 2,489 $356 14

Fri Apr 18 #5 $2.1M +135% −13% $31.5M 2,447 $850 15

Sat Apr 19 #5 $2.2M +5% −35% $33.7M 2,447 $889 16

Sun Apr 20 #5 $1.4M −35% −26% $35.1M 2,447 $580 17

Mon Apr 21 #6 $585.0K −59% −1% $35.7M 2,447 $239 18

Tue Apr 22 #6 $508.0K −13% −22% $36.2M 2,447 $208 19

Wed Apr 23 #6 $485.0K −5% −19% $36.7M 2,447 $198 20

Thu Apr 24 #6 $468.0K −4% −47% $37.2M 2,447 $191 21

Fri Apr 25 #8 $936.9K +100% −55% $38.1M 2,113 $443 22

Sat Apr 26 #8 $1.4M +48% −36% $39.5M 2,113 $658 23

Sun Apr 27 #8 $679.9K −51% −52% $40.2M 2,113 $322 24

Mon Apr 28 #7 $216.0K −68% −63% $40.4M 2,113 $102 25

Tue Apr 29 #7 $241.0K +12% −53% $40.6M 2,113 $114 26

Wed Apr 30 #7 $222.0K −8% −54% $40.9M 2,113 $105 27

Thu May 1 #7 $217.0K −2% −54% $41.1M 2,113 $103 28

Sat May 3 #10 $646.4K — −54% $42.2M 1,196 $540 30

Sun May 4 #10 $355.5K −45% −48% $42.5M 1,196 $297 31

Mon May 5 #9 $105.0K −70% −51% $42.6M 1,196 $88 32

Tue May 6 #9 $132.0K +26% −45% $42.8M 1,196 $110 33

Wed May 7 #9 $116.0K −12% −48% $42.9M 1,196 $97 34

Mon May 26 #25 $45.7K — $45.0M 244 $187 53

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

Cumulative total$45.0M

Apr 4Apr 12Apr 21Apr 29May 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $202.1K

$15.0M

$7.6M

$5.7M

$3.0M

$1.5M

$1.0M

$339.3K

$198.0K

$315.8K

$202.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,489 → 244 −90.2%

2,481 open244 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.0%

−49.3%

W1→2

−25.5%

W2→3

−47.0%

W3→4

−51.3%

W4→5

−31.4%

W5→6

−66.2%

W6→7

−41.6%

W7→8

+59.5%

W8→9

−36.0%

W9→10

Steepest −66.2%Biggest gain +59.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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