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Rat Race

2001 • PG-13 • 1h 52m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Paramount Pictures

563 miles. 9 people. $2 million. 1001 problems!

🍅 44% 64%

52

3.17

6.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$56.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$85.5M

$28.9M international

Domestic Legs4.85x

Budget$48.0M

2001 Rank#44

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJerry Zucker ScreenplayAndy Breckman Produced byJerry Zucker, Janet Zucker, Sean Daniel CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman MusicJohn Powell, Elmer Bernstein, (unused score) StarringGloria Allred, Breckin Meyer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lanei Chapman, Amy Smart, Seth Green StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 17-19 3 $11.7M — 2,550 $4,573 $11.7M

2 Aug 24-26 5 $8.1M −30.5% 2,551 $3,179 $25.4M

3 Aug 31-Sep 2 5 $7.2M −10.9% 2,551 $2,832 $35.8M

4 Sep 7-9 8 $4.5M −38.3% 2,551 $1,748 $43.3M

5 Sep 14-16 9 $3.6M −20.3% 2,495 $1,424 $47.7M

6 Sep 21-23 7 $2.9M −17.3% 2,417 $1,216 $51.5M

7 Sep 28-30 9 $1.7M −42.1% 2,024 $841 $54.1M

8 Oct 5-7 12 $844.9K −50.4% 1,240 $681 $55.3M

9 Oct 12-14 21 $313.8K −62.9% 762 $411 $55.8M

10 Oct 19-21 32 $114.4K −63.5% 282 $405 $56.0M

11 Oct 26-28 53 $41.5K −63.8% 103 $402 $56.1M

12 Nov 23-25 29 $154.5K +272.7% 211 $732 $56.3M

13 Nov 30-Dec 2 35 $90.6K −41.4% 182 $497 $56.5M

14 Dec 7-9 40 $54.9K −39.4% 129 $425 $56.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 17 #3 $3.5M — $3.5M 2,550 $1,388 1

Sat Aug 18 #3 $4.4M +25% $8.0M 2,550 $1,737 2

Sun Aug 19 #3 $3.4M −23% $11.7M 2,550 $1,339 3

Mon Aug 20 #3 $1.5M −56% $13.2M 2,550 $593 4

Tue Aug 21 #3 $1.5M n/c $14.7M 2,550 $595 5

Wed Aug 22 #4 $1.3M −14% $16.0M 2,550 $510 6

Thu Aug 23 #3 $1.3M +2% $17.3M 2,550 $522 7

Fri Aug 24 #6 $2.4M +82% −31% $19.8M 2,551 $950 8

Sat Aug 25 #5 $3.3M +36% −26% $23.1M 2,551 $1,293 9

Sun Aug 26 #5 $2.3M −30% −32% $25.4M 2,551 $910 10

Mon Aug 27 #5 $868.7K −63% −43% $26.3M 2,551 $340 11

Tue Aug 28 #5 $918.8K +6% −39% $27.2M 2,551 $360 12

Wed Aug 29 #5 $703.7K −23% −46% $27.9M 2,551 $275 13

Thu Aug 30 #5 $688.1K −2% −48% $28.6M 2,551 $269 14

Fri Aug 31 #5 $2.0M +186% −19% $30.6M 2,551 $770 15

Sat Sep 1 #5 $2.8M +41% −16% $33.4M 2,551 $1,087 16

Sun Sep 2 #5 $2.5M −10% +8% $35.9M 2,551 $984 17

Mon Sep 3 #5 $1.9M −23% +122% $37.8M 2,551 $755 18

Tue Sep 4 #7 $443.6K −77% −52% $38.2M 2,551 $173 19

Wed Sep 5 #7 $313.6K −29% −55% $38.5M 2,551 $122 20

Thu Sep 6 #6 $291.5K −7% −58% $38.8M 2,551 $114 21

Fri Sep 7 #8 $1.2M +312% −39% $40.0M 2,551 $470 22

Sat Sep 8 #7 $2.2M +83% −21% $42.2M 2,551 $862 23

Sun Sep 9 #8 $1.1M −52% −58% $43.3M 2,551 $415 24

Mon Sep 10 #8 $212.8K −80% −89% $43.5M 2,551 $83 25

Tue Sep 11 #10 $152.3K −28% −66% $43.6M 2,551 $59 26

Wed Sep 12 #8 $251.1K +65% −20% $43.9M 2,551 $98 27

Thu Sep 13 #8 $241.4K −4% −17% $44.1M 2,551 $94 28

Fri Sep 14 #10 $990.0K +310% −18% $45.1M 2,495 $396 29

Sat Sep 15 #8 $1.7M +73% −22% $46.8M 2,495 $685 30

Sun Sep 16 #10 $870.0K −49% −18% $47.7M 2,495 $348 31

Mon Sep 17 #10 $203.9K −77% −4% $47.9M 2,495 $81 32

Tue Sep 18 #10 $283.9K +39% +86% $48.2M 2,495 $113 33

Wed Sep 19 #10 $216.3K −24% −14% $48.4M 2,495 $86 34

Thu Sep 20 #10 $191.9K −11% −20% $48.6M 2,495 $76 35

Fri Sep 21 #9 $774.2K +303% −22% $49.4M 2,417 $320 36

Sat Sep 22 #8 $1.4M +81% −18% $50.8M 2,417 $579 37

Sun Sep 23 #8 $720.0K −49% −17% $51.5M 2,417 $297 38

Mon Sep 24 #10 $158.0K −78% −23% $51.7M 2,417 $65 39

Tue Sep 25 #7 $296.0K +87% +4% $52.0M 2,417 $122 40

Wed Sep 26 #8 $189.0K −36% −13% $52.2M 2,417 $78 41

Thu Sep 27 #6 $218.0K +15% +14% $52.4M 2,417 $90 42

Fri Sep 28 #8 $482.0K +121% −38% $52.9M 2,024 $238 43

Sat Sep 29 #8 $800.0K +66% −43% $53.7M 2,024 $395 44

Sun Sep 30 #10 $410.0K −49% −43% $54.1M 2,024 $202 45

Thu Oct 4 #10 $99.0K — −55% $54.5M 2,024 $48 49

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

Cumulative total$54.5M

Aug 17Aug 28Sep 9Sep 20Oct 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $114.4K

$11.7M

$8.1M

$7.2M

$4.5M

$3.6M

$2.9M

$1.7M

$844.9K

$313.8K

$114.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,551 → 2,024 −20.7%

2,550 open2,024 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −63.5%

−30.5% W1→2

−10.9% W2→3

−38.3% W3→4

−20.3% W4→5

−17.3% W5→6

−42.1% W6→7

−50.4% W7→8

−62.9% W8→9

−63.5% W9→10

Steepest −63.5%Best hold −10.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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