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Red Dragon

2002 R 2h 4m Crime, Drama, Thriller Universal Pictures

To understand the origin of evil, you must go back to the beginning.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$93.1M
Final
Opening Weekend
$36.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.55x
Opening → Total
Budget
$78.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$209M
$116M international
2002 Rank
#28
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 4-6 1 $36.5M $36.5M 3,357 $11K 1
Oct 11-13 1 $17.7M -51.7% $63.3M 3,363 $5K 2
Oct 18-20 3 $8.8M -50.4% $77.8M 3,307 $3K 3
Oct 25-27 6 $4.7M -46.8% $84.9M 2,886 $2K 4
Nov 1-3 9 $2.7M -41.5% $89.0M 1,949 $1K 5
Nov 8-10 12 $1.6M -42.7% $91.5M 1,324 $1K 6
Nov 15-17 18 $508K -67.5% $92.5M 552 $919 7
Nov 22-24 27 $161K -68.3% $92.8M 307 $525 8
Nov 29-Dec 1 41 $77K -52.2% $92.9M 159 $484 9
Dec 13-15 51 $43K -44.7% $93.1M 108 $394 10

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrett Ratner
ScreenplayTed Tally
StarringEdward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel, Philip Seymour Hoffman
StudioUniversal Pictures